Family Plots.
1.
Hyde: The members in its family did not only surround this statue, but
it had interesting symbols inside the cross. I am unsure on what these symbols
refer to.
- Jessica Van Sickle
2.
Chauncy Tuttle:
This marker symbolizes not just a union of one relation, but of Chauncy Tuttle who engaged
in two marriages. I guess in those times it was common for second marriages as a means of
economic survival. It could be that his first wife, Amy insisted that he should not grieve
for too long and to move on. Although the original stone wasn't taken care of properly,
somebody cared enough to replace it.
- Jaclyn Kolodziej
3.
Peets Sweet: This was a family plot for the members of the Peets/Sweets
family. In front of the larger marker are smaller markers with the names of the
members of the family.
- Jessica Van Sickle
4.
Florey: This name was on the same marker as the Peets/Sweet, just on the
other side. They also had the names of family members on the small markers in
front of the larger marker.
- Jessica Van Sickle
5.
Barr: This marker had the names, birth date and date of death of the members
of family in sections on the marker.
- Jessica Van Sickle
6.
Alvin Martinus Anderson/Halvor Anderson: This marker had a father and a
son. It was interesting because on each side it had a saying. Alvin (the son)
died as a baby and his side reads "Darling Alvin he has left us, yes forevermore,
but we hope to meet our loved one, on that bright and happy shore." On
that side was a small marker that said "Alvin." His father's side read "We miss
thee from our home dear father, we miss thee from thy place a shadow o'er our
life is cast we miss the sunshine of thy face."
- Jessica Van Sickle
7.
Halverson: This small marker had the names of all the family members written
underneath the last name. It also had their label in the family (i.e Mother, father,
son and daughter).
- Jessica Van Sickle
8.
Fenced in Inside a fence were the graves of a family, whose names I could
not read. They are the graves with the "black picket fence" and not the "white
picket fence" that those who are living often refer to when they are dreaming
of the house that they want to inhabit.
- Jessica Van Sickle
- Photo credit, Ben Marx
9.
Paul Lee Ingham, 1894, died at age 1 year or under. He had five other siblings, so it was
typical of the era that at least one would die in infancy or childhood. I thought about the
fact that he never had a chance at life and probably was not even aware that he died. Can
babies feel when they are going to die?
- Emily Palmer
10.
This grave contains 8 different individuals from the same family. Assuming that each
individual in this family was cremated and placed in the same plot, it may be possible
that this family came from a lower economical status. This could also suggest close
family ties as well.
- John Miura
11.
This grave is of a woman and her son, John. It was only five years after her son's death
that this woman died. Therefore, one could ask if there was some type of medical
complication to her delivery that caused her death.
- John Miura
12.
This appeared to be a family plot, but I'm not sure. The husband and wife were both listed,
the husband with his birth and death dates and the wife with her birth date. There were
also four other names, presumably the couples children.
- Coryn Inglis-Steinfeld
13.
I saw a family stone that was in the shape of a bench, which I found very appropriate.
- Andrea Jaquish
14.
There was a large family plot that included the husband, wife, son, and husband's brother.
The large family stone was dedicated to the son who had died during World War II at the
age of 22. This was the longest epitaph I saw, which I found interesting until I found
out that the longer the epitaph the more expensive.
- Andrea Jaquish
15.
Holland & Meribah Moore:
- b. Vermont 1808, d. Kansas 1858, b. Vermont 1810. d. Beloit 1890 respectively. I believe
this is a sister and brother plot.
- Benjamin M. Marx
16.
This was the Holloway family plot, which includes Charles, Ella, mother and father.
- Nick Ryan
17.
This Tombstone simply says "Nichols." There were quite a few Nichols buried at Oatwood.
There were family plots, both rather large.
- Nick Ryan
18.
I observed a marker of an infant just over 1 years old. I am guessing she must be in the
same headstone with her brother, based on the dates.
- Carla Horton
18.
I observed a simple family plot. There were no dates inscribed on the markers. Mother,
Father, Mary, William, Robert, Estelle. I thought that love must have been strong in this
family, they were all together here!
- Carla Horton
19.
This gravestone of the Hammel's depicts two brothers, one seventeen years old and eighteen
years old. They died on the same day by tragedy of some sort indicated by "Out of Tragedy
into Glory". The stone by itself was so descriptive that I could picture the event and also
the family's grief.
- Leslie Eggert
20.
An interesting mother and daughter grave with a basket in the middle of their plaques to
hold the flowers. This was something new. Donna Fischer died 8 years after her mother
died. The flower basket in the center probably symbolizes the closeness between these two.
- Maylene Corpuz
21.
The Klingberg monument seems to mark a family plot. This also shows an example of one of
the older stones that is more elaborate than some of the newer markers.
- Mary Alice Feiner
22.
At first I thought that this was a child death tombstone. But after the snow had melted I
realized that it was a family grave. The last name was Dearborn. All of the names were
unreadable except for one and it is Luscent Dearborn, November 10, 1816 - September 25,
1899. My assumption is that the rest of the grave may be much older and that is why the
names were unreadable.
- Xee Yang
23.
Family Plot:
- I was not able to read anything on the center stone. However, the surrounding stones
have the engravings, "Mother", "Byron" etc.
- Benjamin M. Marx
24.
This is a family grave. It is the Saberson family with the father on the far right
and then the mother follows and the rest of the children follows after the mother. The
father and mother did not have names it just have the birth and death dates while the
children had names on it. Looking at this photo in my room, I got this homely feeling
about the set up of the members. I think it is the no name for the mother and father
tombstones. That it just has mother and father gave me this sense as if they were very
family oriented.
- Xee Yang
25.
The grave belongs to the family of Windisch. From left to right, Richard Windisch
1927-1945, Carl Richard 1953-1953, Nell Windisch 1899-1959. Carl Richards died the same
year so I am assuming that this was a child that died during his first year.
- Xee Yang
26.
This grave reminds me of the winter season. That is why I choose it. Winter is the last
name of the family. The quote on this grave says, "And now we come to journey's end the
threshold of the eternal home". I thought that who ever choose this quote was quite
clever and maybe he/she took a lot of time to choose the quote too. It seems as if this
family thought a lot about their resting place together. As you can see all around the
bottom of this tombstone contains the names of all of the family members that belong to
the Winter.
- Xee Yang
27.
I found a person my own age, 21, when they died. I noticed though on his family plot that
his Mother is still alive and 86 years old. His father died less than 10 years after he did.
- Claire Zabel
28.
The only words written on these headstones in the family plot were "Mother" and "Father", no
other designation.
- Violette Davis
29.
Kenneth T. Hessler was a brother as well as uncle. The significance of this grave was
a recent burial of this individual. It allows one to observe the physical qualities of a
burial that just occured
- John Miura
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