For those of you who like reading old obituaries (I know I'm not the only one), this one's worth your time. I haven't personally visited the grave of little Louis, but couldn't help sharing when I stumbled upon this: Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Journal & Messenger 6 December 1870, page 5 [telegraph.galileo.usg.edu] OBITUARY. Death has invaded a happy home, and robbed it of its brightest jewel. Cherished hopes have been blighted, and fond hearts are bereaved. Little LOUIS LECONTE, son of William L. and Virginia T. LeConte, a bright and beautiful boy -- sweet as a fragrant flower, and sparkling as a gem of the sea -- died at the residence of his parents, near Adairsville, Georgia, on Friday night, 11th of November, of membranous croup. What a dark night it must have been to that stricken household! Methinks the stars must have looked less bright, and the winds have sighed with deeper sadness, as fond hearts, all crushed and broken, bowed around the bier of the ...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones