Behind every headstone at Syracuse’s Oakwood Cemetery is a story, a piece of the city’s history.
In one of the historic cemetery’s older sections, stands a heartbreaking memorial to a young woman, Ella Rosa Burt, who passed away on Feb. 17, 1872, at just 19 years old.
Her ornate tombstone features a woman sitting, her hands in her lap, cradling a bouquet of flowers…