Farm Cemetery Nov. 2016

Farm Cemetery 

An American Cemetery from the Past

Nov. 2016

Our farm in Indiana is half woods, half fields, and has two different cemetery's on it.  This is the larger of the two sites.  Each Fourth of July, some volunteer's come out and place American flags on the gravestones of those men that were in the Indiana Infantry during the Civil War.

It is interesting to see such old and beautiful stones.  Some are metal and others are stone.  Some are really decorative and some are totally plain---I think some were initials, some are really small and others are quite large...

O death where is thy sting?
O grave where is thy victory?

Above the hand, with index finger pointed up, says:
"Going Home"
This grave belongs to Mary Rankin Cox

Another Cox family member with the grave that points toward
"Going Home"

The most difficult part of our cemetery are that most of the grave stones are old, small, and severely eroded so that you can't read them anymore.

You can see the blueish metal markers on the right side of this photo, in the upper right side of the frame.

If you look above and below the writing you will see engraved work.  Above Ransom's name looks like engraved wheat grasses.  Below the name of Elizabeth are really interesting geometric designs that look kind of Scottish?

This little angel has always been my most favorite part of this cemetery.  In the snow, she looks so pretty and solemn.  If I were to pick a gravestone or marker, she would be it.  

I can only make out the last line, I think it says:
 "That guide us to eternity"

We have such a beautiful, quiet, big woods setting that makes the cemetery very peaceful.

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