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Posted: 12 Nov 2014

Taken: 30 Jul 2014

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Poignant...
9 years ago.
 slgwv
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Indeed. That's why I wanted to come back for pix. The one that really got me was the obelisk with the names of 4 children on it, ages 2, 4, 6, and 8. They all died of diphtheria (presumably) within a couple of weeks of each other. The whole family, wiped out--
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
A minor statistical aside.....life expectancy in the 1900's was low because so many children died. If someone made it to age 18, their chance if living into their 70's was almost as good as it is now. (My mother was born in 1913 and was in the middle with 5 siblings, only 3 of which made it past 18.)
9 years ago.

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