The_Uncommon

The unique marker is a
sphere with “ALL THE
WORLD TO ME”
inscribed about its
equator.
Location: Tulocay
Cemetery, Napa, CA

Inscription reads:
“HARNETT CORNELIUS
DIED
April 20, 1781
Aged 58 Years
___
Slave to no sect, he took no private road,
But looked through nature up
To nature’s God.”

Location: St. Mary’s Catholic Roman
Church, grounds, 220 S. 5th Street,
Wilmington, NC

“Here Lies
Deposited the Body of
JOSEPH MILNE
Who dies December the 4th
1801 Aged 38 Years
Stop here my friend and cast an eye
As you are now so once was I
And I am now so you must be”

Location: St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
Church, grounds, 220 S. 5th Street,
Wilmington, NC

“Departed this Life
On the 28th day of March 1796
Aged 33 Years
ELIZABETH BRICE.
The Daughter of
MARMADUCK JONES, Esq.
And two days after
An Infant Son.
In Memory of whom
This Marble is laid.
The same unfortunate Year
By their affectionate
Husband and Father
FRANCIS BRICE”

This stone describes nothing less than a catastrophic family tragedy.
Location: St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, grounds, 220 S. 5th Street, Wilmington, NC

HARRIET GREER
Late Consort of T.W. Greer
And
Daughter of
Captn E. Sutton
and
MARTHA, his Wife.
Was Born
23d Feby 1798
Died
10th Octr 1831

Noyes is a prominent Napa family name. At one time they owned a saw mill and lumber company
on Third Street, a wonderful Victorian mansion and carriage house. The family mausoleum is
beautifully sited in a lovely, shaded area of Tulocay. A beautiful stained glass window graces in the
rear of the mausoleum easily seen from the gate guarding its entrance.
Location: Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, CA

“THE SLOOP RESTAURATION
Historic 1825 voyage
from Norway to America”
“JACOB ANDERSON SLOGVIK
SERENA TORMODSDATTER MADLAN
They settle furthest west
of all the JSlooper emmigrants”
Obverse side:
“GREETINGS FROM NORWAY
THE NORWEGIAN EMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
STARTED IN TYSVAER ROGALAND
THIS STONE IS SENT FROM SLOGVIK FARM
IN TYSVAER , THE BIRTHPLACE OF
JACOB ANDERSON SLOGVIK , TO THE PEOPLE
OF CALIFORNIA
THE SLOGVIK FAMILY
TYSVAER KOMMUNE, TYSVAER HISTORIELAG”

Lo where this stone in silence weeps,
A friend, a wife, a mother sleeps:
Her infant image here below,
Lies smiling in its Father’s woe.

Location: St. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church, grounds, 220 S. 5th Street,
Wilmington, NC

This ship carving is exquisite. The
granite stone itself is a remarkably
handsome piece of work. It is an
interesting story and wonderful tribute.
Location: Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, CA

This photo of a beautifully carved stone
was sent by Diane Siniard.
Location: Ford Cemetery, Albertson, NC