Maryland doesn't actually qualify as a "southern" state, but I thought I'd share some photos and inscriptions from a couple of cemeteries anyway. "All Saints Episcopal Church All Saints, one of the original parishes of Maryland, included all the land north of Hunting Creek in Calvert County. The present church was started in 1774 by exchange of tobacco under the rectorship of Reverand Thomas John Clagett, later the first bishop consecrated on American soil." Here are a few BOWIEs in the cemetery: Yates Kent Bowie Feb 23, 1877 Dec 22, 1955 Catherine Bowie Belt Jan 5, 1937 He leadeth me In Loving Memory My Beloved Son William B. Bowie June 5, 1873 Dec 17, 1916 In That Morn That Angel Face Will Smile Which I Have Loved Long Since And Lost - Awhile "All Hallows Church All Hallows Parish, South River, one of the original thirty parishes created by law in 1692 when the Anglican Church was established in Maryland. The present early Georgian church was built ...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones