Conservation Assessment
Sacred
to the memory of
Napoleon Mitchell
son of Daniel and Mary Mitchell
Born December 16, 1842
Died March the 26 1859
Aged 16 years 3 mo. 10 da.
Suffer children to come unto me
And forbid them not
For such is the Kingdom
of Heaven.
-- Footstone --
N.M.
Headstone
Type of Marker: Bedstead
Material: Marble
Issues: Biogrowth, blistering, sugaring, sunken
Comments: Components to this bedstead are buried, need to excavate to see if all pieces are accounted for.
Recommended Treatment: Cleaning w/ biocide, consolidation, excavation, pinning and gluing, raising, removing old pins, resetting
Evaluation
Historic Integrity: Intact
Structural Integrity: Good
Material Integrity: Good
Legible Inscription: Poor
Degree of Bioturbation: 1/4 sunken
Marker Details
Inventory Number: 301
Plot Number: 582
Historic Number: 154
Ledger Book Number: 350
Cemetery Section: 5
Orientation: East
Marker Height/Length (in): 57
Marker Width (in): 28
Marker Thickness/Depth (in): 11
Base Length (in): 32.5
Base Width (in): 16
Base Thickness (in): 8
Footstone
Type of Marker: ?
Material: Marble
Issues: Biogrowth, blistering, sugaring
Comments: Possibly footstone to No. 301
Recommended Treatment: Cleaning w/ biocide, consolidation, excavation, fill cracks/blisters
Evaluation
Historic Integrity: Intact
Structural Integrity: Good
Material Integrity: Fair
Legible Inscription: No inscription present
Marker Details
Inventory Number: 302
Plot Number: footstone is sitting in plot 583, belongs in 582
Cemetery Section: 5
Orientation: East
Marker Height/Length (in): 31
Marker Width (in): 17
Marker Thickness/Depth (in): 3.5