tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849506599116665235.post3318521504663915644..comments2024-02-06T01:45:26.884-06:00Comments on The We Tree Genealogy Blog: Tombstone Tuesday: Distant Cousins EditionAmy Coffin, MLIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612044786240692282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849506599116665235.post-15606544268612749372009-08-12T12:30:47.482-05:002009-08-12T12:30:47.482-05:00In the mid 1950s, I was in elementary school in Ja...In the mid 1950s, I was in elementary school in Jacksonville, Florida, and my class took a field trip to Kingsley Plantation near Jacksonville. On the way, the car I was traveling in stopped at a site where there were three apparently abandoned gravestones, and we all got out to take a look. It might have been the remains of a private cemetery, and it dated from the 1800s. The saddest thing was that one of the tombstones was marked with a name which I remember to this day, Jessalyn Rawlings, and the word "baby." At about 8 years old, I thought that the saddest thing I had seen in my young life, and I still remember it.Karen Packard Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641711434283636830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849506599116665235.post-15242757402968705432009-08-11T17:43:48.933-05:002009-08-11T17:43:48.933-05:00I wonder if they even had names - often stillborn ...I wonder if they even had names - often stillborn babies do not.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902380558583190500noreply@blogger.com