The "Baby Garden" at the Davis Cate Cemetery, Hooksett, NH - Tombstone Tuesday

These tombstones were photographed at the Davis-Cate Cemetery in Hooksett, New Hampshire. This small cemetery is on Hackett Hill Road near our house. I have driven by hundreds of times, but finally I decided to walk the cemetery to read the names and take pictures. I'm glad I did because I found many distant cousins here.

DAVIS-CATE

CEMETERY

Presented by

John A. Cate

1953

Like many New England cemeteries, there is a "Baby Garden" in this burial ground.  It is to the far left of the entrance gate, next to the stone wall.  Small children were buried here, and there are only three tombstones, although I suspect that there were many more burials.  The little gravestone of Craigh Otterson is especially poignant with the headless lamb carved on top.  Little lambs were often carved on the top of tombstones for young children and infants.

JEREMY JAY                 CRAIGH ALAN

BARNES                    OTTERSON

JULY 5 1978                 DEC. 16, 1946

JULY 30 1978                 APR. 7, 1955

                                          - A GOOD BOY-

RICHARD A. COTE JR.

"RICHIE"

MAY 30, 1988 - JULY 6, 1993

FOREVER YOUNG

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The "Baby Garden" at the Davis Cate Cemetery, Hooksett, NH - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 7, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-baby-garden-at-davis-cate-cemetery.html: accessed [access date]).