Friday, August 21, 2009

Graveyard Rabbits Carnival--Carousel


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.

Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Maria Kelsey Maybury
Wife 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


Charles
Son 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. Rice
Born
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 Rice
Died
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 Rice
Died
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 Rice
Died
Feby 11, 1852
Aged
1 year 1 mo
21 days

Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio

Unnamed

Vernando Hilton Nicely
August 8, 1871-June 30, 1913

4 comments:

  1. Glad you liked my blog. Do you belong to the AlleghenyPa Roots web list. There are a lot of extremely helpful people on that list.

    I am familiar with North Olmstead OH, my daughter is a BW Grad degree in Music.

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  2. Linda, some fine examples!! Enjoyed looking at them.

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  3. Just a few? Wow you have several here! Very interesting and unique, at least to me!

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  4. Linda, 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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