Wallace Children Monument - I.O.O.F. Cemetery - Prescott, Arizona, USA
N 34° 31.940 W 112° 27.635
12S E 365960 N 3822150
Tucked in the shade of a tree is this elaborate zinc monument complete with a statue of a boy and a lamb.
Waymark Code: WMC9HX
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2011
Views: 3
The front panel has the family name:
Wallace
One side panel has the information on one boy:
Our darling boy.
Frederick W. Wallace,
Died February 13, 1896,
aged
13 y'rs, 8 mo's, 24 days.
The other side panel has this information:
Our darling boy.
Edward L. Wallace,
Died May 10, 1898,
Aged
7 y'rs, 7 mo's, 10 days.
Online records at Sharlot Hall Museum state that Edward's obituary says he died of "cerebro spinal meningitis". The same records indicate that Frederick died (according to the obituary) from blood poisoning after being kicked while playing football.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery has
been in use since 1876.
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