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Oakland Cemetery is the oldest cemetery, as well as one of the largest green spaces, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded as "Atlanta Cemetery"; in 1850 on six acres (2.4 hectares) of land southeast of the city, it was renamed in 1872 to reflect the large number of oak and magnolia trees growing in the area. By that time, the city had grown and the cemetery had enlarged correspondingly to the current 48 acres (190,000 m2). Since then, Atlanta has continued to expand, so that the cemetery is now located in the center of the city. Oakland is an excellent example of a Victorian-style cemetery, and reflects the "garden cemetery"; movement started and exemplified by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts.
The original 6 acres (24,000 m2) of Oakland remains one of the oldest historical plots of land in Atlanta, most of the rest of the city having been burned in 1864. Because of its age and location, the cemetery directly reflects the history and changing culture of the City of Atlanta and the significant events it has seen. Names of Atlanta streets, buildings, parks, subdivisions, and more can be found within the cemetery gates. An estimated 70,000 people are interred at Oakland, and while the last plots were sold in 1884, there are still regular burials today. These are largely conducted on family-owned plots or areas owned by Atlanta (one of the most recent being former mayor Maynard Jackson, whose plot was contributed by the city).
The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery is a fine example of Spanish colonial architecture. Built by the Franciscan Friar Vicente Velloc in 1845, its octagonal grounds are enclosed by a wall decorated with wrought-iron grills and stonework meant to look like drapery.
An arched gate leads to the chapel built into the cemetery's inner wall. Wings radiate from the sides of the chapel, forming an arc where the aboveground niches are found.
Under the chapel, two flights down, is the crypt. This underground section of the cemetery played an important role in our history. Throughout the Revolution of 1896 and the Filipino-American War, our fighting patriots used the crypt as a secret hideout, gathering here to plan their moves or to seek shelter. Similarly, it became a safehouse for guerillas during the World War II.
The Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery is located in Nagcarlan, a mountainside town of Laguna.
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon & Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Moriah was established in 1855 as one of the first rural pastoral cemeteries in the country. Many famous persons including Betsey Ross were buried there. After decades of neglect the cemetery was officially abandoned in 2011. A group of volunteers formed the “Friends of Mount Moriah” to clear the cemetery of the overgrowth of vines, trees, & weeds that made it unvisitable, maintain & update the records, and work to establishing a legal entity for the cemetery. More information is available at friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
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Description: Comb graves in Davis Cemetery, Overton Co., Tenn.
Date: February 11, 2013
Creator: Dr. Richard Finch
Collection name: Richard C. Finch Folk Graves Digital Photograph Collection
Historical note: Comb graves are a type of covered grave that are often called "tent graves." The length of the grave was covered by rocks or other materials that look like the gabled roof or comb of a building. They were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is conjectured that these graves were covered to protect them from either weather or animals, or perhaps both. While comb graves can be found in other southern states, the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee has the highest concentration of these types of graves.
Accession number: 2013-022
Owning Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#: Crawford Q - Davis Cem 14
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Millgrove Cemetery was also known as Grove Free Burying Ground and dates back to the mid 1800's.
Located in Millgrove section of Hamilton.
This tombstone is of George Borer who died in 1877 and most likely of the Borer family that was located in the Rock Chapel area of Hamilton after which Borer's Falls was named.
Also of interest is the damage to the tombstone at the top which has not been repaired, as all the information is still intact on the remainder of the tombstone.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
WIFE'S DISCOVERY.
AN INQUEST ADJOURNED.
A man named Charles George Rivers,aged 47, a partner in a loan company, who lived with his wife in a boardinghouse in Wellington Street, was found dead in bed at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. At the inquest, which was opened by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., this morning, evidence was given that Rivers arose at the usual hour on Tuesday, and left for his office. At 11.15 a maid entered his room and found him in bed smoking a cigarette. She asked Rivers if he was ill and he replied that he had contracted a chill. He told the maid not to bother doing the room. Later the same day, Mrs. Rivers discovered that her husband was not at his office, and on returning to the boardinghouse at 5.30 p.m. she found him dead, in bed.
Deceased was a returned soldier and had been in ill health. The inquest was adjourned to enable medical evidence to be given as to the result of a postmortem which was held.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320407.2.54
HUSBAND FOUND DEAD.
WIFE'S TRAGIC DISCOVERY.
OPENING OF THE INQUEST.
An inquest was opened by the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., yesterday into the death of Charles George Rivers, aged 47, an agent, who was found dead in his bedroom at his home at 47, Wellington Street, City, on Tuesday.
Deceased's wife Ida May Rivers, stated that her husband had left home on Tuesday morning for his office. She had gone to meet him at noon, but had not seen him, and on making an inquiry at his office had been informed that be had left in the morning and had not returned. When she reached home about 5.30 p.m. she discovered her husband dead in bed.
A housemaid, Catherine Donovan, said that when she went to deceased's room at 11.15 a.m. he was lying in bed smoking a cigarette. Witness asked him if he were ill, and he said he thought he had caught a slight chill. Witness did not see him again.
The coroner then adjourned the inquest to obtain medical evidence.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320408.2.145
Plot 53: Charles George Rivers (46) 1932 – Agent
61782 Pte
C. G. RIVERS
Wellington Regt
died 5-4-1932.
N.Z.E.F
DEATHS
RIVERS. —On April 5, 1932 (suddenly), at his residence, 47, Wellington Street, City. Charles George Rivers, late N.Z.E.F., dearly beloved husband of Ida M. Rivers. The funeral will leave the Chapel of Messrs. C. Little and Son, 209, Hobson Street, at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday), for Waikumete Cemetery. Friends please accept this intimation.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320406.2.3
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USS Salem memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States.
Regulatory changes at the cemetery limited the size, placement, and number of memorials in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Most new memorials are small plaques placed by military associations and foundations. Placement of the memorial includes a financial donation to help to maintain trees and grounds at the cemetery. As of September 2011, there were more than 140 such miscellaneous memorials in the cemetery.
This memorial is in Section 12, placed before a Red Oak.
Staff Sgt. Ruth Hanks, Sentinel, 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) places a rose at each of the four crypts of the Unknowns during her last walk ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Sept. 3, 2017. Staff Sgt. Hanks is the 4th female Sentinel to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and has been guarding the tomb since September 2015. (U.S. Army Photos by Pvt. Lane Hiser)
Plot 64: Margaret Elizabeth Fahey (76) 1950 – Miss * top of cross broken off
John Edward Fahey – Dairy Farmer
In Loving Memory Of
MARGARET ELIZABETH
FAHEY
died 26th Jan. 1950-aged 77.
also her brother
JOHN EDWARD FAHEY
died 3rd Sept. 1962-aged 86.
R-I-P
"Sacred
To the memory of
Henry Robinson
Who was drowned by the sudden
Rising of the waters of Oakey Creek
On the 18th of Dec 1851
Aged 51 years
Our brother he heaven hath gain'd
- flying the - and winds
His rest he hath - obtained
And left his companions behind"
Many gold miners were caught unawares by flash floods while washing for gold in the creek beds.
NSW death records have two Henry Robinsons in the period 1850 -1860, no locations: 1- d. 1851, age 32; 2- d. 1853, age 62. This Henry appears to be neither.
The website below shows his death date as 1851, at age 51.
Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery is the final resting place of thousands of pets including many celebrity pets. Allegedly the pooch that played "Petey" on "The Little Rascals" is buried here. Aspin Hill is also the final resting place of J. Edgar Hoover's dog Spee-de-Bozo.
Alexandria police K-9 vets are buried at Aspin Hill, as is Rags, the mascot of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, who carried a note past enemy lines to Allied forces during World War I, the Gazette reported.
A number of graves even contain humans who chose to be buried with their pets. Most if not all those are cremated remains. Former owner Alfred Nash and his wife are also buried in the cemetery.
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
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R – OH) views the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 4, 2022. Gonzalez visited ANC to participate in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Malacca (Malay: Melaka, dubbed The Historical State or Negeri Bersejarah amongst locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south. The capital is Malacca Town. This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.
Although it was the location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, the monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri or Governor, rather than a Sultan, acts as the head of state now.
Metairie Cemetery has the largest collection of elaborate marble tombs and funeral statuary in the city.
One of the most famous is the Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division monument, a monumental tomb of Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. The monument includes two notable works by sculptor Alexander Doyle (1857–1922):
Atop the tomb is a 1877 equestrian statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston on his horse "Fire-eater", holding binoculars in his right hand. General Johnston was for a time entombed here, but the remains were later removed to Texas.
To the right of the entrance to the tomb is a 1885 life size statue represents a Confederate officer about to read the roll of the dead during the American Civil War. The statue is said to be modeled after Sergeant William Brunet of the Louisiana Guard Battery, but is intended to represent all Confederate soldiers.
Other notable monuments in Metairie Cemetery include:
the pseudo-Egyptian pyramid
the former tomb of Storyville madam Josie Arlington
Moriarity tomb, with a marble monument with a height of 60 feet (18 m) tall. A temporary special spur railroad line was built to bring the materials for this monument.
Memorial of 19th-century police chief David Hennessy, whose murder sparked a riot.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee, a great grand-daughter of Martha Washington. The cemetery is situated directly across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is served by the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line of the Washington Metro system.
In an area of 624 acres (2.53 km2), veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's wars are interred in the cemetery, ranging from the American Civil War through to the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900.
Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery are administered by the Department of the Army. The other national cemeteries are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or by the National Park Service. Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) and its grounds are administered by the National Park Service as a memorial to Lee.
"21. Proprietors who may wish either to enclose their lots, construct vaults, or have their boundaries more fully defined, must first apply to the Superintendent on the premises, who must be present, whose directions they will conform to on these occasions, as well as in the erection of other improvements, attending at funerals, etc.; and it is to him the Directors look for the enforcement of these rules, and for the maintenance of decoram in the Cemetery on all occasions.
Rules Concerning Agents of the Company and Men In Its Employ
The Superintendent shall reside at the Cemetery, and under direction of the Directors shall have general custody thereof; shall keep the avenues, paths, and grounds in neat and satisfactory order, and as agent of the Company, shall have the sole power to engage and discharge workmen, and to order and arrange their respective duties. He shall see that the rights of the Company are respected by each and every individual entering the ground.
2. No officer or agent of the Company shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in buying or selling lots for proprietors.
3. The Superintendent shall not make exchanges or purchases of lots, or have any personal interest in any material used, without permission first had of the Committee on grounds.
4. No man on the Cemetery pay roll shall be allowed to work for any other party than the Cemetery Company.
Work On Lots
No person other than the proper officers and servants of the Company, shall be allowed to perform any work on any lot in the Cemetery without the authority of the Superintendent, who shall be responsible for all injury and damage done by his workmen whilst in his employ, either to the ground or other property of the Company or of any proprietor, shall remove all refuse material taken from his lot to places indicated.
Marks And Bounds Of Lots
The proprietor of each lot shall erect at his or her own expense, suitable land marks of stone or iron at the corners thereof, and shall also cause the number thereof to be legibly and permanently marked on the premises. And if the proprietor shall omit for ninety days after notice, to erect such land marks and mark the number, the Directors shall have authority to cause the same to be done at the expense of said proprietor. The Superintendent, when a burial lot or other parcel of ground shall have been sold, shall at any time after ninety days from the date of the said notice, at the expense of the proprietor of said lot or parcel of ground, put down suitable stone boundary posts, and cause the lot to be graded, and the number of the lot to be legibly cut upon one of said posts, unless the proprietor shall within that time give satisfactory evidence to the Superintendent that he will immediately proceed to place such posts upon his lot with the number inscribed.
Neglected Lots
The Superintendent shall, on or before the first Monday in May each year, report to the Directors a list of all lots which may be so much out of repair as to detract from the general good appearance of the Cemetery; upon which the proprietors of said lots of other persons interested therein shall be notified by the Secretary of their condition, and be urgently requested to put them in repair. In cases of gross neglect, when proprietors shall omit or refuse to repair their lots after such notice, it shall be within the discretion of the Committee on Lots to cause suitable repairs to be done at the expense of the proprietors.
Repair Fund
The Directors will receive in trust from any proprietor a sum money not less than one hundred dollars, the income of which shall be appropriated to the repair of his lot, according to the terms of trust given. The Directors may also guarantee the perpetual repair of lots, upon the payment to the Treasurer of such a sum of money as the Committee on Lots shall deem sufficient for that purpose. In the latter case if the repair fund should ever be lost, the whole property of the Company is held for the perpetual repair of such lots. All moneys received from proprietors for the purpose of keeping lots in repair, shall collectively constitute a separate fund, called the Repair Fund, and shall be kept invested, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, as the Directors may see fit, on such security as they may approve. Each lot, in relation to which such contract shall have been made, shall be credited in a book kept for the purpose with the principal sum given on account of said lot, and at the close of each year a rateable proportion of the net income of the whole Repair Fund, less one- half percent, shall be carried to the credit of each lot. The Secretary shall keep the Superintendent or Keeper informed as to the lots which the Company have agreed to keep in repair, and shall also state the sums paid by the proprietors as consideration for such agreements. The list of the lots, the repair of which has been contracted for by the Company, shall be published in each edition of the catalogue of proprietors, together with the names of the present owners, and the sums respectively paid on said lots."
William Frederick Tyler. 1878-1909. was a policeman in N.Division Metropolitan Police. Shot by Latvian Anarchists during a wage robbery in Chestnut Road. Tottenham. N17. Abney Park Cemetery. Stoke Newington. London. N16.
Title: [Company C, 138th Infantry]
Creator: United States Army, American Graves Registration Service
Date: March 1925
Part Of: Horn family papers
Place: Paris, France
Description: Cemetery rules regarding visiting the graves of the deceased at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial. This item is from the Horn Family Papers collection, which contains the family papers of Thomas Lora Horn, his wife Blanche, and their two sons in St. Louis, Missouri. Their son Leslie, a second lieutenant in the 110th infantry, 28th division, lost his life on October 1, 1918 at the Battle of Argonne during World War I. This collection includes materials regarding Leslie's death and Blanche's visit to his grave at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in 1930 as part of the Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage.
Physical Description: 1 sheet (1 page); 24 x 16 cm
File: a2010_0029c_4_21_opt.jpg
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