Tragedy
While visiting Maple Lawn
Cemetery in Elba, New York, I noticed three small headstones. This cemetery
published a booklet of obituaries for people buried there. I learned the story
of these small headstones.
A family had three small children.
An epidemic occurred and one of the children died. The parents went to the
cemetery to bury their child and when they returned home a second child had
died. Then only a short time later a third child died.
I can’t even imagine surviving
that loss and remain sane. This was probably not a really rare occurrence one
hundred years ago and fortunately today this would be a rare occurrence. The
loss of even one child is tragic but to lose more in such a short time had to
be unbearable.
This cemetery was so beautifully
maintained and to make a booklet with the obituaries is such caring project.
#Loss of child, #52 Ancestors, #52 Ancestors - Tragedy, #Maple Lawn Cemetery, Elba, NY
