© 2013 S. Lincecum SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING SACRED to the Memory of ANN FOSTER THORNTON Wife of JOEL F. THORNTON Born May 11th, 1850 Died Jan'y 9th 1878 © 2013 S. Lincecum It's easy to notice Mrs. Ann Foster Thornton died at a young age -- just 27 years. Looking at the back of her ornate tombstone, I might have found a clue as to why. SARAH PIERCE THORNTON Sleep on sweet babe, and take thy rest. God called thee home, He thought it best. © 2013 S. Lincecum If Sarah Pierce Thornton is Ann's sweet babe , then one or both might have died due to complications of childbirth. They rest at Greensboro City Cemetery in Greene County, Georgia. Shared at Cemetery Sunday .
Telling the Tales of Tombstones