City Cemetery
Henderson, Texas
Bennie
son of
T.C. & E.S. Arnold
died
Sept. 14, 1886
aged
3 years 9 mo's
& 5 days
~
Papa's pride, mamma's Joy, little
Bennie waits our coming in
the (illegible)ing courts of Heaven
About Me
- Kathy
- I am a retired court reporter now working part time as a proofreader. In December 2010 I returned to my roots in Deep East Texas to care for my aging mother after having lived in Arizona for over 30 years. I live on a farm in Nacogdoches County near the Louisiana border. This blog is a repository for pictures of subjects that I find interesting in my travels up and down the country roads throughout the Piney Woods. I love to take pictures of farm animals and equipment, old houses, barns and sheds and anything that has vines or rust on it.
13 comments:
Not that they were counting!
Markers for children are heart-rending, aren't they. Against the natural order.
I wonder why they referred to themselves by their initils only, and yet to theie son by his diminutive?
I like the statue of the boy with dog holding flowers. Being 1886, my guess is that it was carved by a mason, stone mason, that is. The head looks like it was encuraged to depart from the neck. Sad that.
Welcome to Taphopile Tragics, Kathy. I do hope you enjoy being amongst us and sampling our research and interests. I value your contribution.
He must have been very loved and greatly missed.
A touching grave, so sorry that the head has lost (vandalism?)
What a beautiful grave marker, even with the head missing on the statue. Poor baby. He was obviously very much loved.
very sad!
What an amazing tribute. I'm sorry to see that it has been defaced.
I've seen you over at Brenda's Kathy. This is beautiful and I love the wildflowers. This child must of come from a wealthy family. I hope they went on to have children that survived - maybe kin to you?
Great shot, but sad. I have been thinking of visiting the local cemetery. It is a rustic desert one and could prove interesting for shots, but those places are also so sad.
The death of a child is so tragic... lovely statue, so sad the head has been broken off...
Those older graves are so beautiful! He was a most loved little boy!!
a pretty picture with the grave and the white flowers in the grass as background...
do you know what happened to the head?
Wow, what a remarkable marker this is. I'm sure it was made especially for him. How touching.
Those little boy legs and creased ankles do me in! Thanks for sharing this, Kathy.
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