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Greenwood Cemetery open in 1869 after being converted from a farm, and covers 43 acres. It is on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Benjamin Rush (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) lived on the farm in the late 1700s. Over the years, Greenwood's fortunes declined. The cemetery became a target for vandalism and many headstones were toppled and broken. Maintenance became sporadic and vegetation began to consume the cemetery. Only the front third of the cemetery is cleared enough to walk through unimpeded. The rear of the cemetery has reverted to forest with trees springing up through the middle of graves. It is not an unusual sight to see a headstone pinioned between two trees. The Knights of Pythias, upset over conditions at Greenwood, tried unsuccessfully to have their name removed from the cemetery. The court has appointed Gloria Boyd & Kevin Lynch custodians of the cemetery on a temporary basis. They are in charge of getting the grounds in repair and arranging burials. The decision on a permanent owner will be at a later date.
Margaret
daughter of Patrick & Hannah Boyle
d. Dec. 1[?] 1852[?]
Aged 4 years & 6 months
Also their son Hugh
Who died April 14[?], 1857
Aged 6 years
[another who died in 1878 aged 19, name illegible]
Carrion crow (Corvus corone) in Brompton Cemetery during the Month of the Dead
Brompton Cemetery is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries, formed after an act of Parliament for the interment of the dead.
The site proposed for this cemetery was surrounded by fields and market gardens and was bordered to the west by the Kensington Canal. The majority of the land, which belonged to Lord Kensington, was acquired by August 1839. An additional c 2ha on the south side was bought from the Equitable Gas Company. The land, formerly the site of brickworks and market gardens, was flat and lacked the varied topography of Highgate (qv) and Nunhead (qv) Cemeteries. It was described as 'having no natural attraction whatever ... not a tree and scarcely a shrub adorn the place'...in 1838 the Board of Directors decided to hold a public competition. This was won by Benjamin Baud (1807-75)...To overcome the constraints of the site his scheme relied on architectural drama for its impact. Brompton was a classical conception with dramatic vistas and spaces, in a rural setting...Building work started in 1839 and the cemetery was consecrated in June 1840, the first burial taking place a few weeks later. The building works and the landscaping were far from complete however and the North Lodge had to be used as a temporary chapel, the Anglian Chapel being eventually completed in 1842. Baud's extravagant ideas and a slow initial uptake of burial plots appears to have led the directors into financial difficulties. Baud's designs were therefore altered, building specifications were skimped, and serious faults appeared in the catacombs; in 1843 Baud was dismissed.
[Historic England]
St James / Barber's Cemetery
Street Address: Concession Rd 3
Township: Derby Township (Concession 3, Lot 7)
Locality: Grey County
Municipality: Georgian Bluffs
Province: ON
GPS: 44.504737,-80.948175
The Madison Family Cemetery is the final resting play of several Madison Family Members including President James Madison and First Lady Dolly Madison. The tall obelisk on the right marks the grave of President Madison.
MATAHAN.—On November 15, at his nephew's residence. 9, England Street. Ponsonby, Andrew Matahan, late of Thames.— Deeply mourned. Interred at Waikumete
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19181118.2.2.1
MATAHAU.—On November 16, at Auckland, of pneumonia, Andrew Matahau, formerly of Thames. —Deeply regretted.
Inserted by his loving son, R. V. Matahau.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19181119.2.2.4
Plot 100: Andrew Matahau (58) 15/11/1918 – Boardinghouse Keeper – Influenza, Pneumonia
Grave of Byron W. Roberts, d. 1986 and Edith A. Lawson Roberts, d. 1969, Miner Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
Grave of Capt Norman RM, who died of wounds received during Admiral Lord Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
A cemetery with several dozen individual graves and a mass grave with 998 bodies, 985 of them unknown. They were killed in the Battle of the Ourcq, part of the First Battle of the Marne (Sept. 5-12, 1914).
Plot 11: Barbara Mihaljevich
Peter Mihaljevich (67) 1976 – Rtd Labourer
In Loving Memory Of
BARBARA MIHALJEVICH,
beloved wife of Peter
and loved mother of
George, Mary, Violet & Walter
died 7th Oct. 1959 – aged 49 years.
Also her loved husband
PETER MIHALJEVICH
died 23rd Dec. 1976 – aged 68 years.
At Rest.
MIHALJEVICH
Shiloh National Battlefield, Hardin County, Tennessee
In this photo are the only 2 Confederate graves among the 3584 dead.