General Abel D. Streight and the Mystifying Mist
by About Civil War General A. D Streight and an unusual occurrence at his grave site. Includes photos.
Crown Hill is a huge 40 acre or so cemetery in Indianapolis, IN. It’s the final resting place of such notables as John Dillinger, Benjamin Harrison, and James Whitcomb Riley. Crown Hill is a beautiful place with lovely old trees, beautiful lawns, and fantastic monuments and statuary. People go there to have a quiet walk or to ride their bikes. I have seen wildlife there such as a herd of deer and a coyote.
I was introduced to it by Beth, with whom I work. She is in love with the place and has been going there for over 30 years. It’s her place of peaceful retreat. She’s a wonderful tour guide, full of interesting information about so many of the gravesites and their occupants. She is even considering having her wedding there in the beauty and spiritual atmosphere of her favorite place.
I have gone back a few times myself, camera in hand, to capture photos of the incredible statuary. My first visit and photos produced a very puzzling and intriguing surprise. At home and looking at the images I caught, I found one with an interesting mist at the gravesite of General A. D. Streight. I showed the picture to some friends who had more technical knowledge about photography than I do to see what they thought.
They had no pat answer other than to suggest that I go back again for more pictures and see what happened. So, I went back to visit the General, and a second shooting revealed another mist in attendance at his site. The first, as shown by the photo here, has a more blanket like and obvious mist by the site. The second photo shows a smaller and circular mist near the top of the tombstone and off a bit to the left.
The two pictures were taken on different days, one sunny and one overcast. They were also taken on two different cameras. Other pictures were taken on both days of different sites with no mists appearing in them. A third trip and new pictures showed no mist at all.
I have included the pictures below so that you may judge for yourself. I have also given a brief history of the General and his wife, who I find a very interesting woman, especially her actions after the death of her husband.
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Post CommentJim
On April 29, 2009 at 6:32 am
A great story full of historic content and photographs – good work
Tony
On October 9, 2010 at 10:41 am
Jill that is a very interesting story. I like it. i came across this article doing research….see my great great great uncle is Abel D. Streight. my name is Tony Streight. i was just wandering if you have any other info youve found on Abel (other than accounts refering to his time in the union army) i can find everything on that but not much on him and his wife or there son John. anything you may have found with names of more family and dates i could really use. im trying to do some geneology research to find where we hail from and try and find some family that may still be out there. again thank you for any info you can give.
Tony S.
A Jill Gaebel
On October 27, 2010 at 6:58 am
Tony, I didn’t see this until today, Oct. 27. I don’t know if you will be checking back here or not and you didn’t leave me another way to get in touch with you. If you return here, check out this link. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Abel_Streight
It may give you a little more information on where Abel Streight started out. I hope it helps. I’m glad you found my article on him and Lovina interesting. The only other thing I know is that their last home here was at near downtown East Washington St. in Indianapolis. I don’t know of it’s exact location or if it’s still standing. Thought it would be interesting to see if it’s still there. Good luck with your search. Jill