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Gravely Speaking and Syngrammata have decided to dig deep into our photo collections in order to bring you pairs of images drawn from our many years combing through American cemeteries. Each pair will be linked by a theme which we are free to … Continue reading →

Matthew L. Williams September 19, 1855 – June 17, 1937 Susan Ruth Pittman Williams December 10, 1860 – November 20, 1948 The Williams-Beachly family monument in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, depicts an angel clutching a garland of flowers … Continue reading →

SOLOMON LEVY BORN IN SCHWERSENZ NEAR POSEN, GERMANY SEPTEMBER 29, 1826, DIED SEC. 28, 1898 IN SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST SHALL LIVE WHEN INGRATES SLEEP IN DUST The Solomon Levy monument in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New … Continue reading →

LOVINIA wife of G. BOSTATER DIED May 5, 1878 (?) Aged 38Ys 2Ms & –Ds Weep not for Her who now at rest in her repose and care no more annon Her spirit smiles from that bright shore And softly … Continue reading →

Blessed are the Pure in heart, for They shall see God.                              Matt. JENNIE L.1873 – 1927 HANSON The white marble monument marking the grave of Jennie L. Hanson in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, depicts an angel leaning … Continue reading →

CORA WIFE OF JOSEPH F. LEMBERGER MAY 1, 1860 SEPT. 17, 1901 The tall gray-marble square column gravestone in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, pictured above displays an incised carving of gate, a very common symbol found in American … Continue reading →

JOSEPH OADES OF ENGLAND DIED DEC. 10, 1885 AGED 57 YRS. — — IN MEMORY OF MARY ELIZA OADES THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOSEPH OADES DIED MAR. 26, 1871 AGED 29 YEARS The Oades grave markers in the Wyuka Cemetery … Continue reading →

The Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, is divided into two sections by the Des Plaines River.  Emma Goldman’s gravestone, the Druid Monument, the Haymarket Martyr’s Monument among others are in the main section of the cemetery.  The smaller … Continue reading →

David E. Thompson February 28, 1854 August 25, 1942 Jeanette M. Thompson October 16, 1867 July 21, 1911 The Thompson monument in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, was commissioned by D. E. Thompson upon the death of his wife … Continue reading →

OLOF W. PALM NOVEMBER 8, 1863 OCTOBER 28, 1939 CLARA LOUISA PALM MARCH 29, 1861 SEPTEMBER 21, 1931 In 1928, the Georgia Marble Company of Tate, Georgia, produced a marketing piece in the form of a book titled, Memorials: To-Day for … Continue reading →