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  COLUMBUS R. CUMMINGS 1834-1897 SARAH C. MARK CUMMINGS 1841-1909 The tombstone of Columbus Cummings, Chicago millionaire rail road magnate, and his wife, Sarah, in the Graceland Cemetery at Chicago features a draped sarcophagus.  The grand unpolished gray granite monument … Continue reading →

The inscription on the front of the schoolhouse: HARRY M. HAYS 1850-1923 EDWIN  (POP) BOWERS 1873-1940 HIS WIFE LU. NELL BOWERS 1876-1973 The inscription on the front of the schoolhouse: WM. A. HAYS APR. 14, 1879, MAR. 29, 1880. ALBERT … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

The Green-Wood Cemetery, one the truly great cemeteries in the United States, was founded in 1838, inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery at Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first cemetery in the United States designed in the rural cemetery style as a park-like setting … Continue reading →

CLARA RUPPERTZ WIFE OF FREDERICK A. KOCH BORN OCT. 31, 1861 DIED JAN. 11, 1918 FREDERICK A. KOCH BORN DEC. 21, 1845 DIED APRIL 26, 1929 DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD THEY DO UNTO YOU This monument is dedicated … Continue reading →

HENRY VILLARD BORN HEINRICH HILGARD AT SPEIER RHENISH BAVARIA APRIL 10TH 1835 DIED AT THORWOOD DOBBS FERRY ON HUDSON NOVEMBER 12TH 1900 IN VIEW OF THIS SPOT JOURNALIST CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENT SOMETIME SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION EARLY … Continue reading →

In 1831, Mt. Auburn Cemetery opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was the first garden cemetery to open in the country and represented a new attitude about burying the dead. These cemeteries were designed spaces, with pathways and avenues, and were … Continue reading →

Surrounding the Appolinaire Perrault Family Crypt in the Saint Louis Cemetery Number One at New Orleans, Louisiana, is a gate with two arrows crossing. The arrow represents martyrdom and mortality.