Laura Dowell and Infant Daughter - Quitman Cemetery - Quitman, TX
N 32° 47.524 W 095° 26.888
15S E 270741 N 3630888
A zinc headstone marks the final resting place of Laura Dowell and the infant who died with her during birth.
Waymark Code: WMX7MK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2017
Views: 1
This zinc marker is your standard model, with the floral detail that they have in common. On the front is a ribbon on the plinth, with the family name, "Dowell", in relief. Three empty ribbons are also on the plinth on the remaining sides. The inscription is:
Laura
Wife of
F.P. Dowell
Born Aug. 31, 1856
Died Sept. 2, 1886
And Infant Daughter
of
F.P. & Laura
Dowell,
Born & Died
Sept. 2, 1886.
Panel two features a psychopomp from classical mythology, ferrying the deceased in a boat, with this epitaph:
She sleeps beneath
her native earth,
and near the spot
that gave her birth
Her youthful feet
trod flowers that bloom
in beauty o'er her
early tomb.
Panel three features two angels in supplication, with an epitaph for the baby:
And peaceful on the
mother's breast,
her angel babe has
sunk to rest.
Panel four features a funeral wreath, with a final epitaph for both:
Take them, O Father,
in thine arms,
and may they hence
forth be
a messenger of peace
between
our human hearts and
thee.
Date of birth (optional): 08/31/1856
Date of death (optional): 09/02/1886
Website: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed
Headstone text (optional): Not listed
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