Posted in Somewhere other than a cemetery, tagged gettysburg, ghost, ghost stories, ghosts, haunted, pennsylvania on October 31, 2012| 1 Comment »
When we took the Ghosts of Gettysburg tour during our vacation, and this story was the only one that had a tombstone associated with it. The house is rented out to college students every year, and the residents over the years have supposedly reported hearing the sound of a body falling down the stairs and thudding to the floor. When some work was being done on the grounds, workman unearthed a tombstone with the name “Joanna Craig” on it in the yard.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged allen, epitaphs, grave art, occupation, ohio, sculpture, symbolism, tombstone tales, williston cemetery on October 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The really interesting thing about Charles Burchell’s tombstone is on the back – a minimalist sculpture of a Christ figure and the epitaph “artist and designer of rare form.” It makes me wonder if the sculpture is his own, since he would not be the first artist buried under one of his own works. I will update you if I’m able to find anything out.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged allen, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, portrait, williston cemetery on October 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged beth shalom cemetery, grave art, hebrew, ohio, oregon, porcelain portrait, portrait, star, star of david, symbolism on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged allen, epitaphs, farmers, grave art, occupation, ohio, vegetables, williston cemetery, wordless wednesday on October 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged allen, marine, names, nicknames, ohio, veteran, williston cemetery, world war ii, wwii on October 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A partial explanation for the unusual names listed on the front of these two headstones can be found on the back of one.
It seems reasonable to conclude that Aubrey Bonecutter was known by the nickname of Boney. The origin of what I am assuming to be his wife’s nickname is not so easily surmised based on what I photographed that day.
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged beth shalom cemetery, grave art, ohio, oregon, portait, star, star of david, symbolism on October 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged allen, birdbath, birds, grave art, ohio, sculpture, statue, williston cemetery on October 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »
That would be because they’re metal and welded to the monument. But they’re still very cute.
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged beth shalom cemetery, epitaphs, grave art, hebrew, ohio, oregon, porcelain portrait, portrait, star, star of david, symbolism on October 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged allen, grave art, lighthouse, ohio, williston cemetery on October 19, 2012| 1 Comment »
Since most of the cemeteries we visited a few weeks ago were so close to Lake Erie, there was a lot of nautical imagery to be found in cemeteries. One item I don’t usually see depicted in cemeteries is the lighthouse, but there were a number of them.
A Grave Concern 