Intro to Susie Malinda Henrie Toland

In my Beyond the Graveyard class, we were assigned to pick an ancestor that we believed to be the most interesting and write a blog on them. This is only a proposal to write about Susie. 

Susie is my great grandmother, born in Hyrum, Wyoming on June 6, 1878 to Joseph Ozro Henrie and Mary Christine Andersen. She died at age 88 in Salt Lake City, UT on November 29, 1966 due to a stroke in her resting home. 

She is buried in the Afton Wyoming Cemetery which is a Public Cemetery. 

Susie had a long life and was raised during a time when horse transportation was the only means of transportation but then grew up to see the first automobile. She also saw the inventions of radio, party line telephones and rotary. 

But the one thing that I find most interesting about Susie is that she knew the notorious Butch Cassidy    the king of the Wild West and his sidekick Heiner, better known as the Sundance Kid. Her small town in Wyoming was a place that Cassidy had gone to -possibly to hide out while cops were chasing him- and Susie's dad was a warm and welcoming man who invited all to dinner at their house.

Butch and Heiner couldn't deny the invitation and sat at a dinner table with her and her family. They had no idea that these new friends were really criminals.

Later she witnessed him attempt to shoot a sheriff, but when his gun didn't go off, it allowed the sheriff to buy time and he hit him with the butt of his gun. 

A Rich Insightful Look into Charleston's History with Ruth Miller

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Ruth Ruth Ruth, Read All About Her!

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Ruth Miller--Historical Genius

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The 18th and 19th Century came to life through Ruth Miller

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Captivating Chapters of Colonial Charleston

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How holy is the history of the Holy City

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Nothing But the Truth with Ruth- Charleston History Expert Visits Class

Miller is the author of several books about Charleston churchyards

"Consultant for All Things Charleston and the Lowcountry" is prominently stated on the website of author, historian, educator and tour guide Ruth Miller.

She knows her stuff and my students and I were the happy recipients of her hour-long presentation on how the Holy City became so holy.



Charleston's rich religious heritage was the theme of Miller's Feb. 18 talk. In my "Beyond the Grave" class that features visits to several old church graveyards and cemeteries, she has proven a valuable expert source.

Cemetery Symbols Presentation (Prezi)

Here are some of the common symbols that adorn grave markers at old cemeteries. This will be shown in advance of our visit to Bethel United Methodist Church.  Click here if you are unable to view this Prezi.

Ruth's Riveting Tales

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Ruth Miller has done amazing things around the Charleston areas. She is a local historian and tour guide and has been since 1979. she specializes in local religious history. She is the author of multiple books.

Ruth Miller has multiple book out there including "The Angel Oak Story" also Touring the tombstones. Touring the tombstones is a series or books where she went around to different gravesites and told the stories and how the were made and all of the stories behind the symbols and shape of the tombs.

The influence of religion pays a huge part of

the way these tombs are made. Ruth states "It takes

seven people to make up a religion" The power that religions

have on the symbolism that are displayed on these tombs. Religion

ruled this time period which is why there is so much displayed 

on these grave sites

During this period is when the slaves where being taken from Africa to the States. Ruth says " By 1710 there were more slaves than Europeans" But their graves were never found. The mystery is where did the bury them? Did they bury them? No one will know where they are or what the Europeans did with them .

" You win the war you write the history" Ruth states, the winner of the war writes what happen no matter if it is true or not which is a problem. The peoples familes that lost the war might not truly not know what happen to their loved ones. 

  

My Grandfather's Link to a Prominent California Hotel

(Click here to see a video introduction and overview I produced to go along with this story)

During a holiday visit to my folks’ house in Virginia, I asked my mother some questions about her parents. One was where her late father (my grandfather) had worked. I knew that he was at a hotel for many years in Santa Monica but I didn't know which hotel.

"The Miramar" was her response. My immediate reaction was asking if it was located near San Diego. My thoughts went to the Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun" that was set at the fighter pilot school at the Miramar U.S. Navy aviation base.  

No, not that Miramar, Mom said.  It was not until yesterday when I began doing some research for this post that I learned about Santa Monica's Miramar Hotel and its rich, interesting, even glamorous history.  

Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows (courtesy Booking.com)

And I admit to shivering with pride to think my Grandpa Frank spent much of his working career at such a prestigious resort hotel.  

A 2011 article from the Santa Monica Mirror recounts the property's long history.  Early highlights included: 

• The co-founder of Santa Monica, John Percival Jones, built a Victorian mansion called Miramar in 1889
• His wife Georgina would plant a small Australian Moreton Bay fig tree that would grow into the huge landmark and signature tree (below) that dominates the resort's front courtyard

Yo, Come Check Out My First Grave Hunt!

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Destination: Graveyard

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First Spooky Sightings

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Learn more about Elizabeth Jackson Now!

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Check out My First Grave Hunt

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Elizabeth Jackson and the Mystery of Misleading Monuments

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The Graves Found in Different Cemeteries Around Charleston, SC

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Danielle Williams - Written in Stone- Grave Markers

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Gravesites Found in Charleston

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Night One (Feb. 4, 2019)

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Graveyard Blog

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A Gravestone Tells a 1,000 Memories

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First Graveyard Visit

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Spooky Churchyard Visit

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Churchyards Offer Grave Discoveries

Thanks to Harper Richards for taking this photo at Cathedral Church

Our first “grave trotting” this semester took us to a pair of churchyards a short walk from campus. I like Cathedral (Episcopal) Church of St. Luke and St. Paul on Coming Street for its wide variety of grave styles in a fairly small space.

Types of Grave Markers

Here is another look at the wide variety of grave markers that we will see during our journeys to area churchyards and graveyards. Students will need to be able to properly identify these for various blog posts and the tests too.  Click here if unable to view this Prezi.