This week’s Tombstone Tuesday features a tombstone (or, more properly, a cenotaph) of a man you’ve probably never heard of who was part of a story that you’ve likely heard only one side of. If I were to ask you to name a chief of the Shawnee during the early 1800s, I’m guessing most of…
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Tombstone Tuesday: An Impressive Monument
Every once in awhile, you come across a tombstone that makes you stop in your tracks. One such tombstone (or, rather, a monument) that did that to me was this impressive one in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis: This monument stands approximately 7 feet tall and is near the top of Crown Hill, where the…
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Tombstone Tuesday: Independent Sons of Honor?
This week’s tombstone has me puzzled. It is the tombstone of Edward Summers, born 22 December 1861, died 15 September 1880, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. What has me stumped is the symbol and inscription: a heart in a circle, surrounded by “D. W. of I. S. H.” Stories in…
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Tombstone Tuesday: Planning ahead?
This is one of those tombstones that makes you go “Huh?” I was first struck by the shape of the stone and the font used in the inscription. (It was so stark against the black granite.) However, when I looked more closely, I had to stop and read it again. I took this photo in…
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Tombstone Tuesday: How old is that tombstone?
[NOTE: Due to circumstances beyond my control (ie, an exam in Spanish class this morning!), this week’s Tombstone Tuesday is being published on Wednesday.] In genealogy, we tend to think of records as something on paper or something digital. Whether it is a book, a microfilm (pictures of paper!), a photograph or a website, we’re…