Old Logan Cemetery

 

A mediæval white oak sits on the top of the cemetery hill. [see]  The Hocking Canal was going to go through Logan. A cemetery would need to be on high ground. This cemetery began in 1839-49, and burials continued to 1952. A new cemetery was built up on the other side of the street.

Below the oak there is a Lutheran church. Across from the other side of the hill, and on another hill is St. John Catholic.

entrance

Three early stones facing St. John's.

Most of the front of this stone has fallen away, but a remnant of fine carving remains.

Similar story for the stone of Maria Smith, consort of Robert Smith, who departed this life Sept 15 1832(?).  These four fotos are of upright tablet headstones. They are comparatively light, and thin. Before the canals, and especially the railroads came, it was a great chore to transport stone. Shale, slate, and sandstone (brownstone) were easier to quarry, and carve than granite in particular. Many markers were slab, rather than block. Some of the lettering, and design could be light and artful.

Denkmal des verstorbenen
Wilhelm Kley
aus Bielefeld
Er wurde geboren den 13ten January 1805, und starb den 10ten October 1840 in dem Alter von 35 Jahren und 8 Monaten.

memorial of the deceased
Wilhelm Kley
from Bielefeld
He was born January 13, 1805, and died October 10, 1840 at the age of 35 years and 8 months.

from the same Lutheran Cemetery

I do not believe, i have seen a lectern as a grave marker.  F.C.D. Wyneken was  pastor of Trinity Lutheran Cleveland, and President of the Missouri Synod 1850-64. There is a passage from Hebrews xiii. 7., suggesting obeying your religious overseer.

"Aber ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt, und als der Letzte wird er über dem Staub sich erheben. Nachdem meine Haut noch so zerschlagen ist, werde ich doch ohne mein Fleisch Gott sehen". — Luther Bible

"But I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will be the last to rise above the dust.  After my skin is so bruised, I will see God without my flesh." — Job xix. 25-6.

"Weinend legten wir dich nieder in dein stilles Schlafgemach. Niemals kehrst du zu uns wieder trauernd blicken wir dich nach doch einst kommt die schonste stunde da wir froh uns wiedersehen und vereint im schonsten Bunde, vor dem Throne gottes stehn."

"Weeping we laid you down in your quiet bedroom. You will never return to us again in mourning, we will look after you, but one day the most beautiful hour will come when we will be happy to meet again and united in the most beautiful covenant, standing in front of the God's throne."

 

modest white zinc marker  

Ruhe sanft, rest gently

German had some biting humour in the distribution of surnames. "Schimmelpfennig" sounds funny to the English ear. Pfennig is penny, so could schimmelpfennig be shiny penny? No, it is moldy penny. Moldy penny is a snarky description of one who hoards his money, a miser.

There is another family.

What does a doctor do in a graveyard?