Until I made a visit to this church/churchyard, I never knew there was a financier of the Civil War let alone the man was from my neck of the woods in Cheltenham.
Jay Cooke Memorial Hall
Jay Cooke's Family Tomb which in person is very ere looking to say the least especially when you take a peek through the windows.
This stone was interesting because it clearly states only one World War. When this man died in 1921, no one imagined that there would end up being a second World War a little more than a decade later.
Civil War Veteran
There were several stones that indicated these women actually had hyphenated names. When they married they kept their identity. Something that was very unusual in the 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Until I made a visit to this church/churchyard, I never knew there was a financier of the Civil War let alone the man was from my neck of the woods in Cheltenham.
Jay Cooke Memorial Hall
Jay Cooke's Family Tomb which in person is very ere looking to say the least especially when you take a peek through the windows.
This stone was interesting because it clearly states only one World War. When this man died in 1921, no one imagined that there would end up being a second World War a little more than a decade later.
Civil War Veteran
There were several stones that indicated these women actually had hyphenated names. When they married they kept their identity. Something that was very unusual in the 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Miniature headstones were very common for the graves of babies and children. In this case, this miniature flower bed is located on the grave of an infant.
1 comment:
Excellent post!
Jay Cooke was born in Sandusky.
Here is the url to the Sandusky History blog if you would like to take a look:
http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com
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