Lived just down the road a piece for 40 years. The legend goes if you visit Mrs. Alice between 12 and 3 a.m. you can hear the chair rock and the needles clicking as she knits.
That sounds like New Orleans you saw that at. They have a funeral home that buries people as if they are alive or doing what they loved. Someone posted that on RU-vid.
That set of steps is called a "stile" and was not uncommon to be found going from one neighbors house to another in the South, if they were good friends. It allowed you to visit without letting the dogs, chicken. or peafowl out. It is a friendly southern tradition and speaks well of the relations the living had with those who passed on.
I stumbled upon your channel when you showed the unbelievable grave of Kenny Rogers and I've been loving your explorations around different cemeteries ever since. I'm looking forward to where you'll be next 👍🇦🇺
In the 19th century they would often symbolize the death by using the headstone to indicate their death. In the John Hancock cemetery there are a couple of stones like that. I used to give tours of the very historical cemetery in the mid 70,s. One stone I do remember had a stone with a column on it and the column on it was suddenly cut sideways in half to indicate sudden death. There were other interesting stones but after 45 years I don’t remember.
Back in the eighteen hundreds they called them stiles. Is what the steps is going over top of the fence is what my grandma told me she said that her grandparents had there yard fixed that way but that was in the early nineteen hundreds is what she said she was a little girl she would be about a hundred and thirty now bless her heart and soul rest in peace 🙏 Grandma she was a good soul... that is neat about the lady in the rocking chair I bet she isn't setting in it now I hate to say.
I hope this community will protect it's civil war veterans' graves. I live in Seattle and our memorial was desecrated by the "woke" people. It is heartbreaking.
I just found your channel at 12 am & subbed. That tombstone of the lady that burned to death is the creepyest tombstone I've ever seen and I've seen MANY tombstones in my day and still do.🤘👻💖
@GuessMyName234 you don't understand? You know what a rocking chair is, right? I just love sitting in them, even when I was a young girl, I would rock on my porch, they are not just for old people.
@GuessMyName234 That's OK, even though I love Rocking chairs, I don't want to be buried in one. My kids joke a lot. Do you know that rocking in a chair burns 150 calories a hr, lol, so it's a form of exercise.
Love the history of grave yard ! Maybe the ppl thought it was an honor to her to be buried how she lived in her rocking chair!?!? But the flaming dress takes the cake !
So the lady that caught on fire. Next time could you slow down your camera and show what it says on the marker. How old was she etc.. You zoomed by it to fast. THANKS , appreciate what you do for us..
Go to Find a Grave and look up the cemetery, then the lady, and it should have her story with possibly even more details. I use it all the time when researching for lost relatives on Ancestry and have found some very interesting info there.
I enjoy these tidbits of history especially the older and civil war era graves.In our area of Maryland it's the cradle of the abolitionist movement with the birthplaces of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass as well.The civil war here in Salisbury MD was confederate but union did come through our area.Thanks again guys for rekindling my love long interest in history especially our disappearing American history where our education systems are rewriting it.
I really enjoyed your trip throw the stories of these people who have been lived it. I love old cemeteries. I live across the street from one when I was a child, and it has old graves
I, too love to visit cemeteries. They are like an open museum, so full of history. I am a retired university professor who taught elementary social studies for elementary school majors. One of the requirements of my class was each student needed to visit a cemetery and take photographs of five different markers and be able to explain their origin and meaning. They also had to include ideas on how to use the cemetery in teaching reading/language arts, science, math, art, music, and social studies. Great video.
Shouldn't do that, if you was my teacher I will tell you no,,, some kids might be experiencing a loss, and you wouldn't know,, and that can be a trigger , so ASK YOUR STUDENTS 1ST IF THEY'RE OK WITH IT, IF YOU WAS MY SON TEACHER, WE WOULD'VE HAD WORDS
@@janquisesmith2717 I always ask my students to advise me if they have recently lost a loved one. If so, and they would have a difficult time visiting a cemetery, I always provide them with an alternative assignment. Now, you are assuming that I was an elementary or high school teacher, I am not. I was a university professor who had done several presentations and workshops for parents and teachers on using the cemetery as a historical tool. In Nashville, TN for example, there is a very historic cemetery. A local organization takes care of the cemetery and each year, each member chooses one of the beloved people buried in the cemetery to research. On a given Saturday, each member dresses like the individual they have selected and spend the day at that individual's grave sharing their history. One very well known member buried in the cemetery is a woman who was in the Civil War who seems to be a popular choice among the women in the organization. So, each year there is a different lady who dresses up in Civil War clothing, takes a rocking chair, and spends the day in the rocking chair by that lady's grave. She sits and rocks and knits. The general public is invited to this historic cemetery and event. They can walk to each grave and ask questions and visit and talk with members of this organization. You see in using the cemetery, young people can find out about the history of their community.
I enjoyed your video very much.Was skimming youtube, and came across your video. I love walking around Cemeteries. Some are rather haunted ..like the one in Huntsville, AL.
I want to believe so hard that Alice was buried in her rocking chair. But the length of the mausoleum makes me believe she was buried in a casket inside the mausoleum. It wouldn’t have needed to be so long if she was in fact in her rocking chair. I wish there was proof of this because this is one of the most interesting graves I’ve ever seen.
That was awesome! So much history. Thanks for letting us read the tombstones. Always curious what people put on loved ones headstone. You're a great tombstone tourist (taphophile) 😊
Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoy the videos. I try my best to show all the tombstones so people can read. Sometimes I go to fast out of excitement. Working on making sure I slow down. Thanks again.
OK my curiosity just went ballistic! I wonder if anyone's ever tried a snake camera to see lol. I hate the fact that we are entombed or buried it just seems so lonely even though we are gone
First time watching your video picture of the lady with a burning dress kinda creepy and the lady sitting in the rocking chair wow may they r.i.p thank you for sharing I just subscribe to your channel please keep these cool graves coming amazing job
There are lots of diffrent grave stones and thoughts of people who have lost. I know of one where he requested to be buried sat at a table playing cards , and seen another where a person was killed by a snake bite, but they but a snake on the grave stone.
That is something I want to know also. That is the first cemetery I have been to that had the steps. most of the fence has fallen so you do not need the steps anymore, but back in the day I do not understand either why you would not just put a door on the fence and be done with it.
Old Aberdeen Cemetery. Her name was Alice Whitfield. I hope to travel to Michigan later next year when it warms up. There is so much there to find also.
That would be very scary if you could see in at the lady in the rocking chair she has been in there like 168 years right? there might be nothing left of her maybe bones
I just stumbled onto your channel love this story about the rocking chair lady. I grew up in Tarpon Springs Florida and there is a story about a guy being buried on his rod iron bed. The bed frame posts sticks out of the ground. Im looking forward watching and hearing your stories. Take care Bro.
