Diary of a graveyard.

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shewolfnm wrote:

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Why do Jewish people place rocks on headstones?

Because it's an European tradition, I could imagine - I had posted some headstones of the Jewish cemetery in my native town here.

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This one is quite pretty inside -

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The above stone is a curious mystery. The fellow died in 1846. This marker was put up in 1936 by the State of Texas.

So, why was it put up so many years later, and why not by his family?

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Might be because it was the 90th anniversary of his death and the state of Texas thought, he was a person to be remembered?

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Another oddity is that it is sort of in the middle of the slave burial grounds.

There is no way, in the early to mid 1800's a black person could have accomplished all that.

It makes me wonder if they dont know where his grave site is?

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Might this be a letter written by the Terrell you found? ( Terrell to Sam Houston, March 2nd1842)
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There is a website Political Graveyard which states the graveside of Terrell is unkown. You could send them the photo and the information.

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The internet has answers to many questions - to these as well. :wink:

From the Texas Rerrell Project:

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Terrell was buried with full Masonic honors in an unmarked grave at the Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Terrell was forty-three years old. In 1936 the state erected a monument in his honor at Oakwood Cemetery.

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I was not able to get a picture of the inside of this one.
The windows are just too cloudy.

but for the most part, it houses one person.

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No real reason for this picture, except it makes me giggle like a teenager every time I read it.

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Wow, you can sure tell who has money and who hasn't, eh?

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Reyn wrote:

Wow, you can sure tell who has money and who hasn't, eh?

Oh yeah.

In the middle of the yard is where all the money is.

The farther you go out, close to the street, the smaller the headstones get.
They are also less 'clustered' together as well.

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Another question for you:
Is this still an active graveyard with lots of space, or is just about all of it filled up by now?

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