So Sad...

I came across this marker at Bethel Cemetery in Gravette, AR.  Nothing unusual about it just a standard obelisk.  It's the inscription that caught my eye. So sad how many women died trying to have children back then.

Angeline

Wife of

W.E. Austin

Born

June 10, 1833

Died

July 7, 1858

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INFANT

IN HER ARMS

The West Family Crosses

This is the West's family plot. Located in Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery in Berryville, AR.

New Springplace "God's Acre"

This memorial marker is located in Oaks Cemetery in Oaks, OK.

New Springplace

"God's Acre"

The New Springplace mission was established

 by the Moravian Church in 1842. New Springplace

 was the second Moravian mission station in the

 Indian Territory after the forced removal of the

 Cherokees on the Trail of Tears from the East.

The Moravians named the mission New Springplace

after the original mission in Georgia. The mission

buildings were on the hillside just north of this location.

Brother Boas a Cherokee member of the Moravian

 Church was the first burial in the New Springplace

graveyard. He died October 9 or 10, 1844 In a written

 letter to Salem, North Carolina, Rev David Z Smith

 tells of the death of Brother Boas. His remains

were interred at a little distance behind the garden

at Springplace where a site was selected by the

Brn (Brethren) for a future burial ground.

Moravians call their graveyard "God's Acre".

 Brother Aucustus G Fogle described the New

Springplace graveyard in his travel diary for

 June 28 1854. There are 33 graves in a row, 

3 of which are missionaries wives. Twenty-nine

of those burials were recorded in the Moravian

records. Those names and dates are on the

reverse side of this memorial stone.

An asterisk (*) preceding a name indicates that

the person came on the forced removal of the

Cherokees from the East.

Erected in 2010 by

Cherokee Moravian Historical Association

The Goingsnake District Heritage Association

 The Oklahoma Chapter Trail of Tears Association

Historical Cemetery - Sadly Neglected

This is the Poor Farm Cemetery located in Bentonville, AR. This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sadly the only thing being taken care of in this cemetery is the entrance and the fence. As you can see by these photos. But it does have an interesting story.

View to the left of entrance.

View to the right of entrance.

A French Freedom Fighter

A French Freedom Fighter and a concentration camp victim in Centerton, AR. Really?  This was an amazing find for me. (Even if it is only a cenotaph.)  Not only was it completely unexpected but incredibly sad as well. 

Nestled into the back of the Centerton Cemetery in Centerton, AR sits a Cenotaph that brings tears to my eyes.  Erected, I can only assume, by her Margot Baird as a loving tribute to her mother.

I can't help but wonder what her story is.  Sadly I have been unsuccessful in finding out much so far.

Ludovicka

Saurwein

Freedom Fighter

in the French Underground, Killed

in February 1945 in the concentration

camp, "Ravensbruck." She was gassed,

burnt and buried in a mass grave.

Missed by many.

In spirit let Centerton be your resting

place until we meet again,

Forever love,

your daughter

Margot

and  "the coming generations"

"May global peace prevail"

An Interesting Urn Idea

For those loved ones who were sticklers on time.  Heres the web address for them http://www.inthelighturns.com/hourglass_urns.html the other video on this web site is interesting as well.

Saturday Symbol: A.A. or Alcoholics Anonymous

The triangle in a circle design was used by Alcoholics Anonymous as a logo on their literature for many years, but the use of this logo came into controversy in the late 1980s and was stopped soon after.  Bute use of this symbol has not been exclusive to AA.

A.A.

History

Wikipedia

 These are A.A. medalians or coins inlaid into a person headstone. The first on is the front side, designed with the year of the corresponding birthday/anniversary and the triangle with the words UNITY, SERVICE, and RECOVERY around it. This coin signifies 7 years sober. The second is the back.

God, grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

Is inscribed on it.