Major General John Sedgwick's Gravestone

Cornwall Hollow, CT - This is the grave of Major General John Sedgwick. A few years back I took a photo of a monument for Major General John Sedgwick bt did not realize that his grave was just a few hundred feet away. I finally got back to the area and was able to get these photos.



A closeup of the stone.



John and some of his relatives.

STONINGTON CEMETERY - STATUES

Stonington, CT - These are some of the statues in the cemetery.


This first one is atop a large gravestone.


This one is beside the one above.

FAMILY TRAGEDY

Stonington, CT - I saw these grave stones which are all siblings from the same family. Notice the broken flower carved into the gravestones. All these children died before they were two, all but one before they were one. Illness inherited from the parents? Hard life in 1800's? Were there any children that lived?

I noticed today that the right two stones have a different mother, so the mother must have died also.

Rev. Henry Morgan Stone - NEWPORT RI

This is the grave of Rev. Henry Morgan Stone who was a Pastor at the Trinity Church from 1899 - 1904 when he had to resign because of poor health. He was born in 1869 and died in 1908. There is a collection of some of his sermons called, "The Witness of the Heart and Other Sermons".

GRAVES STONES AND DEATH HEADS

Helen from Just Playin' put a comment on my blog about Mr. Eko from "Lost" needed a gravestone since he was buried on yesterday's episode. So, that gave me an idea of what to post today...Gravestones. These are all from the 1700's. One thing I like about the stones from that era is the figures on the top of the stones called "Death Heads".

This guy looks like he has a lichen beard.



Aged 14 years, 7 days.



Cool closeup of the death head.



It is a wonder that the stones last this long. They are mostly made from soft stone. This one is in bad shape.



Who ever carved this needs more practice. Bad spelling a the words don't fit on one line.