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Yet another monument from Green Lawn Cemetery here in Columbus. Tend to spend a lot of time in Green Lawn. It's around 360 acres and about 147,000 residents. It was founded in 1848.

Here is another one from Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. Located in section o behind one of the Neil family monuments.

Here is another monument from Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. It's one of the odder monuments I've come across. Reminds me of coral. Various markers for the Tallmadge family are in front and to the sides of the main monument.

Harvey Gay and Virginia Walcutt Gay's mausoleum. Gay Street in Columbus, Ohio is named after the family. The mausoleum's window is a Tiffany window.

All Souls Cemetery

Chardon, Ohio

When I show people this picture, the first thing they ask is "Who is that?" I then usually say to them to pronounce the last name. After a few attempts it usually hits people on who it is.

Yep, that Chef Boyardee. He spelled the last name somewhat phonetically so Americans could get close pronouncing his Italian last name.

Green Lawn Cemetery

Columbus, Ohio

Captain John Ramsey of Company H, 43rd OVI. Fell in the battle of Lovejoy's Station on August 20th, 1864.

Thomas Graydon, buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, is known for a few things. Graydon played college football for Harvard in 1901 and 1902. He holds two patents, one for an arch supporting shoe and one for a shoe sole cutting machine.

There was a story about a stone by Graydon's marker, that is was from the Blarney stone. The stone is actually from the Giant's
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Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield Ohio. Found this one while walking around the cemetery yesterday afternoon. Haven't seen one quite like this before.