The dates on this fine marble shaft are hard to read, but Father Pitt reads them as 1831-1857. The style is of the 1850s, so the death date seems appropriate.
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Moses M. Henry Monument, St. Clair Cemetery
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Ott Obelisk, St. John Vianney Parish Cemetery
A magnificently shrouded obelisk. The cross on the side makes it a Christian monument; one rarely sees an obelisk without a cross in a Catholic cemetery. The abundance of drapery makes one feel as though there would be something improper about an unclothed obelisk.
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Joesphine Ormsby Yard Obelisk, Allegheny Cemetery
A fairly early obelisk whose inscription is still perfectly clear. There was a very prominent Ormsby family after whom the borough of Ormsby was named; it is now the section of the South Side Flats east of 24th Street. Father Pitt does not know whether this Josephine was a member of that family. She must have died fairly young; her husband was buried beside her in 1889, suggesting that he never remarried for the remaining thirty-six years of his life.
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Bonshire Obelisk, South Side Cemetery
There is nothing exceptional about this obelisk, except that it is a well-preserved example of a tasteful marble monument of the 1870s. Unlike many marble monuments, it still shows clear details and a legible inscription.
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Joesph Allan Obelisk, Chartiers Cemetery
Early settler Joseph Allan is remembered on a simple and elegant marble obelisk. The inscription uses a surprising variety of lettering styles, after the manner of a Victorian poster, all of them cut with taste and skill, and harmonized perfectly.
