The est. 1704 Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery in Edison, NJ.
Taphophile in New Mexico here! I LOVE that you found a stone with cause of death on it. What a rare jewel for sure!
Ah, the (macabre) things we get excited about, right? My cemetery history professor calls these "calamity stones," which is fittingly dramatic. I've managed to find a few others out here—there's a man who died of yellow fever in this post: https://katieisms.substack.com/p/sunday-pastries-with-the-dead-1 and a boy who drowned in this post: https://katieisms.substack.com/p/sunday-pastries-with-the-dead-29
Taphophile in New Mexico here! I LOVE that you found a stone with cause of death on it. What a rare jewel for sure!
Ah, the (macabre) things we get excited about, right? My cemetery history professor calls these "calamity stones," which is fittingly dramatic. I've managed to find a few others out here—there's a man who died of yellow fever in this post: https://katieisms.substack.com/p/sunday-pastries-with-the-dead-1 and a boy who drowned in this post: https://katieisms.substack.com/p/sunday-pastries-with-the-dead-29