One of my favorite styles of grave markers is the stumped tree, a representation of a life cut short. I came across this fantastic example of such a stone on Kimberly Powell's tombstone symbolism site (http://genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/ig/tombstone_symbols/tree.htm ). What a cool idea-- inscribing the names of individual loved ones where the branches have been sawed off.
The Wilkins family tree in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.
© 2005 Kimberly Powell
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