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I probably shouldn't laugh, but where else would you find a headstone made of cast concrete and lettering of stamped metal.
O.K. DC, I hesitated to post this, but now I will. In my hobby of locating and recording "lost" and abandoned/neglected cemeteries, I often see in black/African American cemeteries cast and poured concrete headstones with interesting additions. On the other hand, there was a tombstone maker in Hollywood, Clark County AR who was well known for his quality cast concrete tombstones and tombstones made from sandstone which he quarried from his property. We find his work throughout about a 30 mile radius of his business. So, being cast concrete does not necessarily make it black/African American, but being in Garland, Miller County AR adds to that probability.
Moderator: This is not intended to be racist, but to be a historical genealogical fact.
O.K. DC, I hesitated to post this, but now I will. In my hobby of locating and recording "lost" and abandoned/neglected cemeteries, I often see in black/African American cemeteries cast and poured concrete headstones with interesting additions. On the other hand, there was a tombstone maker in Hollywood, Clark County AR who was well known for his quality cast concrete tombstones and tombstones made from sandstone which he quarried from his property. We find his work throughout about a 30 mile radius of his business. So, being cast concrete does not necessarily make it black/African American, but being in Garland, Miller County AR adds to that probability.
Moderator: This is not intended to be racist, but to be a historical genealogical fact.
Washington DC is 60% black and I've never seen a concrete headstone. Maybe some others have, but I've been here 30 years. Maybe it's an Arkansas thing?
Washington DC is 60% black and I've never seen a concrete headstone. Maybe some others have, but I've been here 30 years. Maybe it's an Arkansas thing?
I don't know if it's an "Arkansas thing", but I suspect they will be found in most rural areas in the "south". I also find it interesting that often the black peoples graves are "prettied-up" with different items. Some things I've seen in addition to the prettied-up tombstones are colored glass, white quartz, crystals, and mussel shells.
I probably shouldn't laugh, but where else would you find a headstone made of cast concrete and lettering of stamped metal.
Just about any rural area where a family member, black or white, had died and the family barely had enough money for a burial, much less a monument. You do what you can with the materials you can find and afford.
I've seen many made out of concrete with river gravel mixed in and maybe some shells for decoration. Might not have a name but, at the time, that person's family knew who was there, but didn't want an unmarked grave.
Just about any rural area where a family member, black or white, had died and the family barely had enough money for a burial, much less a monument. You do what you can with the materials you can find and afford.
I've seen many made out of concrete with river gravel mixed in and maybe some shells for decoration. Might not have a name but, at the time, that person's family knew who was there, but didn't want an unmarked grave.
That's a big "10-4". In most of the cemeteries we find out in the boonies are many graves marked with plain rock, or sometimes with plain rock with data scratched into it which too often is faded to the point it can't be read. Oh I could tell you stories and show you photos!
Slim, my wife is a big geneologist and from time to time we go out getting pictures of monuments for requests from Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records . You see some interesting ones there. We've got plenty of those stories and photos too!
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