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Drowning by misadventure was apparently a reasonably common cause of death on Norfolk Island in the mid-19th century.
b>Description: Comb graves in Cummingsville Cemetery in Van Buren Co., Tenn.
Date: September 5, 2012
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#: Bald Knob Q - Cumingsville Cem 1
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The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery is located on Okopowa Street. There are at least a quarter million souls buried on the grounds here, making it one of the largest Jewish cemeteries -- certainly in Europe, but also in the world. An exact number here is almost impossible to determine as there are a number of mass graves due to the extermination by the Nazis in WWII.
The cemetery opened in 1806 and covers about 80 acres. It is once again an active cemetery, with a small section taking new interments. Mainly, though, it is a historic cemetery and heavily woodland/forest at this point.
There are many notable Jews interred here that range from the arts to education to rabbinical/religious life.
Please feel free to read the Wikipedia entry for this cemetery for more information about the cemetery and some notable people interred here. It's well worth a look.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Cemetery,_Warsaw
(It's also well worth a visit if you ever find yourself in Warsaw.)
Brasov (German: Kronstadt; Hungarian: Brassó; Medieval Latin: Brassovia or Corona)
The Medieval city of Corona was founded by German colonists (called the Transylvanian Saxons) in the 13th century. Brasov was one of the most important Saxon cities of Transylvania. (The German name of Transylvania, Siebenbürgen refers to the seven most important Saxon cities.)
While steaming on the St. Lawrence River in fog, the Empress was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier (coal freighter) SS Storstad; and the Empress sank very quickly in the early morning of 29 May 1914. This accident claimed 1,012 lives, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in Canadian history.
Cemetery Zombie (Bill Hinzman)
Sculpted by Joe Simon ©
Painted by Karin Froschauer
From the movie Night of the Living Dead
Gallimore, John William. Private T382629, 1st Coy, 74th Division, Train, Royal Army Service Corps formerly 6th Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby Regiment] Died 21st December 1918 aged 21. Son of Thomas Gallimore, of 22, Buxton Rd., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and the late Lucy Gallimore. Commemorated on a family memorial Ashbourne Cemetery, Derbyshire and is buried at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium
The Silveyville Cemetery is actually located in the town of Dixon along First Street. It dates back to the 1860s when the Odd Fellows organization (the I.O.O.F.) opened a small cemetery. At some point during these early years, the graves from the former village of Silveyville were actually dug up and moved to this cemetery just as the living residents and their homes and other buildings were moved to the new town of Dixon. Dixon’s cemetery is still known as the Silveyville cemetery, and the founder of Silveyville, Elijah Silvey, is buried there along with other family members.
dixon.patch.com/articles/dixon-then-and-now-gravestones-a...
Here is a 1/6/2012 news article about Silveyville.
www.dailyrepublic.com/news/solanocounty/once-bustling-sil...
I ran out of time today to walk these beautiful grounds, but hope to return soon.
Arlington National Cemetery is located in Virginia across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. The more than 600 acre site is home to brave patriots who gave their lives in our nation’s conflicts beginning with the Civil War. The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, which was the estate of Confederate general Robert E. Lee and his wife Mary Anna Custis Lee. Mrs Lee was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, George Washington’s wife.
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This is another one of the beautiful statues at the Oak Cemetery in Ft. Smith. There's such pain and misery in their faces. I thought it was really moving.
Silverton Cemetery is in the desert near the ghost town. Silverton was established in the 1880s after miners came to the region seeking silver. Lead and zinc was also found in the region. Most miners moved on to the larger centre of Broken Hill nearby and Silverton gradually dwindled towards becoming a ghost town. It has been maintained as a tourist destination. Located in far western New South Wales in Australia.