An analysis of a mysterious, half-obscured funerary relief.
Category Archives: cemeteries
The ill-starred Traughs
A marker revealing grim demographic realities of a former age.
Gladly wolde they lerne and gladly teche
In which the author grumpily discourses on how Chaucer ain’t Chaucer anymore.
They were lovely and pleasant in their lives
Kudos to the Pettebones for choosing a wonderful Egyptian Revival obelisk.
McCormick monument
An eternal guard watches over James McCormick’s grave.
Wealtha Ann Smith
Wealtha Ann Smith and her son Amos both died on 27 September 1804.
Weeping Willow in Forty Fort
A marvelously crisp image of a willow stands upon the marble monument of Thomas Bevan in Forty Fort Cemetery in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania (figure 1). Figure 1. Bevan monument. Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, PA. Photo: author. The face of the stone has not fared as well as the recessed relief; it’s best to get …
Ashes to ashes, rust to rust: part 2
Further examples of wrought and cast iron markers by William Adams Foundry.
The clever Doctor Kluge
Panama, death at sea, and interesting iconography! What’s not to like?
Hell House of Berwick, Pennsylvania
Across Cemetery Street from Pine Grove Cemetery in Berwick, Pennsylvania, is what looks long ago to have been a combination chapel-undertaker’s-sexton’s house in an attractive style on the outgoing edge of stick style and on the incoming edge of Queen Anne style (figure 1). Figure 1. Hell House. Berwick, PA. Photo: author. At some point …
