Day: August 29, 2010

Infant Martha Cordelia Brummett Dec. 6, 1920, Mount Gilead Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

This is representative of the sorts of headstones found on infants’ graves in this area. Sometimes there will be a small lamb lamb or a rose decorating the stone, but often the stone is completely unadorned.

Musietta Infant of Wm. J. & Nancy J. Hinkle Born Sept. 13, 1873 Died July 4, 1874, Bethel Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

This is an awfully elaborate headstone for a baby’s grave, at least for this area. The lamb symbolizes innocence, and the tasseled drapery represents a mourning shroud.