The Grave Marker of Harvey Limes at Walnut Creek Cemetery, Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio -- What a Year After a D/2 Biological Solution Application Can Do for This Early Ohio Gravestone!

I am very pleased to share this three photo comparison of how the Harvey Limes' grave marker looks today 14 months after D/2 Biological Solution was applied to it with a soft bristle brush and a lot of rinsing.  

No power tools or power washers were used to bring out the life, with its surface left intact, of this stone that was erected in 1839.

Kenneth V. 'Kenny' Velez (1968 - 2016) - Find A Grave Memorial

Kenneth V. 'Kenny' Velez (1968 - 2016) - Find A Grave Memorial

Revisiting the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio

Below are my photographs taken on September 17, 2016 at the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio.  

Of particular interest for me are the gravesites of some of my collateral line Limes ancestors, namely John Limes and his wife Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes. 

John and Sarah Limes' daughter-in-law, Ida Maude (McHugh) Limes, and her baby daughter, Lulu E. Limes, are buried near them.  

Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes' parents, James Cory and Rebecca (Sperry) Cory, and their young daughter, Louisa Cory, are buried nearby.  Their gravesites are marked by a tall gray marble monument. 

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The Good Hope Cemetery is well kept by the township trustees and is an active registered cemetery in the State of Ohio.  

Above are side-by-side photos of the John Limes' gravestone. 

The John Limes' white marble gravestone was quite darkened on a large portion of its surface for many years, even after cleaning it all over with water and a soft bristle brush and generous rinsing.  

In May of 2014 it was cleaned by Scott Andersen with D/2 Biological Solution and rinsed.  Now, just over two years later, the gravestone looks great! Its appearance is improved but not actually altered by any abrasive tools or methods.  It's an old gravestone and it isn't expected to look 'brand new' - nor should it! 

Above is the Cory monument