Newark Union Cemetery
Jackpot: Newark Union Burial Ground
Wide shot of Newark Union Burial Ground. (DDD photo)
Older graves toward the back stone wall of the cemetery. (DDD photo)
Marker at the gate commemorating the service of those buried within who served in the Revolution. (DDD photo)
Memorial stone for Valentine Hollingsworth, early Brandywine Hunded settler, friend of William Penn, and original owner of the land where the cemetery stands. A Quaker, Hollingsworth would have disapproved of this monument, erected in 1935 by his descendants. Inset shows up-close detail of the inscription. (DDD photo)
Was hoping I’d find more about G. Monroe Weldin online, but I didn’t. Wonder if he served in any war, especially the Civil War? Love the anchor on his headstone. Also notice that his stone is facing the opposite direction of the other stones around him. (DDD photo)
A row of some of the oldest graves in Newark Union Burial Ground, probably from the late 18th or early 19th century. Very hard to read, so I didn’t get names. (DDD photo)
The former Methodist church building next to the cemetery, now closed. (DDD photo)
I liked the progressive line made by these three markers. I thought it might be a family: mom, Jane Mole on right, and dad, William Mole, in the middle – with child on the left. As it turns out, the grave on the left belongs to Hannah Hearn, who died at the age of 29 and was married to someone name Thomas. (DDD photo)
Amor Perkins. The back of his monument has a book, perhaps a Bible. he is related to the Grubbs and the Shipleys, and was a founder of the Methodist church that once stood by the cemetery. (DDD photo)
Joseph Carr died when he was only 26 years old in 1855. Buried next to his parents, he has the most interesting grave in Newark Union Burial Ground; there’s a statue of a dog, possibly a Labrador, at the foot of his grave. So, the questions abound: What killed him at such a young age? Was that a replica of his favorite dog? Is the dog buried with him? Those who know may never tell me. (DDD photo)
Close up of the dog statue at the foot of Joseph Carr’s grave. (DDD photo)
The headstone of Elizabeth Boyd, a native of Donegal, Ireland who died here at the younh age of 26. There’s an intriguing symbol at the top of her headstone: rain of sadness? sun shining down? Very interesting. (DDD photo)
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A hand pointing heavenward adorns the grave of Lettita Miller Sarings. (DDD photo)
Under the few trees in Newark Union Burial Ground are some of the oldest graves of the early Weldin family. (DDD photo)
Amos Greenfield. “Resting.” (DDD photo)
“Jackpot.”
Not necessarily a word you’d associate with cemeteries. But this one was such a magical find, it conveys exactly the way I felt when I stumbled upon Newark Union Cemetery. Read the rest of this entry »
Dearly Departed in Delaware 