Stories In Stone by wysiwig
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The Hillcrest Cemetery in Mendocino has gravesites dating to 1863.
Sometimes the stones tell stories.
The winter of 1875 was a harsh and tragic one for N.B. and Delia Bever. They lost three children that winter, all within two weeks of each other.
William, on January 1, aged 2 years ten months and 24 days
Martha, on January 7, aged 1 year nine months and 23 days
Ellen, on January 14, aged 7 years and 2 days
I looked for the parents but did not find them. I believe that, broken hearted, they left Mendocino and their children and never returned.
Comments (9)
Faemike55
How very sad! to lose one is bad enough, but three? that's heart-breaking! I wouldn't blame the parents for leaving town. No parent should have to bury their children wonderful but sad photo
traceyjane
what a sad story, great capture of a piece of history dating back to much harsher times
Rainastorm
Aww...so beautiful and so sad. AWESOME capture...I like checking these sort of stones out...call me morbid...I dunno. Excellent image.
Erestorfan
Here in New England we're lucky to have some very old gravestones...and some tell quite a story about the person. On one vacation we stopped at every cemetary we came across. We would be out on a country road, in the middle of nowhere and come across a little cemetary. We came across one family that lost six children of 'the fever' within a two week period...and then the wife died a week after that. From looking at nearby stones, we saw that the husband then remarried and he and his new wife had four children and 'the fever' hit again and they lost three within a week. How much can a man take? We didn't see a gravestone for him or his wife, so maybe they moved on also.
nikolais
sad and touching. also, thank for the story
durleybeachbum
We are so much luckier now. A sad story.
sandra46
superb very sad capture. Great shot!
myrrhluz
Sometimes we forget that death was such a familiar visitor for so much of mankinds history and that there was grim reason for having so many children. I have an ancestor who at each new census had a new wife and 6 or 7 new children. He ended up having sired 23 children, though I can't remember now how many survived him, or if his last wife did. Great image!
danapommet
Thanks for sharing this heart breaking story. So many stories like this as this country was settled. Very well done. Dana