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JOSEPH A. BRUNER MAR. 12, 1894 MAY 8, 1972 The Clear Creek Cemetery is the burial place of Joseph August Bruner.  His gravestone is a non-descript red granite block that in no way indicates the monumental piece of granite he … Continue reading →

HERE LIES Lester Moore FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44 NO LES NO MORE The barren town of Tombstone, Arizona, was a rough and tumble outpost.  The city witnessed the notorious shootout at O.K. Corral and countless other killings that have … Continue reading →

Wm. Clayborne 1882 SHOT BY FRANK LESLIE Buried beneath a wooden and hand painted grave marker in the dry, dusty, and famed Boot Hill Cemetery in a rocky grave is William Floyd “Billy” Claiborne/ Clayborne and a mystery.  Clayborne was … Continue reading →

Rev. G. W. GALE  D.D. DIED SEPT. 13, 1861. AE. 72 YEARS Buried underneath a stained, faded, and eroded white marble obelisk resting on a plinth that bears his name, is George Washington Gale (December 13, 1789 – September 13, … Continue reading →

Wellington W. Washburn September 18, 1836, Akron, Ohio February 10, 1901, Galesburg, Illinois By tradition, Wellington Washburn’s family can be traced back to their arrival in England with none other than William the Conqueror.  They were also early arrivals in … Continue reading →

Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was born at Galesburg, Illinois, in a small three-room cottage. Sandburg is remembered as one of the most important literary figures of the Twentieth Century. He was an American poet, biographer, … Continue reading →

W. H. RINEHART BORN IN CARROLL Co. Md. 1825 DIED AT ROME ITALY. 1874 William Henry Rinehart was born September 13, 1825 and died October 28, 1874.  Rinehart was a classic American sculptor of note and buried in the Green … Continue reading →

There are people who achieve notoriety, sometimes for the good they do, sometimes for the opposite.  Whether good or bad, fame, or infamy as the case may be, has a price to be paid—even after death. John Wilkes Booth, the … Continue reading →

The elaborate stained-glass window in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, California, depicts the Virgin of Guadalupe, also referred to as Mother of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Guadalupe The figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe is framed by … Continue reading →

In memory of CHARLES SAMUEL MORRIS. Died December 2nd. 1857. Aged 52 years. 4 months. This was erected by his Wife and Children as a testimonial to the departed worth of a fond and doting Husband and Father. The white … Continue reading →