Born on 21 Aug 1792 in Green County, Pennsylvania, Mary Mulford Anderson died on 16 Nov 1859 in Jefferson County, Iowa. Her husband, Hiram Anderson had passed away six years earlier in Boone County, Indiana.
Mary was buried in the Stringtown Cemetery northwest of Winterset, Iowa.
South End Cemetery – East Hampton
Memory of Mrs. Phebe Rysam, relic of Capt. Wm. J. Rysam and formerly consort of Col. David Mulford who died Nov. 16, 1815, aged 79 years & 8 mo.
Headstone of Charlotte Thomas Burgess in the South Pond Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
“Lottie – Meet Me In Heaven”
After years of searching, I found many of my ancestors buried in the Piper Hill cemetery a little south of Stewartstown, New Hampshire.
Weather and time are taking a serious toll on Albert Clarke’s tombstone. Made of concrete, the best material his family could afford, the marker is disintegrating. Water and ice will continue to do their destructive work until the marker totally fails in the not too distant future.
Maud Mary Bathgate Logan Adams was so loved by her husband that considerable stone working skills were used to carve her headstone. The inscription is disappearing on the semi-hard 100 year old stone. Like many other makers in the cemetery, it is being abused by city owned lawnmowers piloted by teenage boys. The design is unique and the sentiment of a loving husband has been on display for generations of descendants and visitors to the cemetery.
The Dissenters Burial Ground was closed in 1937, part of it having already being built over in 1894. The gravestones were removed to the surrounding walls in the early 1960's, but a record was maintained of their positions at that time. Many of the limestone headstones are now in a poor state and there are a number of broken stones. It was formerly known as Salem. The children's graves are 5 feet deep. The adult graves are 6 feet deep. Burial charges were assessed at one sixth per foot. Most graves are family graves with multiple burials in each grave.
And many, many more whose inscriptions have all but disappeared.
The church in days gone by….
The FamHist blog talks about meeting a veteran in the American Fork, Utah cemetery. The city has erected many memorials to its veterans at the south entrance gate.
May we never forget their sacrifice and bravery.
