The September 2009 edition of the GYR Carnival is a carousel edition. Submissions can be on the topic of your choosing, but must still be related to cemeteries in some way. Thank you to The Association of Graveyard Rabbits for sponsoring this carnival.
Instead of animals, my carnival carousel is filled with tree shaped tombstones. I have a fascination for these. Whenever I am wandering in a cemetery, my eyes are always searching for any gravemarker that is a tree. Often it is just a simple, weather worn tree stump with no name or markings. Pictured here are mostly ornately carved trees with additional embellishments. Here are a few that I have found.
Instead of animals, my carnival carousel is filled with tree shaped tombstones. I have a fascination for these. Whenever I am wandering in a cemetery, my eyes are always searching for any gravemarker that is a tree. Often it is just a simple, weather worn tree stump with no name or markings. Pictured here are mostly ornately carved trees with additional embellishments. Here are a few that I have found.
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Maria Kelsey MayburyWife of F. I. Maybury
1843-1884
Frank K. Maybury
December 1, 1867-March 24, 1869
Birdie Maybury
January 1, 1876-December 26, 1876
DeForest Maybury
June 2, 1872-October 23, 1879
Children of F.I. and M.K. Maybury
Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
Job M. Lingenfelter
April 1, 1903
Aged
56Y 11 M 15D
At Rest
CharlesSon of J.M. and S.E. Lingenfelter
Died
July 30, 1890
Aged
17YS’ 7M ‘S 2D’S
Nellie and Girtie [Gertrude] Lingenfelter
Sarah E. [Elizabeth]Wife of
Job M. Lingenfelter
Born
August 11, 1847
July 18, 1928
Butternut Ridge Cemetery, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Rev. J. F. RiceBorn
December 7, 1825
Died
November 3, 1905
Nettie Couch
Revered
Wife of
J.F. Rich
Died March 7, 1897
Aged 41 yrs
Deaths doings
recorded here
Heartaches Elsewhere
Susan Mandana
Wife of
J.F. Rice
And mother of the
Children recorded
On this stone
Died
October 31, 1882
53 years 10 mos
and 17 days
Myrtella May RiceDied
June 25, 1861
Aged
4 yrs 4 mos
4 days
Sabrina Padelford
Died
Feby 28, 1877
Aged 69 yr
10 mos & 3 days
Stella Aurilla RiceDied
Nov 25, 1860
Aged
6 yrs 11 mo
Infant Son Rice
Died
April 1, 1849
Aged 3 weeks
Edna Estelle Rice
Died
May 4, 1862
Aged
1 year 19 days
James Gardner RiceDied
Feby 11, 1852
Aged
1 year 1 mo
21 days
Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio
Unnamed
Vernando Hilton NicelyAugust 8, 1871-June 30, 1913
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ReplyDeleteI am familiar with North Olmstead OH, my daughter is a BW Grad degree in Music.
Linda, some fine examples!! Enjoyed looking at them.
ReplyDeleteJust a few? Wow you have several here! Very interesting and unique, at least to me!
ReplyDeleteLinda, It would seem this was a style of tombstones froma specific era. Are there other tombstone styles from eras? That would be very interesting. Good work as always!
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