Archive for September, 2012
Warrensville East Cemetery
Posted in Cemeteries, tagged beachwood, cemetery, ohio, warrensville east cemetery on September 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
Last words
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged east cleveland, epitaphs, first presbyterian church cemetery, links, nelaview cemetery, ohio on September 24, 2012| 4 Comments »
Far from affliction toil and care
The happy soul is fled
The breathless day shall slumber here
Among the silent dead
When I started looking up information on this epitaph, I discovered this website, Last Words. There was an entire page of “last words,” by which they meant epitaphs.
With heavenly weapons
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged east cleveland, first presbyterian church cemetery, nelaview cemetery, ohio on September 23, 2012| 3 Comments »
With heavenly weapons I have faught
The battles of the Lord.
Finished my course and keep the faith
And wait the sure reward.
Your live in the hearts of those you loved
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged epitaphs, ohio, strongsville, strongsville cemetery on September 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Knittle Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cross, heart, ohio, soldier, strongsville, strongsville cemetery, veteran, world war ii, wwii on September 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
God picked a rosebud
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged epitaphs, ohio, strongsville, strongsville cemetery on September 18, 2012| 1 Comment »
This epitaph tears me up inside. You know it was selected in an attempt to rationalize and understand the death of a young child.
Killed in action at the Battle of Antietam
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged cause of death, civil war, history, occupation, old carlisle cemetery, old carlisle graveyard, pennsylvania, soldier, tombstone tales, veteran on September 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
One hundred and fifty years ago today near Sharpsburg, Maryland, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac clashed in what would live on to this day as the bloodiest one day battle in United States history.. At the end of the day, the casualties numbered nearly 23,000. Captain James Colwell was among the dead. A Carlisle, Pennsylvania, lawyer, Colwell responded to President Lincoln’s call for volunteers and enlisted at the start of the Civil War. He was named 1st Lieutenant of the 7th Pennsylvania Reserves/36th Pennsylvania Volunteers and promoted to Captain the July before his death. When Colwell fell at the battle of Antietam, he left behind a wife and four children.
Another blog post about Colwell can be found here.
Battle of South Mountain
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged battle of south mountain, cause of death, civil war, historic hopewell cemetery, history, maryland, ohio, oxford, soldier, tombstone tales, veteran on September 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
One hundred and fifty years ago today, James H. Williamson fell at the Battle of South Mountain in Maryland. As the Army of the Potomac pursued the Army of Northern Virginia through Maryland, they clashed over three mountain passes – Crampton’s, Turner’s, and Fox’s Gaps. Under the command of Major General George McClellan, the Union army forced General Robert E. Lee’s army into retreat but did not pursue them quickly. Three days later, the armies would clash again in a much better known engagement, the Battle of Antietam.
The Battle of South Mountain, Civil War Trust.
South Mountain, CWSAC Battle Summaries.
Clark Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged epitaphs, ohio, strongsville, strongsville cemetery, tombstone tales on September 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
In the “never seen this before” category
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged cabin, grave art, ohio, sculpture, strongsville, strongsville cemetery on September 10, 2012| 3 Comments »
A Grave Concern 