Linda’s Headstone of the Week, Week #10

My headstone of the week is in Arlington National Cemetery.  It lies within view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and belongs to the grandfather I never knew, William Francis Sherman.  He died in Washington DC when he was only 57 years old.  Regretfully, his service records were among those in St. Louis that [...]

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A brief look at Agua Mansa Cemetery

. . . and I do mean brief!  I had to photograph this cemetery through a chain-link fence! This Pioneer Cemetery is now, as the sign says, A Branch of the San Bernardino County Museum, and as such keeps “Museum hours!”  I was there about 8:45 one Saturday morning early in December.  They were closed [...]

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The Old Tehachapi Cemetery

As I mentioned in a previous post, I used to live in Tehachapi.  The area has four cemeteries that I know of, and I’ve seen them all ~ Eastside Cemetery, Westside Cemetery, The Old Tehachapi Cemetery and the Fickert Family Cemetery.  Eastside and Westside Cemeteries are very descriptive in title.  One is on the east [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #9

My headstone of the week is actually a site.  It is located in Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, right across from James Buchanan’s site.  I’m assuming this is the “Hensel” site, since the two remaining headstones I can read are for Hensel family members.  I love the figures guarding and/or protecting the site.  They [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week, Week #8

Week #8′s headstone of the week is a simple one, and could probably be found in any cemetery throughout the world.  I have no idea who  “PAPA” is or who loved him so much that his given name was simply unnecessary.  I know nothing else about him except for the fact that he is buried [...]

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The Earp Brothers and Colton, California

Continuing on with my California trip, I finally visited a grave I knew had existed for a long time.  I just never knew the whole story.  Why was Morgan Earp killed in Tombstone, Arizona but buried in Colton, California?  It took a trip to Hermosa Cemetery in Colton and then to the Library in the [...]

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Tehachapi, California and one of their Murals

Tehachapi?  Isn’t that in California?  Aren’t you the “Lancaster, Pennsylvania” Graveyard Rabbit?  All those questions probably come to your mind, don’t they?  Well, the answer is YES, Tehachapi is in California and YES, I’m the Lancaster, Pennsylvania Graveyard Rabbit. However, I used to live in Tehachapi and I am visiting family here this week, so [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week, Week #7

While driving through Harrisburg Cemetery earlier in the month, I came across Miss Jane Long’s headstone. MISS JANE LONG JULY 26, 1837 MAR. 8, 1918 UNBROKEN ATTENDANCE 36 YRS. FOURTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD.S.S. “FAITHFUL TO THE END” The neat thing about this is my great-great-grandfather, Jeremiah M. Carvell, was a Pastor at the 4th [...]

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