Louis Fred Melcher February 23, 1870 – January 18, 1941 Wilhelmine “Minnie” (Klaves) Melcher 1870 – 1959 William “Willie” Melcher 1906 – March 10, 1909 Charles Melcher 1926 (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, January 5, 2021) The research on this one was complicated by the fact that there were two couples named Louis & Minnie Melcher who […]
Otto J. Woldt November 13, 1875 – November 13, 1938 Ida (Soeldner) Woldt October 1882 – July 1949 (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard with some edits, January 2, 2021) Sometimes I’m not sure looking through my pictures why I photographed certain headstones, but researching the Woldts turned out to be very interesting. Otto Woldt was born on […]
Carl Joerndt December 24, 1826 – August 11, 1902 Henrietta (Brunnengräber) Joerndt March 17, 1832 – February 4, 1913 (reposted with edits from @postsinthegraveyard, December 29, 2020) Carl and Henrietta Joerndt were German immigrants who arrived in the US in 1867. They were married in Schwerin in Germany in 1853 when both were in their […]
(reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, December 20, 2020) I have gone past this beautiful family plot border monument countless times and only yesterday noticed the little gargoyle faces in the four corners of the cross. Of course, they aren’t gargoyles — they are the traditional symbolic representations of the Four Evangelists, the authors of the Gospels, with […]
Samuel Fallows DD, LLD 1835 – 1922 Lucy Bethia (Huntington) Fallows 1840 – 1916 (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, December 20, 2020) This memorial is not a gravestone. Reverend Fallows and his wife are both interred in Massachusetts where she is from. This is a memorial stone erected after his death to honor his many accomplishments primarily […]