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Train Wreck, 3–His Last Trip

Posted on October 11, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

Killed at New Albany North Y. while on duty for the Monon R. W. Co. EMORY L. SON OF J. N. & E. A. TITZEL BORN SEP. 15. 1880 DIED DEC. 20. 1902 HIS LAST TRIP C. R. Salyards of … Continue reading →

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Train Wreck, 2

Posted on October 6, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

The Bohemian National Cemetery at Chicago, Illinois, practically has a small forest of tree-stump tombstones. They come in different styles and shapes, and some even in different materials and dot the old part of the cemetery. But, the one that … Continue reading →

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Train Wreck

Posted on October 1, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

HUSBAND CHARLES A. HAGGERTY BORN AUG. 2, 1870 KILLED IN WOODS RUN WRECK APRIL 5, 1897 The small square-top tablet in the Union Dale Cemetery in Pittsburgh displays a bas-relief of a locomotive at the top of the gravestone—not just … Continue reading →

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Frighten the evil spirits

Posted on September 22, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

Robert H. Richards January 18, 1830 – September 16, 1888 Josephine A. Rankin Richards August 12, 1833 – December 14, 1910 The Robert H. Richards mausoleum, built by H. Q. French and Company of New York, in the Oakland Cemetery … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on September 17, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

When William Foote died, his wife, Ida, commissioned the great artist Lorado Taft to create a memorial for her husband.  The bronze memorial that Taft created has become known as the Foote Angel, even though, it does not have wings.  … Continue reading →

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TWO GIRLS MEET DEATH IN FILM FIRE

Posted on September 12, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

LOTTIE HAM BORN Dec. 12, 1898. DIED Oct. 16, 1915 A precious one from us has gone A voice we love Is stilled, Her place is vacant In our home That Never can be filled. The gray granite monument to … Continue reading →

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A Big Comfy Chair

Posted on September 5, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

Horace Francis Ebert 1853 – 1893 Mary Ellen Dennett Bachelder Ebert 1855 – 1905 Edith L. Ebert Mulno 1873 – 1899   The Ebert Family gravestone in the Lowell, Massachusetts City Cemetery, is a remarkable replica of a tufted chair … Continue reading →

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Profusion of Symbols

Posted on August 24, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

JULIET. Wife of ELISHA RODGERS Died June 8, 1849: AGED 29 ys 7m & 8 ds. I recently went looking for the Upper Mound Cemetery just to the West of Covington, Indiana.  Even though I located it on the map, … Continue reading →

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INRI

Posted on August 22, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

In Covington, Indiana, there are two small cemeteries at the North edge of town—Prescott Grove Cemetery and St. Joseph’s Cemetery.  The two are on the same plot of land but separated by a common road that leads into the cemeteries … Continue reading →

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The Gift of a Pineapple

Posted on August 12, 2020 by gravelyspeaking

North Bend, Ohio, is where the tomb of William Henry Harrison is located across from the Congressional Green Cemetery which draws the odd history buff to its grounds in search of the ninth president’s grave.  As a president, Harrison is … Continue reading →

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