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Open-Air Museums

Posted on April 22, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

GEORGE HOGG Born at Cramlington Northumberland County, England June 22, 1784 Immigrated to the US September 1804 And Died in Allegheny City, December 5, 1849 MARTHA HOGG Daughter of Nathaniel Breeding and Mary Ann Ewing Breeding Born September 4, 1787 … Continue reading →

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The Shipwreck Arctic

Posted on April 16, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

James Breading Hogg 1813 – September 27, 1854 Before the horrific sinking of the Titanic, another maritime disaster made huge headlines.  According to Images of America: Allegheny Cemetery by Lisa Speranza and Nancy Foley page 111, Arcadia Publishing 2016, Charleston, … Continue reading →

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A Statue of a Mother for Those Who Didn’t Have One

Posted on April 11, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

ONONDAGA COUNTY ORPHAN ASYLUM ERECTED TO HONOR ITS DEAD BY CHRISTINA COLVIN ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. 1894. In the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, philanthropist Christina Colvin commissioned sculptor Ralph Cook (1847 – 1912) to create a monument to … Continue reading →

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Artist Unknown

Posted on April 6, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

William Freame Johnston November 29, 1801 – October 25, 1872 Mary Ann Montieth Johnston 1814 – May 18, 1898 Major William Graham McCandless July 10, 1838 – January 17, 1909 Elizabeth Freame Johnston McCandless April 1, 1842 – February 23, … Continue reading →

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Creative to the End!

Posted on March 30, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Alexander Timothy Brown November 21, 1854 – January 31, 1929 Mary Lillian Seamans Brown August 3, 1863 – June 22, 1932 The Brown Family Mausoleum in the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, is an Art Deco masterpiece.  Art Deco … Continue reading →

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A Tragic End to a Great Talent

Posted on March 25, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Even though the Ahern Family Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, the Sherwood Family Mausoleum in the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., and the Charles Edward Crouse Mausoleum in the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, are in … Continue reading →

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Wigglesworth and Wannamaker

Posted on March 21, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

IN MEMORIAM OLIVE BELDEN WIFE OF HENRY WIGGLESWORTH Born Jan. 5, 1874 Died April 26, 1909 HENRY WIGGLESWORTH Born Nov. 2, 1866 Died March 19, 1945 SYLVIA WIGGLESWORTH BELOVED WIFE OF JAMES W. MAITLAND Born July 8, 1897 Died May … Continue reading →

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Statues to Order

Posted on March 13, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Two bronze statues in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, Indiana, honor the men and women who fought in the service of their country.  The first statue erected was a bronze of a Union soldier placed in a circle at … Continue reading →

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Watch for Speeding Automobiles!

Posted on March 7, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

DUPREE MARY DUPREE JULY 11, 1862 May 25, 1922 A couple of years ago during Halloween week, volunteers dressed in period costumes to play Bloomington residents who had passed away and were buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery.  As they … Continue reading →

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The Living

Posted on February 26, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Sometimes, it is just nice to go to a cemetery and see the living. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.

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