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Headstone to an Irish immigrant in the Mortis Street cemetery in Goulburn. The Catholic section of the cemetery appears to be the best kept and has the cutest angels. Taken in 2018.
Grave of Patrick A. Scavetta, d. 2002, and Aileen P. Scavetta, d. 1973, Miner Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
Memorial to Captain Patrick Wood, who twice circumnavigated the globe. From the memorial I can see he also stayed at Van Dieman's Land, or Tasmania, as we know it today
For more than 100 years African and African-American slaves lived, labored, and died at Montpelier. Beyond the simple knowledge of their existence, as slaves who were owned by three generations of the Madison family, the history of the enslaved community at Montpelier is poorly represented in the historical record. Most of the Madison family papers, including business ledgers, farm journals, and other documents pertaining to the plantation activities at Montpelier, have not survived. This makes a daunting task of research into the family and also the slaves who were the force behind the Madisons' wealth and prestige. In addition, the forced silence of illiteracy and the second class status of slaves hinder research even more since most could not write about, and most owners failed to document, the lives of their slaves.
Located on the grounds of Montpelier, just beyond the front lawn of the mansion and within view of the Mount Pleasant archaeological site, is a burial ground that contains roughly 40 unmarked grave shaft depressions. The exact history of this cemetery is unknown. It was first brought to the attention of archaeologists in the 1980s during the initial archaeological survey of the property. Due to the large numbers of burials within the cemetery, it was assumed that it could only be a slave cemetery. Rough estimates based on known populations of slaves at Montpelier indicate that between 1732 and 1865 over 200 slaves died and were possibly buried on the property. During the Madison family's tenure at Montpelier (1723-1844) one can only look at the total number of slaves owned by the family and not where they were located. Numerous quarters were spread throughout the county, and within these may have been burial grounds that have since disappeared. The cemetery at Montpelier is most likely the main burial ground for the Madisons' enslaved community, but it would not contain all of the over 200 slave burials.
None of the burials are marked with inscribed stones, though a few simple fieldstone head and foot markers are associated with some of the grave shaft depressions. Besides knowing the location of this cemetery almost nothing else is known. Very little is known about the slave community at Montpelier due to the destruction of most of the Madison family papers in the mid-19th century, including the documentation that may have allowed us to piece together the history of the cemetery. The time frame when the cemetery was in use, the reason for its location, the names of the slaves and total number of slave burials, and how the cemetery may reflect the relationship between the Madison family and those they enslaved — these are all unknown aspects of the Slave Cemetery's history.
I like this mournful "weeping woman" statue on this memorial, it was just begging for a black and white shot or two...
Metro-Cammell 1989 built Northern Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car dmu 156485, passes the site of Cemetery North Junction just north of Hartlepool on the Durham Coast Line, with the 2W47 16.20 Nunthorpe-Hexham service.
The former railway diverging off to the right opened in 1935 by the Hartlepool Dock Railway to serve the Durham coalfields, linking in with the multitude of other lines around that area, the last coal trains on that freight only line ran in 1979 on the now truncated line to Haswell, now part of the National Cycle Network route 14.
11th May 2019
Violett Cemetery is named for the pioneer family that first owned the 40 plus acre property. The first known burial at Violett was in 1837, but local lore suggests that a Native American burial ground existed on the property prior to that. Another local legend suggests that the Underground Railroad passed through along the east bank of the Elkhart River.
Plot 85: Kathleen Millicent Hatton (48) 1957
Of Your Charity
Pray For The Repose Of
The Souls Of
KATHLEEN MILLICENT
died 23rd May 1957
dearly beloved wife of John Francis HATTON
and mother of Maurice
And their loved son
MAURICE CHARLES HATTON
died 2nd December 1990.
R . I . P .
HATTON