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Tour of Venango County Cemetery MOURNING FIGURE

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

Contributor - Penny Haylett Minnick

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