JENNIE POLAND
DAUGHTER OF
MRS. NELLIE GUERBER,
DIED SEPT. 23, 1878, 18 YEARS,
Gone to join the Angels.
The Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut published a 127-page catalog of their designs in October 1882. The company’s range of grave markers are depicted along with their height and cost. The Jennie Poland marker, in the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, a highly ornamented 12-foot 10 inch “bronze” monument, can be found on page 57 costing a whopping $340, which is estimated at slightly more than $11,000 today.
The catalog also included a list of “Bas-Relief Emblems, such as we will cast solid on the monuments WITHOUT ANY COST to purchasers…” On page 5 of the catalog, that list included “Kneeling Angels, right and left.”
That emblem appeared on Jennie Poland’s grave marker, along with the epitaph, “Gone to join the Angels.”
The exact meaning of two praying angels is difficult to discern for certain and can vary is commonly understood to symbolize intercession and guardianship. Here the angels most likely serve as protectors against evil.
Gravely Speaking 
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