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There were once pine trees framing this entire family plot...all but 2 have been cut down. Dates on the stones run from 1800s to 1920s except one with a date in 1990s. Stones that I can make out generally have the name of Lewis.
The Highway Dept recently uncovered this "lost" cemetary while preparing some land to use for a gravel site. Respectfully, they have marked off the plot, taken out the overgrowth, and even finished it with some gravel. Most of the graves have the names Owens on them and date from the late 1700s and 1800s. Some are so old the writing is no longer legible.
Switches for the old springvale cemetary line, DOWN end of springvale station. This junction has since been removed.
This is an abandoned cemetary deep in the woods down an abandoned logging road. I happened on this while looking for old kaoline mines for fossils. I just happened to stop to take a leak and barely caught an upraised hand in the distance an
d just a hint of a wrought iron fence. This has the grave of Hayden Hughes consort. The writing on the consorts grave stoicly proclaimes that "here lie the remains" and the word consort is plainly visible. What is unusual is that the more ornate grave has a mariners them and religious symbols such as a cross are noticeably absent. The wrought iren posts have somewhat of a cross but given the lack of markings on the tombstones I'm thinking that this was not purposely ordered but rather what was readily available at the time. This is a very peculiar place and it has been calling me for some time to come capture the imagery of this place.
This is the cemetary off to the side of Edinboro lake. Most of the graves are just about 200-250 years old. Lots of Culbertsons and Millspaws.
All these ceramic flowers are from graves in the Lencloitre cemetary in the Poitou-Charentes region of France.