Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – 06/30/09

  P1010072
Charlie Van Alstyne
Co H
12 Inf
Sp Am War
 
Charlie is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (section 5, Old City).

 

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Diigo GYR Bookmarks (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits group favorite links are here.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – 06/23/09

 P1010071
Samuel F White
Co G
8 Ill Inf
Sp Am War
 
Samuel is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (section 5, Old City).

 

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Diigo GYR Bookmarks (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits group favorite links are here.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – 06/16/09

P1010070
Charles W
Raymond
Illinois
Pvt 1 Cav
July 21 1880
January 3 1949
 
Charles is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (section 5, Old City).

 

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Diigo GYR Bookmarks (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits group favorite links are here.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Hester Vernon BROWN Fell (1819-1906)

The topic for the July 2009 edition of the Graveyard Rabbits Carnival is obituaries.

This one is going to be a challenge of sorts.  The “rules” are quite simple:  Find a grave, then find the obituary, or vice versa.  Post your finds to your blog and submit it to the carnival.

Hester Vernon BROWN Fell was the wife of Jesse Weldon FELL.  She was born 2 March 1819 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  She died on 12 June 1906 in Normal, McLean, Illinois.  Hester, along with husband and children, is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois.  You can read more about the family and the burial plot here.

 

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Photograph of gravestone taken by Julie Tarr on 5 November 2008.

Obituary published in the Pantagrah (Bloomington, Illinois) on 13 June 1906.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – 06/09/09

P1010068
Charles Friedwald
Co M
32 Regt
US Vol Inf
Sp Am War
July 9 1879
Oct 2 1963
 
Charles is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (section 5, Old City).

 

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Diigo GYR Bookmarks (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits group favorite links are here.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

1865 Ad for Coffins

Coffin Ad Pantagraph 09-02-1865

This advertisement for coffins, a.k.a. burial cases, was in The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) on 2 September 1865.  The ads read as follows:

Ad 1

PATENT AIR-TIGHT

BURIAL CASES!

A good  assortment always on hand.

Also wood coffins of all sorts and everything pertaining
to the undertaking business.   H. JETER

Main Street, east side of public square.

Bloomington, July 24, 1863

Ad 2

SOMETHING NEW!

A good assortment

METALIC BURIAL CASES

Superior to any ever before offered in this city.
Also Hexagonal Wood Coffins; a new style, unsurpassed
in quality, and at moderate prices.  Hearse and attend-
ance [?].   J.L. WOLOOTT

No. 99 South Main Street.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – 06/02/09

P1010069
Harvey E
Wharton
Indiana
Pvt Trp K
2 Regt Calvary
July 29 1873
May 31 1956
 
Harvey E Wharton is buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois (section 5, Old City).

 

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