stone difference

Confederate stones are pointy. Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Columbus Ohio.

United States servicemen's stones are rounded. Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus Ohio.

This was a new stone at Green Lawn. The newness begs a question. Was this a replacement? since he has been dead for a long time, or was he transferred here recently? Well i read in 2019, they replaced stones that were incorrect. Notice this is a Union stone, with a soldier in a Tennessee unit. This may be one of the four that had a pointy stone, and the unit was thought a confederate one; but after Union victories, the Union recruited units from former rebellious parts of the nation. Also, 62 is old for a soldier.

interesting people and monuments

Emil Ambos *1844, 1898†

Emil enjoyed life. His parents were from German lands. His father became Columbus' first candy maker, and later a banker. Emil went to Center College Pennsylvania, and Ohio's Kenyon college. He retired at 39, after being a saloon keeper and alcohol wholesaler. He kept a stable of horses, lived luxuriously, and really enjoyed fishing. He was generous towards poor children, especially around Christmas. Ambos was recognised as a philanthropist.

Ambos had a 17 page will, the longest in county's history at that date. He set aside five thousand dollars for a bronze statue of himself in his fishing clothes. The sculptor, John Francis Brines cast the bronze in 1901. In 2019, the Smithsonian thought the statue important, and it needed restoration. There was a bullet hole in Emil's head, his trout were taken, and the bronze had gone green, and in bad shape. That year the statue was restored by Michael Major. In the last few years a few major restorations are taking place at Green Lawn. The Schumacher sarcophagus was cleaned, and restored that same summer. Those two monuments are near each other in Section M.

During my two visits, the sun was behind Emil, and very strong. It was not easy to get a clear foto.

Samuel "Chief" Gabriel  *1912, 1980†

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This is a fotocopy of a portion of a page of notable burials in Green Lawn Cemetery.  There were too many undertakers listed, several Ohio governors, Columbus businessmen, speculators, and capitalists; but the only one with a stage direction was Snook.

There turns out to be a tawdry, salacious tale of murder involved in keeping the spot a secret. James Howard Snook was a professor of veterinary surgery at the land grant school in the state's capital. He won two gold medals in team pistol at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. Snook killed his student mistress in 1929, outside a firing range, near campus. He used a ball peen hammer, and a pocket knife.

Theora Hix was working as a school stenographer at the veterinary college to pay for her education there. For three years the two had a wild affair. Snook was married, and she was very sexually active. Theora wanted Snook divorce, and threatened to kill members of Snook's family.

Snook gave a forced confession. He was checked for syphilis by a botched spinal tap, that caused enduring pain. That doctor was not as adept with the tools of trade. Snook had given himself a vasectomy, so that Theora would not have a child by him. Later, the final cut he made was a precision slice of Hix's throat. 

The trial was a national incident. Snook sat in a beach chair for the trial. The jury took 28 minutes to find him guilty, although she was reaching for a derringer in her purse. I read, a short article that stated laws were changed because of the irregularities in his prosecution. Trial testimony was published, with some of the sex details omitted.

Later, the warden of the prison made up a story of Snook's confession. Snook was executed early in 1930. He was buried under a small grass hugging stone with the name James Howard. His wife, and daughter took a new surname. Ohio Exploration Society says that for 75 years his grave site was a secret.

The snook hook is used in the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats. James Snook created the first one.

2nd visit to 2nd biggest

graveyard in Ohio

Eddie Rickenbacker *1890, 1973☨

Green Lawn's most illustrious burial is Fast Eddie, Columbus' favorite son. He was a successful race car driver. Before America's entry into the World War, he changed his name from Reichenbacher to Rickenbacker. He became a fighter pilot in France. It was unusual for a non-college man to be accepted.  He was the most successful American ace with 26 confirmed take downs. After the war he designed Rickenbacker car, after a few years, it went bankrupt. From 1927 t0 1945, he owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He had several automobile, and aviation connections, management, and ownerships. He owned, and ran Eastern Airlines. He wrote the comic strip Ace Drummond.

Rickenbacker was a foe of Franklin Roosevelt, and the New Deal. In 1940, he was a member of America First. He came to respect, and support the British war effort. He worked with the Royal Air Force, and the American Army Air Corps.

Fire Captain Daniel S. Lewis 

A beautiful monument for a fireman. The bas relief iconography pictures the tools of the trade. He died in service fighting a downtown Columbus fire in 1903. A wall collapsed on top of him, and his body was consumed.

Prophet Micah 

He hath told thee oh man, what the Lord doth desire of thee "To do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God"  

This window is within the mausoleum of Fred Lazarus and family.

The door handles to mausoleum are knockers. Who is going to answer the knock?

1890 monument 

A Union soldier with a musket stands guard over a chalk holding teacher and a student.

The War of the Rebellion 

The war fought from 1861 to 1865 has been called by many names. 

buried in a Catholic graveyard

humor is where you find it

 

visit to Wooster Cemetery

Sultana was a steamboat that exploded on 27 April 1865 on the Mississippi, north of Memphis. The ship's capacity was 376, it may have had over 2500 on board, mostly released Union soldiers from Confederate prison camps. The lowest tally of deaths listed is 1547, estimates of 1800 are given now. This remains the deadliest maritime disaster in America. There were fewer deaths on the Titanic.

 

On the back of this impressive boulder, there was sheet music. 

"I know that my Redeemer liveth" - G.F. Handel

Jones

Did not expect to see a statue of Sasquatch.

Just before a service in the chapel.

gravestone for a small child

Union soldier, married twice, maiden names of both wives on the stone.

Basko

memorial stone for a police dog, Bedford Ohio

 

Decoration Day

 Wooster Cemetery, Ohio. 1895 monument.

For thousands of years soldiers' graves were decorated with flowers. The biggest, and bloodiest event in American history was the war waged on America by Americans from 1861 to 1865. There were hundreds of thousands of war dead. In 1868 a national convergence was set for the 30th of May, a time when many flowers were in bloom. Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organisation of Union war veterans. General John Logan was the leader of the organisation in 1868, and called for a national commemoration. Cities and states in the North accepted. The southern states had other individual dates for the Confederates.

Gradually, the name 'Memorial Day' gained greater usage. Starting in 1971, with passage of Monday holidays, the holiday was transferred to the last Monday in May, and officially called Memorial Day.

cardboard and spray paint repair