We took a little country ride yesterday afternoon. The sun and the lingering Autumn leaves were lovely. For some reason, we drove into an old country cemetery, and looked around for the oldest headstone. Perhaps it's because of my just reading "The Hollow"... And about Sleepy Hollow and the Cemetery there.... And it being close to Halloween... :-)
Anyway, this was the oldest we found... Died October 31, 1799. A baby, not a full two years of age. One of other children buried here, next to their parents. Perhaps the first child of this family... An example of how back then, so many children did not survive, to grow up to adulthood.
One of those things, about "The Good Old Days," which weren't so "good."
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