Fieldtrip to Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT

March 7, 2024

I was at Lakeview Cemetery to find and photograph a grave. It was a successful trip. I spotted these unusual markers. I think they are interesting because they are so literal–Teeter and Fox.

FEATURED IMAGE: “the Record Lady at a cemetery,” illustration, CoPilot AI, 2026.

Vanessa Wood, photographs of Teeter and Fox markers at Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Conn., 27 February 2024 (author’s collection).

About Author

Vanessa Wood is a genealogical researcher and writer specializing in American family history, with particular depth in Southern states, California, and families with roots in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS), and holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. She is a First Prize winner of the 2026 Montana Family History Writing Contest and has 25+ published articles in journals including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vanessa is the author of Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco (2023), Board in Venice (2025), and The Kinship Papers, Vol. 1. Her books are available on Amazon.com. She can be contacted via email.