This gravestone was photographed at High Street Cemetery in Hampton, New Hampshire.
We were there to photograph a family member's stone, but when I saw this memorial I took a quick photo.
I knew there would be a story behind this sad inscription...
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| JOHN W. DEARBORN 1833 - 19915 ----------- HIS SEVEN CHILDREN WHO DIED OF DIPTHERIA IN 1866 |
John Worthen Dearborn, son of John Dearborn and Mary
Ann Towle, was a mason in Hampton, New Hampshire. He was born 22 August 1833 in Hampton and died in 1915. He married first on 24 Mar 1853 to Sarah Melinda Brown, daughter of
William Brown and Nancy Hutchings Downing. He married second on 29 April 1878 in Hampton to
Ann Martha Brown, daughter of Jeremiah Brown and Martha Lane. Nine children born in Hampton (all with Sarah)
seven died of diphtheria in the fall of 1866.
1. John P. Dearborn, born 1 August 1853, died 8
December 1866
2. Josephine A. Dearborn, born 22 October 1854, died
10 October 1866
3. Mary H. Dearborn, born 19 October 1856, died 19
October 1866
4. Charles W. Dearborn, born 17 August 1858, died 23
September 1866
5. George H. Dearborn, born 1 February 1860, died 19
September 1866
6. Annie L. Dearborn, born 2 April 1862, died 22
September 1866
7. Willie A. Dearborn, born 9 December 1863, died 20
October 1866
8. Philena G. Dearborn, born 11 June 1865 married
Edward P. Moulton
9. Frank J. Dearborn, born 12 October 1868
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ John Worthen Dearborn, Hampton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 12, 2012, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/06/tombstone-tuesday-john-worthen-dearborn.html: accessed [access date]).
No Dearborns in my family that I know of, but do have Towles. We both have strong connections to Hampton, don't we?
ReplyDeleteI am part of the Dearborns that ended up in Canada...From the Godfrey Dearborn line
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