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When Cincinnati merchant Peter Neff’s wife, Isabella, died in 1844, he wouldn’t bury her in the city’s crowded, dismal graveyards. A year later, Neff was among the founders of Spring Grove Cemetery <www.springgrove.org>. It would become a model for cemetery design, a National Historic Landmark—and in 1847, a suitable haven for Isabella. Beauty in the View Website VIP Subscription

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