The present graveyard layout dates from 1829 and was designed by architect John Smith. There are a little over 1000 gravestones to be found - though the proportion of unreadable ones is higher in ...

The city purchased 56 acres of the land for Mt. Hope in 1836 for $5,386. The cemetery layout was designed by Silas Cornell, who put roads in the cemetery. Cornell wanted to name the cemetery Mount ...

Blame it on the gravedigger. As the story goes, he's responsible for the incorrect layout of the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery at 401 S. Adams Ave., in Rayne, which caught the eye of "Ripley ...

The cemetery requires Brookhaven approvals for its site layout, and permits from the county and the state Department of State, which regulates cemeteries, Sarwar said. He and Imam credited ...