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Octavia Anna Lindsey

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Octavia Anna Lindsey

Birth
USA
Death
10 Sep 1856 (aged 3)
Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Mackinaw, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Octavia was the child of John A. and Maria K. Lindsey. Apparently, her aunt and uncle – Jane and Samuel Linn – raised her after her mother (Maria K. (Mason) Lindsey) died.
Octavia was the child of John A. and Maria K. Lindsey. Apparently, her aunt and uncle – Jane and Samuel Linn – raised her after her mother (Maria K. (Mason) Lindsey) died.

Inscription

Octavia Anna, daughter of J. and M.K. Lindsey. Died Sept. 10, 1856; aged 3 ys, 1 mo, 2 ds. She had been in the care of Dr. S.K. and J.L. Linn for 2 yrs, 3 ms, 13 ds. Great God, we own thy will is just, Her gentle form should turn to dust, But, Oh, how loth [sic] we feel to part, from one so dear to every heart, Let ther's [sic] a sweet transporting true, Her soul will bloom in endless you.

Gravesite Details

Headstone is broken. It was lying under other broken stones which may have preserved the inscription.



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