Mary Ward, nee Davis, died in her early 60's. She was the wife of Jacob Ward (b. 1739), who died eight years later, in 1811.
Mrs, Ward's gravestone, made of "Belleville brownstone" from the Passaic River, is the only one in Bloomfield Cemetery with a winged soul effigy. Often mistakenly referred to as "cherubs", these images represent the human soul ascending to judgement before God, and were ubiquitous during the Colonial Period, but uncommon after 1800. Mrs. Ward's gravestone appears to be the work of noted stonecutter Uzal Ward of Newark---possibly a relative---and may have been in the family's possession for many years before it was actually used.
PHOTO: Nikita Barlow
Mrs, Ward's gravestone, made of "Belleville brownstone" from the Passaic River, is the only one in Bloomfield Cemetery with a winged soul effigy. Often mistakenly referred to as "cherubs", these images represent the human soul ascending to judgement before God, and were ubiquitous during the Colonial Period, but uncommon after 1800. Mrs. Ward's gravestone appears to be the work of noted stonecutter Uzal Ward of Newark---possibly a relative---and may have been in the family's possession for many years before it was actually used.
PHOTO: Nikita Barlow
Mary Ward, nee Davis, died in her early 60's. She was the wife of Jacob Ward (b. 1739), who died eight years later, in 1811.
Mrs, Ward's gravestone, made of "Belleville brownstone" from the Passaic River, is the only one in Bloomfield Cemetery with a winged soul effigy. Often mistakenly referred to as "cherubs", these images represent the human soul ascending to judgement before God, and were ubiquitous during the Colonial Period, but uncommon after 1800. Mrs. Ward's gravestone appears to be the work of noted stonecutter Uzal Ward of Newark---possibly a relative---and may have been in the family's possession for many years before it was actually used.
PHOTO: Nikita Barlow
Mrs, Ward's gravestone, made of "Belleville brownstone" from the Passaic River, is the only one in Bloomfield Cemetery with a winged soul effigy. Often mistakenly referred to as "cherubs", these images represent the human soul ascending to judgement before God, and were ubiquitous during the Colonial Period, but uncommon after 1800. Mrs. Ward's gravestone appears to be the work of noted stonecutter Uzal Ward of Newark---possibly a relative---and may have been in the family's possession for many years before it was actually used.
PHOTO: Nikita Barlow
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