snow cover of this past Winter was gone and luckily the grounds were
fairly dry. So at last I had the chance to get out of the car and wander
about with my camera to take pictures.
Mt Vernon is a sprawling cemetery laid out in roads. One of these
is Summit Rd, which is at the southern entrance and, as the name
suggests, at the highest point of the terrain. It's not paved and wasn't
plowed out at all this Winter so this was the first time I'd been able to
walk up it, although I'd taken many photos of the hillside from my
car the past few months. Most of the gravesites there are among the
oldest in the cemetery and there's not only a nice view across the interior
of the cemetery but also of the athletic fields at the nearby junior high
and middle schools: (click twice on each picture for best view)
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| At the top of the hill. Those pine trees on the right are actually on the ground below the hill. |
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| A gravestone with a bench to match |
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| The view down onto the athletic field from the bench |
I'm really enjoying all your photos/comments on Mt. Vernon Cemetery and Abington. Thank you, so much! I'm a descendant of Ruth BEAL / Nicholas SHAW, whom I believe are buried there. I have more Abington ancestors, too. I wonder if we are cousins...
ReplyDeleteHi MHD,
ReplyDeleteI have no Shaw relatives but waaaaaaaaaaay back on my Dunham line I have a Martha Beal, so I think we might very well be cousins. I'll check
the next time I'm there for your ancestors, but
I've noticed there are a lot of Beals and Shaws
in the cemeteries in Rockland and Whitman, both of which were once parts of Abington. So it's
possible they might be in one of those towns.
Thanks for the comment!