Episode 86 - A Special Mausoleum and a Family Cemetery

06/02/22 • 41 min

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In this episode Dianne and Jennie learn about one man's heartache and how it led him to build a magnificent mausoleum and gorgeous Victorian mansion. John Bowman built his wealth owning several tanneries and selling leather goods to the Union army during the civil war. However, his true happiness was the love he showered on his wife and daughters and when he lost them he he built the magnificent Laurel Glen Mausoleum and Laurel Hall right across the street in Cuttingsville, Vermont. The second story in this episode revolves around Rebecca Nurse and the Nurse family cemetery located in Danvers, Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse was one of 19 victims hanged during the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692 and her home is the only one left where a victim of the witch trials actually lived. Included on that property is a family cemetery where it has been rumored for nearly 300 years that Rebecca may be buried. Come along as we explore these Ordinary Extraordinary stories in this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast.
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Resources used to research this episode include:
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Just in time for Memorial Day, Jennie and Dianne are joined by special guest Andrew Bell, a former Sergeant-Major in the US Army and a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam wars and a former Buffalo Soldier reenactor. Andrew shares not only the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and who they were, but how their nearly forgotten story was brought back to life in the 1960s. These fighting men represented the first Black professional soldiers in a peacetime army. As these Ordinary Extraordinary men would say, "We can: We will" and "Ready and forward!"
References mentioned in this episode include:
https://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/
Leckie, William H, and Shirley A. Leckie. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition . 1967. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.

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Episode 87 - Paupers' Graves & Potter's Fields

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Most cemeteries, both old and modern, contain a section often referred to as a Potter's field. In this episode, Dianne and Jennie discuss the history of Potter's fields and gravesites. From Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois to Hart Island in New York City, New York to quiet graves throughout England and Ireland, Many of these fields and gravesites have been forgotten with time as well as the poor souls buried within them. Dianne and Jennie try to remember the Ordinary Extraordinary people who are often ostracized in life and forgotten in death in this episode of The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast.
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Resources used to research this episode include:
McLeod, BA , Belinda. " What’s a Pauper’s Funeral? History & Why They Exist Today ." https://www.joincake.com/. 13 May 2022. www.joincake.com/blog/paupers-funeral/. Accessed 5 June 2022.
Quirk , Chicago. "Guess what? There are thousands of bodies under Lincoln Park. ." https://www.chicagonow.com/. 29 Oct. 2012. www.chicagonow.com/chicago-quirk/2012/10/guess-what-there-are-thousands-of-bodies-under-lincoln-park/ . Accessed 5 June 2022.
Willis , Graham Denyer. "The Potter's Field ." https://www.cambridge.org/. 27 June 2018. www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-studies-in-society-and-history/article/potters-field/AE06740FC31E23B169CFC8B8659A73C2 . Accessed 5 June 2022.
Lolerzel, Robert. https://chicagoreader.com/. 15 May 2008. chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-conservatory-a-zoo-and-12000-corpses/ . Accessed 5 June 2022.
"The History The Hart Island Project ." https://www.hartisland.net/. www.hartisland.net/history . Accessed 5 June 2022.
"Hansen’s disease (L eprosy)." https://www.cdc.gov/. www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.html#:~:text=Hansen's%20disease%20 . Accessed 5 June 2022.
Evans, Lorraine . Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries . E-book, Publisher‎Pen and Sword History, 2020.