Venango County Cemetery MOURNING FIGURE

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MOURNING FIGURE The mourning figure is usually a female bent in grief at the gravesite and was popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Often the figure is holding a wreath, flower or clinging to a cross.
Location: St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery, Franklin, PA Inscription: Frewen
Location: Fairview Cemetery, Titusville, PA Inscription: Maude May Only Child 1881 – 1896 Fleming Maud May is the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Stahl) Fleming
Mourning Figure holding lily in left hand and a broken blossom in the right hand. Location: Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City Inscription: BROWN
Mourning Figure Clutching a Cross Masonic Emblem Location: Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City Inscription: WILLIAM J. McGARVEY BORN SEPT. 10, 1852 DIED MAR. 12, 1884 MY DARLING HUSBAND YOU HAVE LEFT ME HERE ON EARTH BUT WILL MEET YOU UP IN HEAVEN. THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY. BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIED IN THE LORD

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