Monday, April 22, 2019

Epic Epitaphs

Out of all the cemeteries we visited and all the gravestones we saw, here are some of my favorites:

Jewish Cemetery on Coming St:

Die in Socket




Penina Moise
Died Sep, 13th 1880
She was 83 years old













Pedestal tomb-urn






"Falk"















Ledger
-Seth T. Prior, born January 24, 1813 and died May 24, 1871

-Rebecca Prior, born February 22, 1814 and died April 22, 1889, wife of Seth T. Prior

-"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord"














Cradle





Rosalie Raymond















Die, Base and Cap

Georgenna
Consort of Thomas M. Hume
Born Oct 19th, 1819
Died Sep 7th, 1855





















Bedstead


Samuel Bonneau Picken
Born on July 13th, 1839
Died on Sept. 17th, 1891






Double Monument

John Coming Ball 
Born on April 26th, 1923
Died April 26th, 2018



Helln Jervey Jingle Ball
March 3rd, 1925
March 7th, 2009






Headstone on a Base







Eliza Moore Wigfall
Born in 1786
Died on August 7th, 1864










Monument






Susan Henrietta
Born on June of 1822
Died Dec. 13th, 1891














"My second morn shall dawn brighter than the first"

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