Some gravestone pictures I took this weekend

13 years ago

I haven't posted any gravestone pictures in a while--because I haven't been taking them. Since I've been working, I've built up quite a backlog of gravestone photo requests (via FindAGrave and RAOGK). I just don't have the time I used to have to devote to this. But I've missed doing it, and made an effort to visit three cemeteries this weekend.

I haven't finished uploading the pics and memorials to FindAGrave, but I was pleased to see on my profile that I've created 300 memorials on that site, and uploaded 350 pictures.

I think some other KTers have been doing this as well, and I hope they'll weigh in here.

I didn't find anything terribly unusual this weekend, but gravestones are always interesting to share, I think.

Here's a couple that died young, but three years apart. He was 28 (died 1841), she 22 (died 1844).

A 19-year-old who died in the Civil War:

Another 19-year-old, a mother of two. A pretty name, and a pretty gravestone. Her son's name (I assume it was her son) was Friend. That name was used a lot around here. Was it common where you live, too?

"Little Ones to Him Belong"....... Robin lived only one day.

Ralph Swingle, son of Moses and Elizabeth, died in 1870 at the age of 33 years, 0 months, and 20 days. His gravestone reads, "It was good for me to be afflicted." What do you make of that? I'm thinking maybe he was disabled, and his family felt that had some spiritual value, perhaps? What's your interpretation?

Thanks for sharing the experience with me.

Susan

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vala55
13 years ago
Thanks for sharing those.

I like to visit old cemeteries. There is one in Booneville AR that is suppose to have civil war soldiers buried in it and it is not care for at all.

I saw some of the above ground ones while I was touring Aruba.
jannie
13 years ago
Haunting, to say the least . (I'm not trying to be funny).
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All my Flickr pictures are public, Lydia. Glad you're enjoying them! I usually go to a cemetery carrying a list of photo requests. If it's a small cemetery, I hope to find the requested gravestone on my own. I did well this time, but this doesn't usually happen. It helps to contact the cemetery manager. Quite often I suspect a very old stone has fallen over, or sunk, or become so smooth with age that the text is unreadable. So while I'm there, I wander around and take pictures of old gravestones at random. Then when I put them on my monitor I look to see if FindAGrave needs them or not. If the deceased person is not listed on FindAGrave for that cemetery, I create a memorial and add the photo. If a memorial is already on the website, but needs a photo, I add mine. If a memorial exists with a photo, I don't do anything with mine. Yes, I can think of two, possibly three, small cemeteries where I photographed every stone in the place. This time I found several stones that disagree with the information already posted for those persons on FindAGrave (different dates, different spellings). I'll contact the people who manage those memorials and point these things out to them.
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lydia1959
13 years ago
Very interesting! I like to visit old graveyards too... I have a few pictures on a disc somewhere. I should dig those up (no pun intended).
alisande
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13 years ago
Couple of things I forgot to mention...... A large area of one of these cemeteries is covered in poison ivy. I didn't realize it until I'd been walking through quite a bit of it. I'll the person in charge of the cemetery to let them know. It would be an easy matter to spray it now, before it gets completely out of control.

Also, I came across a gravestone for a father and his two daughters. No mention of the wife. Both daughters lived into their forties, and both died in the same year. No detailed dates were mentioned, so it's possible they died at the same time. Stones like this make me want to hear the whole story.
country_bumpkin_al
13 years ago
Susan..I've missed your gravestone pictures, because I like them so much! When I was around 12 or 13,my Grandmother lived with and took care of an elderly couple. There was a cemetery close to their house and I loved walking through that old cemetery and looking at the stones.

I had an inscription added to my husbands gravestone. Very few people know the meaning. I'm sure years from now, someone will question and guess the meaning!
lynn_d
13 years ago
The old stones are so fascinating, and like you Susan, I often want to know the rest of the story.
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13 years ago
I love old cemeteries! We used to live next door to a small verrry old one, the oldest grave was a man born in the late 1700s. I used to jokingly tell people 'I like my neighbors, they are very quiet, never noisy.'
The oldest one I've ever visited is the Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine, Fl. Some of theirs date from the 1600s. Love it.
alisande
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13 years ago
I wish the verrry old (lol) stones held up better. Perhaps they do in warmer climates. But here in snow country, so many of the old stones have fallen over. Or the engraving has worn practically smooth.
bluejeans4ever
13 years ago
I originally typed that I thought these stones were so cool! But then I deleted it - as it seemed um, rather inappropriate.

I'd love to know the stories behind these stones as well. Very, very interesting! I for one would love to see more, if you have them!

Thank you.

BJ
vannie
13 years ago
I love the epitaphs but wonder if Ralph chose that, or if his parents felt that way and put it on there. Strange--there's a story there!! Probably a clue would be on his death certificate.
alisande
Original Author
13 years ago
Probably a clue would be on his death certificate.

Vannie, that gave me the idea to email the genealogist who has traced that line of her family. Maybe she knows something. I'll post whatever I find out.

BJ, when I'm home (I'm at work now) I'll see what I've got.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
13 years ago
Really interesting pictures. It does make you want to know more. That would make for an interesting "reality" show. They could take one headstone a week and tell the story behind it. I, too, like to go through the old cemeteries. Their headstones had so much more information on them than the ones done today.

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