Magnolia Cemetery:
Observations

Students recorded the following observations from their afternoon at the Magnolia Cemetery:

rock type (marble or granite), year of tombstone enplacement, orientation of the stone (vertical or horizontal; compass direction stone faced), legibility of the engraving (1= sharp, clear letters 5= barely legible letters, more than half of the letters obliterated).
Granite
 
 1
2
3
4
5
 1980-1997 V-3

H-3

        
 1960-1979 V-1

H-3

 V-2

H-5

 V-1    
 1940-1959   V-1

H-4

H-6

    
 1920-1939 V-1

H-1

 V-2

H-2

  

H-2

  
 1900-1919

H-2

 V-2

H-1

 V-3

H-3

 V-1  
 1880-1899   V-1
 
 		 H-1  
 1860-1879    
 
 		    
 1840-1859    
 
 		    
 1820-1839    
 
 		    
Marble
   1 2 3 4 5
 1980-1997 V-2
 
 		        
 1960-1979   V-1
 
 		 V-1    
 1940-1959

H-1

H-3

H-1

 V-1

H-1

 V-2
 1920-1939 V-2

 

 V-2 V-1

H-2

 V-2

H-4
 1900-1919 V-1 V-2

H-1

 V-6

H-4

 V-6

H-1

 V-4
 1880-1899 V-1   V-1

H-1

 V-2 V-4

H-1
 1860-1879 V-1? H-1 H-1 V-2

H-4

 H-3
 1840-1859   V-1
 
 		 V-1 H-1  
 1820-1839  
 
 		      

KEY TO TABLE:

V=Vertical headstone

H= Horizontal headstone
 


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