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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: March 14, 2009
Caption: D. W. Moon
Additional Description: [Sign at gravesite reads:]

The Foothill Ensign, July 23, 1875 (early newspaper)
D. W. MOON Died July 19, 1875 Daniel Moon, aged 38. Daniel Moon was killed while blasting logs near Amador City. He was a single man, a native of Ohio.

The anchor was a common Christian symbol for hope, was often used alone or in combination with other religious symbols in ways completely unconnected to fraternal affiliations. A plain anchor is frequently seen on grave markers and is symbolic of religious faith, the hope of eternal life, resurrection, etc. It is not unusual to see an anchor and a cross, or an anchor and a crown, etc. There was a vocabulary of well known symbols and these were used alone or in different combinations.
Submitted: March 14, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p55900
File Size: 4.385 Megabytes

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