Carlton Children - Joshua Creek Cemetery, Arcadia, Florida, USA
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N 27° 10.963 W 081° 48.197
17R E 420429 N 3006927
Zinc headstone located in the Joshua Creek Cemetery, Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM11Q6Z
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2019
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This obelisk shaped zinc headstone lists 3 of the 11 children of Wright and Charlotte Carlton.
Side 1 (facing west)
Has the Carlton family name.
“CARLTON”
Side 2 (facing north)
Has the inscription for the first of the Carlton children to pass away.
“Daniel Harley, son of Wright and Charlotte Carlton, Born Sept. 12, 1880, Died Dec. 23, 1883, Gentle, Sweet Little Harley.”
Side 3 (facing east)
“Florence P. Carlton, daughter of Wright and Charlotte Carlton, Born April 29, 1870, Died June 30, 1884, Nearer my God to Thee.”
Side 4 (facing south)
Lawrence Napoleon, son of Wright and Charlotte Carlton, Born April 29, 1870, Died June 28, 1887, We miss the bright eyes of our darling boy, and the sweet, rosy lips that so oft on us smiled.”
Lawrence and Florence were twins both dying in their teens.
Daniel was also a twin to Harney who lived to be 84 years old.
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