Tombstones, West Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
| Description: |
These tombstone statues in West Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson are lifelike replicas of the children buried beneath them. Charles Ingersoll Hilligoss (1871-1887) and Gertrude Pauline Hilligoss (1875-1881) were brother and sister. When Charles died, their grief-stricken parents couldnt bear the thought they might be forgotten. They sent photographs of the children to a sculptor in Italy who carved the statues. An iron fence once surrounded them, but it was taken during WWII for scrap metal. |
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| Origin: | 2001 |
| Created By: |
Beth Oljace |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll7/id/446 |
| Collection: |
Picturing Madison County |
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| Subjects: |
Tombs & sepulchral monuments Cemeteries Anderson, Ind. |
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