19th Century Masonic Tombstones

[TATTOOS1]

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Bros.
I got this one when I over and visited The Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester Virgina

GEN`L TURNER ASHBY CSA DIED IN BATTLE JUNE 6, 1862

Bill 1712 FRIENDSHIP 1712 EDINBURGH,
W S MESS.

[boozie]

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The grave of Captain Absalom Kirkpatrick of the 40th Indiana Infantry. He was killed during the June 27 assault on Kennesaw Mountain by artillery fire from Turner's Mississippi Battery. The book "Kennesaw Mountain", by Richard A. Baumgartner recounts the last moments of the Captain on page 126.He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Lodge #63 (present day New Richmond), the lodge issued a resolution for Capt. Kirkpatrick in the local paper which I posted in the thread "Masonic Incident." His body was brought home and he is buried in the New Richmond Cemetery. The Masonic emblem on his headstone is very modest.

The second stone is for William Cannine of the 38th Indiana Inf.,Company H. He died of disease in Tennessee, the family placed a stone for him in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana. This cemetery is rather large and unkept.

[Annette Bethke]

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Inman Cemetery, Newton Co. Texas

[styler]

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I'm researching Quakers, not Masons, but on my way home from W'64 I stopped at an Orthodox Friend's cemetery and noticed a stone from 1871 with a prominent square and compass. I'll have to dig and see if there is a wartime connection, as there was at least one (modern) GAR flagholder in the cemetery as well.

[boozie]

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A headstone that was saved in the Methodist Cemetery , Waveland Indiana. The S&C is a little hard to see, just above the break. Vandals have been very hard on this old and unkept cemetery, there are some stones that have been broken off and taken away.

Brother John A. Reed was a member of Waveland #300. He enlisted in the 40th Indiana Inf., Co. H, in Jan. 1864 at the age of 41, surviving Kennesaw Mt. and the regiment being placed outside of the works at the battle of Franklin. He mustered out in Sept. of 1865

[Annette Bethke]

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Bowman Cemetery, Collin County, Texas

[Annette Bethke]

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Eagle Lake Masonic Cemtery, Colorado Co., Texas

Obelisk: Dr. A.B. Gilmer (1842-1892)
Small stone with emblem: Luke Matthews (1857-1899)

[Annette Bethke]

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Thorp Spring Cemetery, Hood County, Texas

[TATTOOS1]

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found this one at the confederate cemetery in Rome Georgia

BILL
W S MESS

[TATTOOS1]

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I have at last finished looking through all my photos and this is the last one from my travels, all new photos posted will be from this part of the world.

This one is from one of my favourite places Murfreesboro TENNESSEE.

Bill
1712 friendship Edinburgh
W S MESS

[Annette Bethke]

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Corinth Cemetery, Shelby County Texas

[Matthew.Rector]

Attached is a photograph of Cyrus Branham’s wooden grave marker, which was carved by a comrad after he was killed at the battle of Jonesboro, GA in September of 1864. Branham was a member of Company B, 6th Ky. Later, his father retrieved his body and had him buried in Vine Grove, Kentucky. His stone marker erected there also contains the square and compass. If I get an opportunity sometime, I’ll try to get a good photo of it for this thread. The wooden grave marker is currently on loan and display at the Hardin County History Museum in Elizabethtown.
Here is a link detailing more of the story:

http://www.aths.com/cyrusBranham_ConfederateSoldierInVineGrove.html

[Greg Barnett]

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This marker is little late for our period. The gentleman was merely a child in our time, but the marker is "remarkable". Comments are encouraged.

[Annette Bethke]

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Another tombstone for a woman with masonic symbol. A little later--1900

East Mound Cemetery, Motley County, Texas

[Annette Bethke]

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Finally, a CSA with the masonic symbol.

Meadow Cemetery, Terry County, Texas