I usually don’t pay much attention to headstone inscriptions while I’m actually photographing them, aside from doing my best to make sure the text is as legible as possible. It’s not until I get home and have time to transcribe them that the stories they contain begin to unfold. This is an especially sad one.
L. E. Stump / Born July 5, 1861 / Died Oct. 11, 1862
E. F. Stump / Born Nov. 7, 1867 / Died Jan. 1868
M. Stump / Born Nov. 10, 1870 / Died Nov. 13, 1870
J. W. Stump / Born July 6, 1876 / Died Oct. 18, 1877
Infant / Born & Died / Nov. 15, 1872
Five children of Millie and Christopher Stump, all dead. One didn’t even live long enough to be named.
red paper boat 