A third stone is missing its top half—the half that presumably identified another young brother or sister. It is interesting to note that there is no date remaining on this gravestone. Unless the inscription was carved in an unusual order, it probably never had one.
OF
A. & H.M.
DARRAH
GEORGE W.
Son of
A. & H.M. DARRAH.
Died
Sept. 16, 1851
Aged 2 yrs.
5 mos. & 7 ds.
ALICE,
Daughter of
A. & H.M. DARRAH
Died
Sept. 28, 1851
Aged 1 yrs.
10 mos. & 1[?] ds.
An image of the 1850 Federal Census record for Berkshire Township (via FamilySearch.org) shows Alexander, a painter, and Hester M. Hannah living with two children, Alice S. and George M.
No hints here about the identify of the third child, but a FindAGrave.com contributor added “Infant Dau of A Hannah” along with George and Alice.
My heart goes out to these parents that suffered the deaths of such young children.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what prompted the FindAGrave.com contributor to add infant daughter"? I also wonder if the couple went on to have more children?
Niecey, My great great grandma lost 4 children in a 1 month period to the influenza epidemic. It's hard to imagine.
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