Eternal life is represented by an obelisk. A monument with two pillars symbolizes the passageway into the next life. W B Porter Jr, who died 07 May 1881 at the age of 36, is interred under an obelisk. One can assume it was his family’s hope that he was granted eternal life. W B Porter Sr died four…
Genealogy clues abound in nearly every cemetery I visit. Sometimes immigration, relationship, and residency clues present themselves in abundance on just one headstone: At times, the overall layout of a family plot will reveal names and relationships: Sometimes the only record of a child who was born and died between censuses is found on a headstone: These and other important…
We tend to assume, do we not, that headstones are erected soon after the deceased is laid to rest. In some cases however, a descendant has a headstone put in place long after the death occurred. And this dear readers, is a wonderful clue that another family historian may be lurking about. So when a headstone looks too “new” for the era…
Mary Runser’s headstone stands among a number of old memorials in Riverside Cemetery in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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