Posthumous Profiles

Reading Time: 4 minutes Whenever I come across a headstone that was obviously made for two or more people and the one spot is left blank I always wonder what happened to the other…

Reading Time: 3 minutes This week’s Posthumous Profile is slightly unusual in that it is the grave of Thornburgh the dog.  The story about how this grave came to be is pretty unique. What…

Reading Time: 3 minutes While doing research on something completely unrelated, I stumbled upon this picture titled Anderson Grave, Mt. Olivet Cemetery. One of my favorite things to do when I come across old…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Buried in an unassuming grave at Aultorest Cemetery lies the body of Corporal Fred J. Grant. Cpl. Grant was killed in action on November 10th, 1918, just hours before the…

Reading Time: 3 minutes John Hunter’s headstone caught my eye because just above the date of his death it says “killed in explosion at Almy.” Located three miles northwest of Evanston, Wyoming, Almy was…

Reading Time: < 1 minute This weeks’ Posthumous Profile is a really short one, but I love headstones with photographs and couldn’t resist. Anna Dodas was born in Kranidi, Greece on July 15th, 1895. In…