Bayside Cemetery

Bayside Cemetery. Established 1865. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places as a fine example of rural cemetery landscape and architecture., Visitors welcome, but enter at your own risk. Open during daylight hours. This is an active burial ground: please show respect on premises., For further information: Glenn Collins, Sexton Office behind gatehouse 315/265-3790., SYMBOLS IN THE STONES, In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tombstones tended to threaten or moralize. In the nineteenth century, especially the Victorian era, tombstones emphasized rebirth, salvation, eternal life, and connection to the living mourners., Here are a few examples in Bayside Cemetery, from the early 19th century to the present., angels weeping, watching, praying = tended in heaven , finger pointing up = loved one is in heaven, look there for him or her , broken column = deceased cut down in prime , wheat sheaf = gathering the deceased as harvest to the next world , mourning female = sorrow, grief personified , obelisk = from earth to rebirth in heaven , cherub = in the company of angels , damaged urn or column = immortal but we mourn , weeping willow = sorrow on earth , lamb = innocence, usually child , clasped hands = goodbye at death , book = deceased was teacher or minister. Bible = look here for the answer