Author Archives: gravelyspeaking

Variations on a boat theme

Posted on June 4, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments made many variations.  The popular symbols came in multiple forms.  The various symbols could be bolted in place by special order much … Continue reading →

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Bloomers

Posted on June 2, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The inscription on the original tombstone: AMELIA JENKS WIFE OF D. C. BLOOMER DIED DEC. 30, 1894 AGED 76Ys. 7Ms. 3Ds. A pioneer of woman’s Emancipation   DEXTER C. BLOOMER DIED FEB. 24, 1900 AGED 83 Ys. 7Ms. 20Ds.   … Continue reading →

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Asleep

Posted on May 28, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

Only sleeping   Dear Mother in Earth’s thorny paths, How long thy feet have trod. To find at last this peaceful rest, Safe in the arms of God.   Sleep on sweet babe, and take thy rest, God calls away … Continue reading →

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Budded on Earth

Posted on May 23, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

HERRMAN REINHARDT BORN JULY 18, 1866. DIED MARCH 17, 1887. WHERE IMMORTAL SPIRITS REIGN THERE WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. Life is fragile, especially young life.  Many funerary motifs represent children–shoes, seedpods, cribs, cherubs–but one of the most common is the … Continue reading →

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In God We Trust

Posted on May 22, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

ROBERT SON OF  & E. BURRES BORN FEB. 19, 1836 DIED JUNE 25, 1865. HE WAS IN CO. D. 80 REG. IND. VOL. THEN CONQUER WE MUST FOR OUR CAUSE IT IS JUST AND THIS BE OUR MOTTO IN GOD … Continue reading →

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Fraternal Societies

Posted on May 21, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

WILLIAM D. BLYTHE BORN OCT. 8, 1814 DIED JUNE 2, 1877 The Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, offered customers many symbols that could be bolted into place on the zinc markers they produced, including symbols that represented fraternal societies that were very popular.  The marker above at the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling

Posted on May 18, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

DR. RICHARD JORDAN GATLING INVENTOR OF THE GATLING GUN BORN HERTFORD CO., NORTH CAROLINA SEPT. 12TH, 1818. DIED NEW YORK CITY, FEBR. 26TH, 1903. THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT THE WORLD CAN BOAST ARE SUBJECTS FAR TOO LOW FOR MY DESIRE … Continue reading →

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A Country Church

Posted on May 16, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

ANNA WIFE OF JAMES CONOLY BORN March 19, 1848. DIED JAN. 21, 1881.   FRANK E. BORN APR. 3, 1880 DIED JAN. 26, 1881. ROSA C. BORN APR. 9, 1878 DIED JAN. 17, 1884.   GEORGE BORN JUNE 9, 1870 … Continue reading →

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Infant child

Posted on May 12, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

INFANT SON  Nov. 27, 1900 BURIED WASHINGTON CO., IND At the base of the angel monument erected for the Wilkins Family is a plain white marble marker in memory of the infant son of Thomas and Alice Wilkins who was … Continue reading →

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A guardian angel

Posted on May 10, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

JOHNSON ROBERT CLARENCE 1927-2006 A bewildered-looking angel is gingerly perched on top of the rounded top white marble tablet marking the grave of Robert Clarence Johnson in the Woodward Hill Cemetery at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Cherubim are one of nine orders or … Continue reading →

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