Geyer Carvers

Henry Christian Geyer (died about 1790) and his son, John Just Geyer (1758 - 1808), worked in Boston's South End. They produced some dramatic markers including smiling skulls with irregular or deep gouged eye sockets and deep gouged nose holes. They also produced winged heads. Often the wings have a wide scallop border sometimes described as a scallop collar. The following markers are of the style carved by the Geyers. Literature sources confirm some of these attributions.

Winged skulls

Benjamin Marston (1769) - West Barnstable Cem.
Isaac Chapman (1776) - Dennis Village Cem.
James Lombard (1777) - Truro Old North Cem.
Samuel Doane (1778) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Alice Freeman (1779) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Jonathan Doane (1780) - Eastham Bridge Road Cem.
Samuel Eldredge (1781) - Dennis Village Cem.
Hannah Atkins (1783) - Truro Old North Cem.
Jane Freeman (1783) - Truro Old North Cem.
Rebecca Freeman (1783) - Truro Old North Cem.
Elizabeth McAlpin (1783) - Truro Old North Cem.
Rhoda Sears (1784) - Brewster Sears Cem.
Job Avery (1785) - Truro Old North Cem.
Mehetable Lombard (1785) - Truro Old North Cem.
Joseph Hall (1787) - Dennis Village Cem.

Winged Heads & Other Images

Eunice Howes (1768) - Dennis Howes Cem.
Judah Paddock (1770) - Dennis Paddock Cem.
Jane Doane (1771) - Wellfleet Cem.
Feare Nye (1774) - Falmouth Cem.
James Otis (1778) - West Barnstable Cem.
Ralph Chapman (1779) - Dennis Village Cem.
Margery Doane (1779) - Wellfleet Cem.
Ebenezer Hinckley (1780) - Barnstable Lothrop Hill Cem.
Abigail Bacon (1781) - West Barnstable Cem.
Temprance Hallet (1788) - Barnstable - Hyannis Cem.
Joshua Gray (1791) - Yarmouth Cem.
Judah Baker (1794) - Dennis Ancient Cem.
Solomon Bangs (1797) - Brewster Cem.
Phebe Hopkins (1798) - Truro Old North Cem.
infant Rider twins (1798) - Wellfleet Cem. (by JJG)
Eunis Higgins (1799) - Eastham Cove Cem.
John Simpkins (1799) - Brewster Cem.
Jemima Harding (1800) - Truro Old North Cem.
Ruth Harding (1800) - Truro Old North Cem.
Allen Holbrook (1800) - Wellfleet Cem.
Constant Hopkins (1800) - Truro Old North Cem.
Michael & infant Hopkins (1800) - Truro Old North Cem.
Hannah Howes (1800) - Dennis Village Cem.
Huldah Cook (1802) - Provincetown Cem.
John Harding (1802) - Chatham Cem.
Bethia Atkins (1803) - Provincetown Cem.
Silvenus Crowell (1803) - West Yarmouth Woodside Cem.
Isaac Snow Gross (1803) - Truro Old North Cem.
James Hall (1803) - Yarmouth Cem.
Isaiah Mathews (1803) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Hannah Snow (1803) - Orleans Cem.
Jerusha Young (1803) - Orleans Cem.
Abigail Howes (1804) - Provincetown Cem.
Rachel Cobb (1809) - Truro Pine Grove Cem.
Azubah Mayo (1809) - Chatham Old Burying Ground


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