Memento Stones: Part Two

The earlier post on momento stones were from Wethersfield, CT and these are from Milltown, Alabama and LaFayette, Alabama, both in Chambers County where many of the Riser family have lived. These are all about 200 years later than the stones in Connecticut.

The design motif on the majority of these stones are hearts and dashes.

This is my favorite. It is a large flat stone with a circle made up of parallel dashes. This was one talented stone carver.

Dashes within and outside the heart

Masonic symbols

It is rather strange to look down and see your birthday on someone's tombstone.

This one is about the rust.

Photos by Jan Riser.

Mike Taylor Doll

Photo by Jan Riser.

Civil War Horn

Carved By A Civil

War Soldier While

At Libby Prison

Photographed at the 2010 CLA Show by Jan Riser.

Artist and Displays at the CLA Show 2010

 Nick Mills Powder Horn

Butch Darrel gun from the Brad, Joseph, Michael and Nick Mills Collection

Butch made this brass and silver mounted smooth rifle for the "boys". The smooth rifle has a 33 inch half octagon to round light weight barrel and is stocked in curly maple. This rifle has spent many days in the woods and has been hunted with by all four of Joe's boys.

54 Caliber Smooth Rifle

Brad Mills Horn by Mel Hankla and Mike Small

54 Cal brass mounted walnut stock by Mike Mills

Clay Mills Collection

 Brad Mills collection

Mike Mills for Brad Mills

Randall Mills Pouch with Joe Mills horn for Brad Mills

Brandon Smith Rifle by Mike Mills

Jesse Brennan rifle

Joseph Mills Bag and Horn by Joe Mills

Michael Mills Horn

Jack Hubbard Gun from the Brad, Joseph, Michael and Nick Mills Collection

50 Caliber Smooth Rifle

This is typical Hubbard with an aged curly maple stock with hand forged steel mountings. The smooth rifle has a  30 1/2 inch barrel and is a true example of an early mountain style rifle. This rifle has been used by the boys for general shooting and hunting.

Photos by Ken Gahagan and Jan Riser.

New Friends

I have placed a link on the blog to another blog of a priest of the Cistercian Abbey of Heilgenkreuz Abbey in Austria. This is an Abbey that could be rightly considered Reform-of-the-Reform. You can get some ideas of their liturgies here and here. Check out on this site also the link to Sub Tuum, the blog of Br Stephen at the Cistercian Abbey of Spring Bank.

Steve Lodding Pistol

Photographed at the 2010 CLA Show by Jan Riser.

JIm Webb Bag and Mike Small Horn for James Wright

This bag and horn were presented to James Wright for his two years of service to the CLA as President, 2008-2010. Bill Scurlock is the new President of the CLA.

Photographed at the 2010 CLA Show by Jan Riser.