05 October 2009
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St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt
From the tombstone of William (1821-1898) and Amanda (1842-1917) Reese--Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
Gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by LSPratt.
(Or, as i prefer, "To thy cross, simply I cling.") Hornberger stone, Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
Cemetery Pix and Tombstone Trivia
St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt
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I have long loved cemetery crawling, a hobby that spawned from my interest in genealogy. Most genealogists would agree that growing family trees and transcribing tombstones go hand in hand.
Over the years i have amassed a fairly impressive collection of tombstone pix (altho it is a mere pittance compared to other collections i have seen online). My hope for this blog is to share some of my photographs as well as create an interesting and helpful compendium of images, poetry, articles and links relating to cemeteries gleaned from miscellaneous sources.
The internet is flooded with websites dedicated to cemeteries and the stones that stand within them. Consider this page my contribution to the deluge.
Over the years i have amassed a fairly impressive collection of tombstone pix (altho it is a mere pittance compared to other collections i have seen online). My hope for this blog is to share some of my photographs as well as create an interesting and helpful compendium of images, poetry, articles and links relating to cemeteries gleaned from miscellaneous sources.
The internet is flooded with websites dedicated to cemeteries and the stones that stand within them. Consider this page my contribution to the deluge.
From the tombstone of William (1821-1898) and Amanda (1842-1917) Reese--Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
In a Disused Graveyard by Robert Frost
The living come with grassy tread
To read the gravestones on the hill;
The graveyard draws the living still,
But never anymore the dead.
The verses in it say and say:
"The ones who living come today
To read the stones and go away
Tomorrow dead will come to stay."
So sure of death the marbles rhyme,
Yet can't help marking all the time
How no one dead will seem to come.
What is it men are shrinking from?
It would be easy to be clever
And tell the stones:
Men hate to die
And have stopped dying now forever.
I think they would believe the lie.
To read the gravestones on the hill;
The graveyard draws the living still,
But never anymore the dead.
The verses in it say and say:
"The ones who living come today
To read the stones and go away
Tomorrow dead will come to stay."
So sure of death the marbles rhyme,
Yet can't help marking all the time
How no one dead will seem to come.
What is it men are shrinking from?
It would be easy to be clever
And tell the stones:
Men hate to die
And have stopped dying now forever.
I think they would believe the lie.
Gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by LSPratt.
Cemeteries I Have Crawled and Photographed:
- Armstrong Cemetery, Tuscarawas Twp, Massillon, Ohio
- Brookfield Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Canal Fulton Cemetery, Canal Fulton, Ohio
- Dozier/Rough family cemetery--Athens County, Ohio
- Fairview Cemetery--Athens County, Ohio
- Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Myers Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Newman Creek Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Oakwood Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Pleasant View Mennonite Cemetery, Lawrence Twp, Massillon, Ohio
- Prattsville Cemetery, McArthur (Byer), Ohio
- Rosehill Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Sixteen Church Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- St. Barbara's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- St. Joseph's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- St. Phillips St. James Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
- Sunset Hills Memory Gardens, Canton, Ohio
- Welty Cemetery, Beach City, Ohio
- White Eyes Cemetery, White Eyes, Coshocton County, Ohio
- Zoar Cemetery, Zoar, Ohio
"Simply To Thy Cross I Cling"
(Or, as i prefer, "To thy cross, simply I cling.") Hornberger stone, Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
Kettl Stone
St. Mary's Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio. Photo by LSPratt.
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Cemetery Sites I Dig...
- Cemeteries Photographed by - Allen Wheatley
- Dagon's Graveyard Listings (Cool site listing physical addresses for cemeteries. Also has links to cool Edgar Allan Poe site, amongst others)
- Find A Grave. Literally millions of records to be found on this site. And you can send away for free find a grave stickers. How cool is that?!
- Funerary Symbolism
- Grave Addiction (one of THE most interesting cemetery sites i've come across)
- Lost and Found Ohio (cool site concerning cemeteries as well as the paranormal. Large collection of cemetery photos.)
- Ohio Exploration--cemeteries section
- Ohio Gravestones.org (site on which i post most of my tombstone pix. Very user-friendly)
- Photo Gallery of Cemetery Symbolism (i knew my idea couldn't've been an original one. This site does it beautifully.)
- What do all those symbols and initials mean? (Basic but interesting site regarding tombstone art symbolism)
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