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Many rural garden cemeteries not only have gravestones, monuments, and tombs that are works of art, but also have sculptures that are freestanding and not commemorating someone deceased. Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis, the largest cemetery in the state of … Continue reading →

Many rural garden cemeteries not only have gravestones, monuments, and tombs that are works of art, but also have sculptures that are freestanding and not commemorating someone deceased. In the Lexington Cemetery at Lexington, Kentucky, sculptures add to the park-like … Continue reading →

The tumulus is a mound form of burial that dates back to prehistoric peoples 4,ooo to 5,ooo years B.C.  Examples can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.  There are many examples in the United States from Maine to Georgia … Continue reading →

OUR FATHER AND MOTHER — JOHN WESLEY HUNT BORN AUGUST 1773. DIED AUGUST 21st 1849. — CATHERINE HUNT BORN FEBRUARY 1777. DIED OCTOBER 17th 1835. — THEIR CHILDREN SLEEP AROUND The towering gothic John Wesley and Catherine Hunt monument in … Continue reading →

THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS TO THEIR DECEASED PARENTS BROTHERS AND SISTERS The memory of the just is blessed. Prov. 10 – 7. WILLIAM McKEE DIED IN ABINGDON, V. MAY 12st 1833. AGED 50 YEARS PHEBE ELIZA WIFE OF … Continue reading →

The monument in the St. Raphael Church Cemetery, at Dubois, Indiana, has atop it a young female figure. Her head is bent forward, she is looking down in reflection and sorrow, while she is holding a rose bloom in one hand … Continue reading →

NANCY HANKS LINCOLN Mother of President LINCOLN DIED Oct. 5, A.D. 1818 Aged 35 years Erected by a friend of her martyred Son 1879 Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born on February 5, 1784 in Campbell County Virginia, and died October … Continue reading →

Elisha King 1814 – 1902 Sarah B. King 1826 – 1884 Alice Waddell King 1841 — 1921 Henry C. King 1842 – 1869 Indiana King McFatridge 1852 – 1874 Fanny Dean Havens Wife of L. H. Havens 1859 — 1886 … Continue reading →

Spirits of the Dead By Edgar Allan Poe, 1827 Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone; Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy.   Be silent in that … Continue reading →