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Almost a year ago, someone removed the MANLEY family plot’s keystone in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern NC. The Manley family was closely connected with Judge William Gaston, whose monument separated the Manley plot, purchased by my grandfather, Walter Fulford, in 1891 (not a typographical error, eiter, and to which I have the deed), which is adjacent our Fulford plot. While there were no Manley tombstones to indicate who was buried where, my family has kept up that plot. My DEPPE relatives are also buried on it. I have been trying to keep the Manley and Fulford plots checked on but as I live out of town, I cannot provide constant oversight. The city police (located at the police facility across the street) can’t monitor everyone who enters the cemetery. If you read this e.mail and you, by chance, didn’t think that anyone would miss the MANLEY keystone, you are wrong. You should have read the information entered on the back of the GASTON monument: it contained MANLEY family data. They were an integral part of the history of New Bern since Judge Manley was in business with Judge Gaston. Manley’s wife is also a distant cousin of my Fulford ancestors. I am sad that anyone would take something as integral as a keystone from a cemetery, thinking that no one would miss it. I can only hope that your conscience will make you realize that you were wrong to take it. F. F. Moore
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