A family of Quakers in Rockingham County, Virginia, at the turn of the 1800s would become closely united to Fulkersons of that same county through marriage. John Moore (1738-1819) and his wife, Mary, had four children: Clarinda, Mary Ann, Andrew and Madeline.

On January 10, 1801, John Moore and Richard Fulkerson signed a marriage bond indicating that Richard would shortly marryMoore's daughter, Claire. Claire was also affectionately called Clarinda, Clara and Cary (which was, in fact, the name on her gravestone). Richard Fulkerson and Clarinda Moore were married 12 days after the bond was posted. The wedding was performed January 22, 1801, by the Rev. Ferdinand Lair. That same year, Richard Fulkerson’s brother Benjamin married Clarinda's sister, Mary. On Dec. 12, 1801, John Moore again posted a marriage bond, this time for Mary to wed Benjamin.

Benjamin and Mary were close neighbors of a man named Alexander Tunis Quick, who would become their brother-in-law. On Nov. 18, 1811, Tunis Quick married Madeline Moore, sister of Clarinda and Mary.

On recent trips to the Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Bellbrook, Ohio, we discovered that the top half of Clarinda "Clary" Moore Fulkerson's gravestone had broken off and was missing. Dr. Phillip Fulkerson dug by hand in the dirt nearby and discovered the top piece buried under soil and grass.  Phil then looked into various options for restoring the stone.  Placing the broken piece back in place, he took careful measurements and had a steel frame constructed.  With permission, he took the broken piece home.  By using cautious sanding and judicious use of  bleach (not to mention hand picking off a tar-like substance used for a prior unsuccessful repair), the face of the stone came fairly clean.  The original engravings now stand out much more clearly as dark recesses in the face.  All the writing is now clear, including the dates.

Phil had our great-great-great-grandmother's maiden name, Moore, engraved onto the top of the rail of the new retention frame. Before putting it all back together, Phil made a wooden temporary stability frame to hold it upright while pouring a new concrete base.  During the pouring process, he encountered the original base of the stone still in the hole.  The plan had to be drastically revised as the base was too big to remove by hand, it was not level, and the groove into which the stone would rest was quite shallow and uneven.  So, on yet another trip to Bellbrook, Phil brought a larger, mostly above-ground wooden pouring frame into which to set the leveled stone and pour the concrete, after filling in with some gravel.

Today the results are impressive, thanks to a family member who tended to the gravesite more than 150 years later.