The Lehi City Cemetery in Utah offers scenic views of mountains in three directions. It continues to grow in acreage of grass and trees.
Showing posts with label Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cemetery. Show all posts
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Headstones Hate Teenage City Employees
While taking photos of tombstones to post on Find-a-grave, I'm finding a LOT of old tombstones that have been damaged or broken off by teenagers driving city-owned lawnmowers. The damage is appalling.
The stone I’d seen in the fall now looked like this:
By mid-December the surviving top half of the 120-old-stone had been “replanted” by city employees.
Quickly scanning my photos, I found many more examples of wanton destruction by the “summer teens” that had been hired to mow the lawns in the city cemetery.
Shaved edges
Not just shaved but gouged
Even the top corner was broken
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
U. S. Cemetery–Normandy
Rows of markers in the U.S. Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Buried By The Bay
Sailors, wives and children of costal communities usually enjoy a view of the sea throughout the eternities.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Marching Off To War
War on the Western Front in France during WWI erupted in 1914. Huge numbers of troops from the nations involved marched in to battle.
Fearsome battles ensued leaving numberless wounded and dead.
Soldiers, Citizens and Support Personnel, lie buried at Flanders, Vermelles and across all the fields of battle.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Always and Forever
The death of a baby invokes extreme stress and loss in the lives of parents and family members. The belief that families can be together forever helps assuage the pain.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Fall Day in Cemetery
The perfect way to spend a sunny fall day – Taking photos of headstones for posting on Find-a-grave.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Andrew Jackson Bennett–Civil War Veteran
Born on 9 Aug 1837 in Mason, Warren Co., Ohio, Andrew Jackson Bennett served in Company C, 2nd Kansas Calvary during the Civil War. He died and is buried in Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana.
Andrew Jackson Bennett
“A Former Mason Man, Died at His Home in Vernon, Ind.
Andrew J. Bennett was born near Mason August 9, 1837, and departed this life September 12, 1908, age 71 years, 1 month and three days. He was married to Catherine J Michael in 1858, who after a half century spent under his loving protection and kindly care survives him.
In 1862 he enlisted in the 2nd Kansas Calvary and served as a Union soldier throughout the civil war. After the close of the war he became a railroad engineer on the Southern railroad and followed that calling until about ten years ago when he removed to Lebanon, Ind, and engaged in the contracting business. In 1903 he and his wife removed to Vernon where he made his home until his death, and the entire population of the town testify to his sterling qualities and mourn for "Uncle Jack," as he was affectionately known.
Andrew Jackson Bennett, second son of Nicholas and Rachel Bennett, was born in Warren county, Ohio, August 9, 1837, and died September 12, 1908. He was married to Catherine J. Michaels, September 1, 1858. Jackson Bennett served his country in the war of the Rebellion, being a private in Co. C. 2nd Kansas Calvary. After the war he lived in various places in Ohio and Indiana, departing this life at North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana.
Taken from "History and Record of Nicholas Bennett Sr. and His Descendants".”
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Burial at a Rural Church
With competing churches side by side, travel to graveyards was simplified. Hopefully, the tombstones will survive the decline of old wooden buildings and subsequent reconstruction or moves to new locations.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Buried by the Church
A typical setting in days gone by in the East. A life lived in the town where you grew up. The church attended throughout your life and then your death. The church was never far from your daily pattern and in death you are buried in its yard. The pattern Is repeated throughout the generations. Life, church, death – intertwined.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Lost and Stranded Cemeteries
There are thousands of lost and stranded cemeteries in the world. Many are hidden in the woods, others are being slowly eaten by construction and particularly by shopping center parking lots.
When you see them, stop and take photos of all of the markers and of the site. Transcribe the inscriptions and put the photos and text on Find-a-grave so at least the images of the stones and cemeteries have a chance to survive modern man.
Old family cemeteries are particularly hard hit by developers in modern society, as witnessed in most of the satellite photos associated with the locations below.
If you know of other locations, add the map link to them in a comment to this post and they will be added to the list.
Alabama
Exploring Alabama’s Lost Cemeteries
California
Merchant Seaman’s – Presidio – San Francisco
Colorado
Georgia
Cleveland Ave – I-75 – Atlanta, GA
Walton St / Hwy 78– Loganville, GA
South Davis Dr, Warner Robins, GA
Hunter Army Airfield – Savannah GA
Kentucky
Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY
Illinois
Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL
Indiana
Mechanicsburg Cemetery – Boone Co, IN
Blackiston Mill Rd – Clarksville, IN
Lost Cemeteries of Henry Co, IN
5875 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Massachusetts
Riverside Ave and Highway 6, Swansea, MA
Michigan
Betholem Cemetery – GM Plant, Hamtramck, MI
Missouri
Metro North Mall, Kansas City, MO
New Jersey
AMC Entertainment, Highland Park, NJ
Little Road – Dist 6 Firehouse, Parsippany, NJ
New York
498 Red Apple CT, Central Valley, NY
5025 Jericho Turnpike, Commack NY
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
Palisades Mall, West Nyack, NY
North Carolina
Orange Water Sewer Authority – Carrboro, NC
708 Greenville Blvd – Greenville, NC
Carter Finley Stadium – Raleigh, NC
Oklahoma
700 Charles Page Blvd, Sand Springs, OK
Ohio
Hepburn Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH
18348 Bagley Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH
Pennsylvania
Greenwood – Ramona Ave, Philadelphia, PA
Rhode Island
Connecticut Ave and High St, Middletown, RI
Michaels Crafts, Smithfield, RI
South Carolina
Tennessee
Buffalo Valley Rd – Cookeville, TN
Texas
Long Point and Pech Rd, Houston, TX
Callendar Hill Rd, Mansfield, TX
Utah
Virginia
Nutley St – Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA
7531 Linton Hall Rd – Gainesville, VA
7756 Quioccasin Rd, Henrico, VA
14332 Potomac Mills Cir, Woodbridge, VA
Wisconsin
Canada
Bridlewood Mall, Toronto, Canada
Spain
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tombstone Photos in the Fall
Living in a mountain climate limits the season available to take tombstone photos. There is something special about walking through the fall leaves, smelling their smells, enjoying the last warmth of the sun amid the quiet of the tombstones.
The memories made are unique: the angle of the sun, shortness of the day, scents, the solitude of created by the rapid approach of winter snow.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Buried at Chancellorsville
The Civil War Battle of Chancellorsvile stretched over a week, from 30 Apr to 6 May 1863. Over 1600 men died. Over 2018 were missing and over 9000 were wounded.
The dead were buried amid the briars and tumbles.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Mass Murder – Germany 1945
A difficult image to view. A German woman is overcome with grief at the sight of the bodies of 800 slave workers – 17 May 1945. They were buried in mass graves by German citizens under the direction of Allied Forces.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Children of Mountainville
Before its name was changed to Alpine, the community surrounded by Alp-like peaks in Utah County, Utah was called Mountainville.
Local sculptor and artist, Dennis Smith, remembers the children who populated that frontier settlement in a casting dedicated to them on the top of the Alpine Cemetery among the graves of many pioneer children and early settlers.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Drill, Glue and Strap that Tombstone
Old soft stone tombstones suffer greatly from freeze / thaw cycles over the decades. Add brain dead teenage boys to the mix and the markers are doomed.
The only hope to salvage the stones is through glue and in cases like the one below, metal straps to hold the pieces together.
A week in jail resolves the teenage boy affliction in most towns.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Sarah Durrant – Lamb of Christ Tombstone
The design of Sarah Durrant’s tombstone is frequently seen in cemeteries in Utah. The design was popular for the markers children who died early in life.
The soft stone that was used because of the ease of carving the Lamb on top. Unfortunately, the markers deteriorate due to weathering as evidenced in this marker.
Monday, April 12, 2010
John Rowe Moyle 1808 - 1889
John Rowe Moyle was born in Wedron, Cornwall, England on 22 Feb 1808 and died in Alpine, Utah on 15 Jan 1889.
Well known as a stalwart in the Mormon faith, he exhibited fearless tenacity in managing pain as he walked the 30+ miles between Alpine and Salt Lake City each week to work on the Salt Lake Temple on a self-carved artificial leg.
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