infant son Hite

infant son Hite
born August 1869, in Dayton township, La Salle county, Illinois
died September 18, 1869, in Dayton township, La Salle county, Illinois

photo of Hite, infant son-tombstone

INFANT
SON OF
J.M. & M.M.HITE
DIED
Sep. 18, 1869
Aged 3 weeks

Happy infant early blest.
Rest in peaceful slumber, rest.

[The epitaph comes from a transcription of the cemetery done by Dorothy V. Masters in 1967, when the stone was more complete and readable.]

 

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