Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #15

I found this headstone in the Mt Joy Cemetery atop a hill in Lancaster County.  The headstone isn’t nearly as interesting as the Joshua Leader’s story!   Joshua was the youngest step-brother of my 4th great-grandfather, Samuel Leader.  He was a Pharmacist in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, when he was killed trying to stop a run [...]

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A Pile of Stones. . . . and one has got to be Samuel’s!

   One of my favorite towns!  Marietta, Pennsylvania!  and a beautiful old Meeting House, surrounded by an old cemetery, and I have ancestors buried here!  I know for a fact that my 5th great grandfather, Lewis Leader, is buried here ~ around the back with his 2nd wife, Sarah and son, Lewis.  and I’d almost [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #14

My headstone of the week could hardly be called a headstone! It is a crypt, and not just any crypt, but one located in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. I thought it fitting this inaugural week to have one from that awesome place. The Sarcophagus belongs to Frederick Ward Denys and was created by [...]

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A Memorial. . . of sorts

  Walking on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, last summer I came across this memorial. Now, it may look trivial to some, but to the creator(s) it was important, and probably washed away with the evening tide. The inscription read: In Memory of our turtle and friend Bubbles My blog will memorialize Bubbles for [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #13

This beautiful old monument was found on our most recent visit to Philadelphia in September. It belongs to Tench Francis who was born in 1730 and died 1 May 1800. He is buried in Christ Church Burial Ground about a block away from the Church. This is a beautiful old graveyard and has the remains [...]

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The Case of the Vanishing Cemetery

Pennsylvania doesn’t treasure it’s cemeteries. Pennsylvanians do; but the laws haven’t. Cemeteries have been bulldozed under, sold with land for development and plowed to plant more crops. Country roads have encroached in cemeteries and it is not unusual to travel down a country road and see a small cemetery right up next to the pavement. [...]

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Finding John Auxer . . .

My g-g-g-g-grandfather had a brother, John.  I knew a lot about John since he was Justice of the Peace in Marietta, Pennsylvania,Town Treasurer and generally well known.  Census data, City Directory data, newspaper articles abounded.  I did not know when he died or where he was buried.  I had assumed he had died in Marietta [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #12

My headstone of the week this week is actually two headstones. . .  and one tree.   These headstones, in East Harrisburg Cemetery, belong to my great-grandfather’s cousin, Rev. Harry Dickson Lehman and his daughter, Sarah Loretta .  His is the larger one on the left, her’s the smaller on the right.  It appears the [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week, Week #11

My headstone of the week belongs to my husband’s youngest son.  Jim and Tim’s mother, Carol Fisher, are pictured at his grave  in Hillcrest Burial Park in Kent, Washington, about 15 years ago.  We lost  Tim when he was 21 and stationed in Manheim, Germany with the US Army.  His grave marker reads: TIMOTHY CRAIG [...]

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