Tombstone Tuesday ~ An Infant, 1811, Windham, New Hampshire

This tombstone was photographed at the Cemetery on the Plain in Windham, New Hampshire.  This diminutive little stone with its delicate carving of a weeping willow caught my eye for a Tombstone Tuesday photo.

AN

Infant child

of Sam and Mary

Anderson; died

Nov. 11, 1811

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Transcribed from History of Windham in New Hampshire, by Leonard Allison Morrison, 1884, page 311

"40. Deacon Samuel [Anderson] 26 (John, Samuel, James) was b. March 3, 1781.  He lived upon the homestead in Windham, which is now in possession of Joseph P. Crowell.  His father deeded him 187 acres on Jan. 1, 1808; was made an elder under Rev. Calvin Cutler, in 1833; was selectman in 1821, '22, '25, '26, '35, '38; representative in 1827 and '28.  He was a genial, mild-mannered, and much respected citizen.  He m. Dec. 25, 1810, Mary Wilson, wo d. Aug. 29, 1843; ae. 58 yrs.; he m. 2nd Feb. 27, 1849 Elizabeth Armstrong, who d. Nov. 23, 1878, ae. 89 yrs. 5 mos.  He d. Jan. 5, 1864. Children, born in Windham: -

43 Infant son b. Nov. 11, 1811; d. young."


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ An Infant, 1811, Windham, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 10, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/tombstone-tuesday-infant-1811-windham.html: accessed [access date]).