First Class Cemetery Visit

William Johnston is buried here along with any other
 family members who chose to also be placed there. William
 Johnston lived from 1776 to 1840. This is structure is called a
 mausoleum and it is located in the Cathedral Church churchyard.
There is a plaque on the front of the mausoleum that says, "As a resting place
 for his remains and for those ofhis descendants who wish to be placed herein." 

Have you ever walked through a cemetery at night for a class? On Monday, January 27, that is what  I did during my First Year Experience "Beyond the Grave" class. This was our first time leaving the classroom for an outing and it was like a mini field trip.

Rebecca Freer Thomson was born in 1766 and died in 1826. She is buried in the Cathedral Church cemetery and her grave marker is a box tomb. On the box tomb, states the names of who she was the wife and daughter of. The symbol located at the top of the tomb, looks like a shield with a head of a deer, a cross and two stars in it. Above the shield is another deer head, but this one is turned to the side. The cross and the stars were probably meant to represent her faith. I think that the deers are also meant to represent her faith and maybe how strong it is.

   This type of grave marker is a column, because it is broken,
   it symbolizes a life that was cut short. This is the grave of
  Christopher Gadsden Hume, he lived from 1825 to 1849
  and died at just 24 years old. On the marker is written,
  "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
 Christ shall give thee light." A bible quote from Ephesians
 5:14. This memorial can be found at the Cathedral Church graveyard. 

First, we walked to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul  churchyard. Cathedral Church is an Anglican church built in 1816, their beliefs come from the 39 articles and the Book of Common Prayer. Anglicans were birthed out of the Reformation and they acknowledge that the Scriptures contain everything they need for salvation.

This memorial is called a pedestal tomb and is dedicated to several people, all in the same family. Edward W.  Bounetheau (1781-1862), Martha Bounetheau (1777-1849), Matthew Reeves (1814-1862), and Ellen Reeves (1814-1902). It is located in the Cathedral Church cemetery. 

This is a lawn marker dedicated to Lila
 Barksdale Pickens, in the Cathedral Church
 cemetery. She was born in 1871 and died in 1942. 

Our next stop was the St. Patrick Catholic Church churchyard. In 1828, the land the church is on was first bought by Bishop John England, for a cemetery. He eventually wanted a church to be built there too and it was ten years later. However, it wasn't completely finished until 1899 due to the Civil War and an earthquake.

These type of grave markers are called slant markers.  This entire slab, in the Cathedral Church cemetery, is dedicated to the Dawson family. One of the people buried here is Arnoldus Dawson, born in 1850 and died in 1921. There isn't much design to them, but the older markers have a ribbon on them that says, "at rest."

Georgeanna Hume lived from 1819-1855. She is buried in the Cathedral Church cemetery and her type of grave marker is a base and cap. This grave marker has a lot of design to it and has a bird. I think the bird is a dove, which represents the Holy Spirit. 

There are 249 memorials at the St. Patrick Church Cemetery and no prominent people buried there. At the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, there are 626 memorials and three famous memorials. One of them is John Drayton, he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, a State Senator, and Governor of South Carolina. John Lyde Wilson is also another South Carolina governor buried at the Cathedral Church. Lastly, there is Thomas Lowndes who was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

This memorial is for two brothers, Fredrick G. Porcher and Edward G. Porcher. Frederick Porcher lived from 1844 to 1866 and died at 20 years old. The marker mentions that he was a Private in the Confederate War. His older brother, Edward Porcher, was born in 1839 and died in 1865 at 24 years old. He was also in the Confederate War, but as a surgeon. This type of grave marker is a die on socket and is located in the Cathedral Church graveyard.

           

This type of marker, is an obelisk and is located

 in the Cathedral Church graveyard. It marks the grave 

of Catherine Porcher, who lived from 1790 to 1869. The

 memorial is located next to the one of the Porcher brothers, which

 I mentioned above, and is next to the graves of other Porchers. 

This grave is located in the Cathedral Church cemetery and the marker type is a bedstead. This is the grave of Anna Pickens who lived 1846-1920. Her grave marker says, "blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God."