Tombstone Tuesday: A Closer View of an Oswalt Grave

As you may have noticed, I haven't posted any Tombstone Tuesday posts for the last couple of weeks, and that has been due to the fact that I have been busy and forgot to do posts ahead of the time. But, I've remembered to do one for this week, and so here is this week's Tombstone Tuesday.

The photograph above was taken in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers, and is a closer view of the Oswalt tombstones I posted a couple of weeks ago. Again, I do not have any known connections to this Oswalt, but I took a picture of his grave during my first visit to Riverside Cemetery to make sure that I had taken a photograph of all the Oswalt graves in the cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: A Stook Gravestone

For this week's Tombstone Tuesday I am posting another photograph of a tombstone in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers, Michigan. The grave above is of a Sadie Stook, and her grave adjacent to my ancestor's, Adam Oswalt, grave. As far as I know, she is not related to my family, but at the time I took the picture, I did not know if she was a relative or not. Of course, I took the photograph to just to be through with cemetery research.

Tombstone Tuesday: Shelhart Family Graves

For this week's Tombstone Tuesday I am posting another photograph of graves in Riverside Cemetery. The graves above are the tombstones of Charles Shelhart and his wife, Susan. As far as I know, I'm connected to them genetically, but they are connected to my family in another way. After Adam Oswalt's wife died, his children were split up and taken in by other families. Among the families who took in Adam's children were the Shelhart's, and they took in two of Adam's sons, Henry and Adam. Even though there does not appear to be a biological connection between the families, they are connected to my Oswalt ancestors due to the fact that they became foster parents for two of my ancestor's children.

Tombstone Tuesday: Other Unrelated Oswalt Graves

As you can tell from the title of this post, the graves above are of two Oswalts who are not related to me. (Of course, as far as I know.) The graves are located in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers. Although the two people above are not related to me, I took the picture because they had the last name of Oswalt, and at the time I took the pictures, my grandparents and I were looking for Oswalts buried in Three Rivers. I am guessing from the tombstone that these graves are of a mother and son, but that is just my guess since I do not know for sure.

Tombstone Tuesday: A Closer View - The Schultz Graves

Last week, I posted a photograph that gave an overview of Adam Oswalt's grave and his daughter and son-in-law. For this week's post I am posting a picture that gives a closer view of Adam's daughter and son-in-law's graves. Adam's youngest daughter was called Mertie (I'm assuming this was a family nickname), and she married a Charles Schultz in 1895. Mertie is buried between her father and husband in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers, Michigan.

Tombstone Tuesday: Overview of Oswalt Graves in Riverside Cemetery

The photograph above is an overview of Adam Oswalt's grave, his daughter's grave and his son-in-law's grave. All three are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers, Michigan. I am trying to not post as many photographs from Riverside as the cemetery is in a city, but at the moment, I have not had any of my other pictures of rural cemeteries developed. So, I'll just have to post another picture from Riverside Cemetery at the moment.

Tombstone Tuesday: Another Detwiler Family Grave

Although I'm not done posting the rest of the pictures I have of Prairie River Cemetery, I've decided to post another photograph from Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers. (I have yet to scan the other photos for Prairie River Cemetery, so that is why I am posting this photograph.) The picture above is the grave of James Detwiler, whom I believe was the son of John Detwiler. (I'll have to check his death record, but I believe that is who his father is him from studying the Detwiler families in Saint Joseph.)

Tombstone Tuesday Two: A Veteran's Grave

Since today is Veteran's Day, I thought I would honor all those who served by posting photograph of a tombstone today. The tombstone above is of Benjamin F. Oswalt who served in the Civil War. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers.

I suspect that Benjamin Oswalt is a brother to my ancestor, Adam Oswalt, but I do not have any direct proof to substantiate that belief. All I have is his marriage record, which does not name his parents, that includes the witness, Daniel Black who was the first husband of Margaret Oswalt. (In her second marriage record, she listed her parents as Benjamin Oswalt and Mary Robb. Adam's death certificate gives his parents names as Benjamin Oswalt and Mary Rough, but since the record is a death certificate, his mother's maiden name could be wrong.)

Tombstone Tuesday ...

For this Tombstone Tuesday, I have decided to post a photograph of my ancestor's grave. This is the tombstone for Adam Oswalt, and since he was a veteran, his tombstone gives the name of the war he served in (which happened to be the Civil War) and the regiment as well. Adam is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. I realize Three Rivers is a city, but I decided to post this picture because Three Rivers is a small city and is located in a county that is primarily rural. (I will try to not post photographs of tombstones from urban areas, but every so often, I'll post a photograph from this cemetery when I won't have photographs from other cemeteries available for posting.) Enjoy!