Southern Graves

I recently received an email requesting information about cemeteries to visit in Charleston, South Carolina. I have only been there once, but that was enough to make me fall in love with the city. It also did not take long to discover that Charleston is a treasure trove of graveyards and cemeteries. I thought I'd go back over some of the photos I took from that trip more than four years ago. It didn't take long for me to find more blogging fodder. Incidentally, I also wonder why I didn't post some of this stuff then. Maybe I'm growing -- a better researcher, a better creative thinker? I hope so! Looking at this image again reminded me of something everyone might not know... Hier Ruhen In Gott [Here Rest In God] Claus Diedrich Geb 12 Octob 1873 Gest 18 May 1886 Anna M. C. A. Geb 2 Nov 1885 Gest 19 May 1886 Kinder von [Children of] H. F. Bittesohn und Meta Geb [née] Meyers Bethany Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina Photo © 2008 - 2012 S. Lince...

Bethany Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina is a 50+ acre cemetery owned by St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. It was founded in 1856. A large amount of the individuals interred are German. The landscape is picturesque and there are many beautiful stones. I have made some contributions to FindAGrave from Bethany Cemetery, including photos and gravestone transcriptions. Surnames include the following: BARRENTINE, BEHLMER, BEHRENS, BISCHOFF, BITTESOHN, BLASE, BULCKEN, CHAMBERS, GOTJEN, GROOMS, HARMS, HASTEDT, HEINSOHN, KNEE, KORNAHRENS, LILIENTHAI, MEYER, ORNSTON, REENSTJERNA, SCHNELL, SPINCKEN, STEENKEN, STUMP, VINSON, WAGENER, WITCOFSKEY, and YERBY. Search for cemetery records in Bethany Cemetery, SC at by entering a surname and clicking search: Bethany Cemetery, SC (11,237 names) All of Find A Grave (156.1 million names) Restrict search to Surname Search all my contributions here: Search Stephanie Lincecum's cemetery records at by en...