A Story of Spirit Assistance
I am a spirit medium; I hear voices of the dead, and sometimes see these
people in spirit as well. I was at the old burial grounds, in
rural New Jersey with my teenage son, taking pictures of some of the
tombstones. I noticed a tombstone of a young man who had died at 21 in 1869.
I asked my son, "What exactly were the Civil War years anyway?", thinking the
gravestone might have been that of a soldier. I couldn't remember the
year the war started, and I thought it ended at 1865, but now I wasn't sure;
we walked on. My son couldn't remember the exact years either, and went off
to take some pictures of a nearby dilapidated barn.
I remained musing in the center of the cemetery. I heard a strong voice say "Samuel" in my left ear...I looked up and was drawn to a tombstone, about two rows of graves away, and was impressed to go nearer and read the inscription. As I thought it would, upon close inspection, the name "Samuel" Brooks was engraved on the gravestone. An old grave marker with a metal star noted the Civil War years on it, 1861 to 1865...Samuel had told me what the years of the Civil War were. I was moved by this, and took a picture of his tombstone to
remember the moment.
I came home and did a little research on Corporal Samuel Brooks; the only
information I could find on him was on the Find-A-Grave site. Someone had
been kind enough to add a little information about his grave to the site,
but there was no photo of his grave. I added my photo of his tombstone to
his information page, knowing that he appreciated this sign of respect.
Thank you Corporal Brooks; perhaps we'll meet again.
I am a spirit medium; I hear voices of the dead, and sometimes see these
people in spirit as well. I was at the old burial grounds, in
rural New Jersey with my teenage son, taking pictures of some of the
tombstones. I noticed a tombstone of a young man who had died at 21 in 1869.
I asked my son, "What exactly were the Civil War years anyway?", thinking the
gravestone might have been that of a soldier. I couldn't remember the
year the war started, and I thought it ended at 1865, but now I wasn't sure;
we walked on. My son couldn't remember the exact years either, and went off
to take some pictures of a nearby dilapidated barn.
I remained musing in the center of the cemetery. I heard a strong voice say "Samuel" in my left ear...I looked up and was drawn to a tombstone, about two rows of graves away, and was impressed to go nearer and read the inscription. As I thought it would, upon close inspection, the name "Samuel" Brooks was engraved on the gravestone. An old grave marker with a metal star noted the Civil War years on it, 1861 to 1865...Samuel had told me what the years of the Civil War were. I was moved by this, and took a picture of his tombstone to
remember the moment.
I came home and did a little research on Corporal Samuel Brooks; the only
information I could find on him was on the Find-A-Grave site. Someone had
been kind enough to add a little information about his grave to the site,
but there was no photo of his grave. I added my photo of his tombstone to
his information page, knowing that he appreciated this sign of respect.
Thank you Corporal Brooks; perhaps we'll meet again.
