When I recompiled Aunt Margaret Cooke's listing of all the descendants of Aaron Bonnell, I compared the several different versions she'd typed. I discovered that between the fourth and fifth versions she'd decided to drop off all the children who hadn't survived to adulthood. I'm sure she did it to reduce the typing workload since this was the days before photocopiers. But I found it sad, and put them all back in.
Every time I find the memorial for an unassigned child on FindaGrave I try to connect him with his parents. Every one of these children were loved in their lifetimes and deserve to be with their families, even if it's only through links on the internet.
Some of these children have lovely epitaphs on their grave markers. When I find one, I'll add it here. We are so fortunate to live when child mortality rates are so low.
In Oak Hill Cemetery, Bettie, Upshur County, Texas this marker sits, lasting monument to a parents' love for their child. The poor lad didn't live long enough to be named.
Infant Son of
A.A. & J.L. Rutledge
Born Sept. 15, 1896
Died Sept 20, 1896
A little while on
Earth he spent
Until God for
Him his angels
Him his angels
Sent.
In Flauvanna Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas, George Richard Ball and his wife Clementine (Rutledge) Ball buried their daughter Angel.
She was one day old. Her epitaph:
A little flower of love
That blossomed but to die.
Transplanted now above
To bloom with God on High.
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