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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Notable Woman

An unassuming slab of stone off the Fife coast at Torryburn covers the mortal remains of Lilias Adie, the only known grave of an accused witch in Scotland

Buried beneath the tidal line by superstitious villagers in 1704, her grave was rediscovered in 2014

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysofGraves 12: Notable Woman

Maybe a slightly odd take on this?

Mary Elinor
w/o W. B. Mathews
Feb 19, 1859
Jan 13, 1880
A Christian
An Angel
Truth, virtue, beauty all,
That lent a charm to life;
Lie buried in thy timeless grave,
My lost, my cherished wife.

Mary was notable to Mr. Mathews! 😁

Tombstone placed for Mary Elinor in Oaklawn Cemetery at Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia. It is off its base and leaning against it. At the top is a large lily bloom with more miniature lily of the valley blooms emerging from it. The inscription is clear and readable, with the words "A Christian. An Angel" in all capital letters.

The back of the base of Mary's monument. Here is where the inscribed poem noted in the original post is located, in italics.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 1d

Latest up at the Southern Graves blog - tinyurl.com/2v86ms7j

John Wesley McDaniel was b. 16 Jul 1887 in Harrison, James (now Hamilton) County, #Tennessee. He was 1 of 10 children belonging to Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) and George Oliver McDaniel (1862-1941).

#genealogy #familyhistory #deathrecords

Father John and Daughter Edith McDaniel Both Succumb to Tuberculosis

In 1940 and 1945, respectively. John Wesley McDaniel was born 16 July 1887 in Harrison, James (now Hamilton) County, Tennessee. He was one o...

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Gravestones of New England @gravestones-ne.bsky.social · 1d

“In Peace Amidst the Rage of Noise and War”

Gravestone of Jacob Tilton, 1776, at North Cemetery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Not sure who the carver was, but probably someone from Boston.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 1d

What a story. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

A hiker vanished into thin air. Twenty years later, her family is left with unknowns.

Michelle Vanek’s disappearance mystified investigators, inspired conspiracy theories and became a cautionary tale of the American wilderness.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 2d

Forgot to add earlier...

Here's William's son:

Allen Wiggins
GA Vols
War of 1812
1794 - 1857

Oaklawn #Cemetery in Fort Valley, Peach County, #Georgia

#Warof1812 #LatinCross #ChristianCross #EmblemofBelief #militaryhistory #militaryheadstone #southerngraves

US government issued headstone for War of 1812 veteran Allen Wiggins. A Latin, or Christian, cross was chosen as the emblem of belief, and it is inscribed at the top. In the ground, directly in front of the headstone, is a small American flag.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 2d

I 💜 Bonaventure

Welwyn Archaeological Society @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfGraves day 11: military Rather than post a grand tomb of a eminent military person, I thought I'd highlight some graves from some of more modest rank. These are in the wonderful Bonaventure cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. For those that care, #Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm lens.

A line of three white tombstones, one behind the other in a raking light show the text. They are to Jack B. Williamson, Walter Benedict Johnson and Wallace Eugene Thonness.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely something to ponder. 🤔

lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Military

Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, Connecticut, USA

Three local militia members who died in the American Revolution. The inscriptions got me thinking about the role of memorials in shaping national stories and identities.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Such a huge sacrifice. 🙏

Rosie Rowley @thehistoryspy.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: Military - hard to choose as most of my photos are of military gravestones and war memorials! Decided this is one of the most poignant headstones in #Macclesfield Cemetery. A family of seven children and their parents; poor Mary Ann lost her husband and all her children...

Black headstone with the Cheshire Regiment crest in gold at the top and gold lettering, naming nine members of the McKay family. The father Robert died in Macclesfield of illness contracted while serving in Africa in 1901. All five sons died while serving with the Cheshire Regiment, one in the Boer war, three in WWI and one in WW2. Two daughters died of influenza at the end of WWI.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysofGraves 11: #Military

William Wiggins, Jr.
Continental Line
Rev War
1754 - 1830

Oaklawn #Cemetery at Fort Valley, Peach County, #Georgia

#AmericanRevolution #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanWarofIndependence #PatriotSoldier #LatinCross #ChristianCross #EmblemofBelief #USHistory #headstone

US Government issued headstone for William Wiggins, Jr. A Latin, or Christian, cross was the chosen emblem of belief and is at the top.

To the right of the headstone, stuck in the ground, is a small American flag.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful!

Holundra 🐌 @holundra.bsky.social · 3d

Tag 10 • Urn / Urne

Grabmal Thede
📍 Parkfriedhof Eichhof Kiel

#31DaysOfGraves #cemetery #graveyard

schwarzer Grabstein mit Inschriften und Bronzerelief: eine Frau kniet vor einer Urne

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 3d

Who doesn't love a twofer!? 😀

Rosie Rowley @thehistoryspy.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 10: Urn - 2 for the price of 1! The grave of Lily & Maggie Gaskell, plot M9721 in #Macclesfield Cemetery, with an urn on top; in the background another urn, plot M9725, the grave of Joseph (1817-1895) & Mary (1826-1895) Brocklehurst & family; Mary died just 5 days after Joseph

Three large grave monuments in Macclesfield Cemetery with trees and the crematorium chapel in the background

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysofGraves 10: Urn

Draped urn atop monument for Congressman Marshall J. Wellborn (d. 1874 at age 67), with #Atlanta cityscape in the background. You can see a Grant Park Historic District sign as well as the Six Feet Under seafood restaurant. -- Oakland #Cemetery

#drapedurn #sixfeetunder

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 3d

Latest up at the Southern Graves blog - tinyurl.com/5ckn8t5j

Jennie Green was a dau. of Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) & George Oliver McDaniel (1862-1941). Jennie, b. 1885, was 1st m. to Rev. Messer Ensley abt 1914, & a Mr. Green sometime aft. 1933. But she was noted as a widow on her 1936 death cert.

Mrs. Jennie Green Killed on the Dixie Highway (1936)

Jemima J. "Jennie" McDaniel Ensley Green was born 7 April 1885 in Tennessee to George Oliver (1862-1941) and Sarah E. Capps (1864-1922) McDa...

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting! 💍

Norma Explores @normaexplores.bsky.social · 4d

Day 9 of #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'hand'.

I've borrowed an image from my side-quest, The Jeevar Archive, today.

The grave is that of Mary Richards. According to local legend she died at the altar, just moments after the wedding ring was placed on her hand as she was being married. 🧵⬇️

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

Another set of clasped hands. 👍

Karen @songthrush83.bsky.social · 4d

Day 9 of #31daysofgraves - hand. These two clasped hands are featured on the grave of Isaac and Jemima Severn, who celebrated their Diamond Wedding in 1913. This symbol denotes an eternal union, or a husband and wife being reunited in death. They died almost exactly a year apart.

Close-up view of the top part of the headstone marking the grave of Isaac and Jemima Severn. It shows a relief carving of two clasped hands; the one on the left has a feminine lacy cuff while the other has a man’s shirt cuff.

A wider shot of Isaac and Jemima’s grave, showing the headstone partly covered with trailing ivy. The inscription reads:

In loving memory of
Isaac Severn
Who died Sep 10th 1915
Aged 85 years
Also
Jemima
Wife of the above
Who died Sep 7th 1916
Aged 83 years

Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

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🩷🕊 Sara Flacci @saraflacci.bsky.social · 4d

Hand of God

Facade of the Colson-Verstraete family chapel at Campo Santo in Ghent
#31DaysOfGraves 9 • hand
#Cemetery #Cemeteries

B/W detail of the architectural decoration above the chapel door. The large hand, descending from a cloud, holds five praying figures in its palm. Oral sources indicate that these are five children who, due to illness, all died in quick succession.

Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysofGraves 9: Hand ✋

Classic clasped hands on the monument for Angelina G. and George Stewart Sr. at Oakland #Cemetery in #Atlanta, #Georgia.

George was considered a pioneer citizen, coming to the city in 1853 and doing contract work for the railroads.

#claspedhands #cemeterysymbols #history

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

I struggled as well, and settled on something similar! 😁

Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 4d

Day 8, Glass: I struggled to find an example in my phone for this one! Here we have a family mausoleum in Pére Lachaise, Paris, with light shining through a gorgeous little stained glass window in the back. #31DaysofGraves 🏺

A tall, narrow mausoleum made from sandatone. It is Gothic revival style with the iron doors pushed inwards. There is as a small blue and red stained glass window in the back, with a white cross in the middle, letting sun shine into the structure.

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

Also buried within is William's son-in-law; Charles Collier (1848-1900, former mayor of Atlanta); and Charles's daughter and son-in-law, Julia Collier (1875-1967) and Julian Harris (1874-1963, son of author Joel Chandler Harris).

Obituaries for William A. Rawson here -- tinyurl.com/5xvc9mr6

Exotic Revival Mausoleum of W. A. Rawson

The William A. Rawson mausoleum in Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia was built in the exotic revival architectural style. Not only does ...

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysofGraves 8: Glass

Looking through the windows of the William A. Rawson (1810-1879) #mausoleum in Oakland #Cemetery at #Atlanta, #Georgia, you can see a descending dove in stained glass.

The architectural style is noted as Exotic Revival with elements of Greek Revival.

#architecture

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysofGraves 7: #Angel

This little one was placed for Helen (1893-1896), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKenzie. Found in Felton #Cemetery at Montezuma, Macon County, #Georgia.

#cemeteryangel #cemeteryart #cemeterysculpture #sufferlittlechildren #southerngraves #familyhistory

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 6d

What self-respecting #cemetery researcher fails to uncover the death year when photographing a gravestone?

*Ahem.* 🙋‍♀

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Stephanie @stitchingstephanie.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysofGraves 6: Gender

[Front]
William H. Miller
b. in Newton, New Jersey
Oct 11, 1808
d. in Perry, Ga
Aug 14, 1860

"Thy brother shall rise again."

[Back]
"Praises on tombs
are titles vainly spent.
A man's good name
is his best monument."

Evergreen #Cemetery, Perry, Houston County, #Georgia

Front of gravestone for William H. Miller. It states he was born in Newton, New Jersey on Oct 11, 1808, and died in Perry, Ga on Aug 14, 1860. Below that information is the inscription, "Thy brother shall rise again."

Inscription on back of gravestone placed for William H. Miller: "Praises on tombs are titles vainly spent. A man's good name is his best monument."

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