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 Angelo Eugene Philip Ossoli - Watertown, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 22.192 W 071° 08.755
19T E 323309 N 4693073
One year old Angelo Eugene Philip Ossoli died, along with his parents, in a shipwreck. His grave is located between Pyrola and Bellwort Paths in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMVTNK
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2017
Views: 1
Angelo Eugene Philip Ossoli was the infant son of American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller-Ossoli and her Italian husband Marquis Giovanni Angelo Ossoli. All three were killed in a shipwreck just a few yards off Fire Island, NY. The body of young Angelo was recovered but not those of his parents.
The marble grave marker contains a cross on top, a relief sculptures of Margaret Fuller-Ossoli in left profile with a sword hilt and a book, and a bronze tablet which is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET FULLER-OSSOLI
BORN IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS., MAY 23, 1810
BY BIRTH A CHILD OF NEW ENGLAND
BY ADOPTION A CITIZEN OF ROME
BY GENIUS BELONGING TO THE WORLD
IN YOUTH
AN INSATIATE STUDENT SEEKING THE HIGHEST CULTURE
IN RIPER YEARS
TEACHER, WRITER, CRITIC, OF LITERATURE AND ART
IN MATURER AGE
COMPANION AND HELPER OF MANY
EARNEST REFORMER IN AMERICA AND EUROPE
AND OF HER HUSBAND
GIOVANNI ANGELO, MARQUIS OSSOLI
HE GAVE UP RANK, STATION AND HOME
FOR THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
AND FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILD
AND OF THAT CHILD
ANGELO EUGENE PHILIP OSSOLI
BORN IN RIETI, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1848
WHOSE DUST REPOSES AT THE FOOT OF THIS STONE
THEY PASSED FROM THIS LIFE, TOGETHER
BY SHIPWRECK JULY 19, 1850
On the marble below is the inscription:
United in life the merciful father took them together
and in death they were not devided.
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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