In a small, out-of-the-way cemetery in Tariffville near Old St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, there are two gravestones honoring Hezekiah Holcomb. The one on the right is for Captain Hezekiah Holcomb, who died in 1794 at the age of 69. On the left is a monument for a different Hezekiah Holcomb -- probably his son -- who died in 1820.
They must have been very close. Or their families must have been very cheap.
This post is linked to Taphophile Tragics. The photo is from November.
26 comments:
I didn't know the Taphophile thing was up and running again.
Or economical.
beautiful monuments but you made me laugh at your comment about them being either close or cheap lol
Ha -- you're funny, Jack. Another possibility: perhaps the cemetery curator lacked a sense of space. Looks like an interesting graveyard (if you're going to visit one without ice cream names).
Indeed, these gravestones are very close, hmmm some mystery now! :)
Léia
Or...they have been ecologically minded, even way back when. :))
I don't think I've ever seen such close gravestones...must have been saving space!
Can you imagine being named Hezekiah? What nickname would you get. Heck?
I have no idea why these two tombstones are so close. Maybe one is buried on top of the other.
Questions like this are the death of me!
A close knit family!
I always like those questions graves create in our minds! This would be a good beginning for a writing class!
Or, if as in some parts of Europe where there is limited space, they are buried in the same grave on top of each other.... ? Fascinating situation.
I always like your cemeteries; our are cramped and quite awful, monumental ones apart...
Cemeteries are always interesting as they tell stories of life and death. This one is especially interesting.
Great capture but I had to chuckle at that...maybe they wanted to leave a tiny footprint:)
The one on the right is in wonderful condition for its age. Probably ran out of space for the son.
They'd unthinkingly filled the Capt's gravestone up by being wordy and found they'd left no space for the later Hez. What an amazing name!
Weird spacing... which you don't see in some of the stones in the background.
Why would you want to name your son that if you'd already been saddled with a twenty five dollar handle like that?
Ah, I needed this laugh today! I like Hezzie! Probably more cheap than close and, of course, Daddy would get the biggest one! Made my day, Jack! Thank you!
Fantastic find and what beautiful monuments.
Beneath Thy Feet
Beautiful, both of them!
Nice! Call me weird but I enjoy poring over gravestone at the old cemetery here, piecing together what happened. PS yes I was experimenting with profile photos. Sorry I showed up incognito
Excellent caption!
Maybe close AND cheap.
I like the detail you have captured here along with the lighting and shadows.
These Hezekiahs must have been very slender.
Bises,
Genie
Fancy.
You've left us with another mystery Jack! If they were McStuart's I'd say they were Scottish and the latter theory would apply!!
WOW .... these are so cool -- and what a great find! Thanks for sharing on Taphophile Tragics!!
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