A quick drop-in to see how “old family” is doing…
Photos are of the headstones of James Draden Moore, Mary Saunders Moore, and then… the twin Moore boys (Robert and James) who died at lockhouse 49.
Posted in: Ancestral tidbits
Lutheran Cemetery, Clear Spring, 6:17 p.m.
Posted on September 25, 2010 by Robert Moore
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Dick Stanley
September 25, 2010
How did they die. the twins, I mean?
Robert Moore
September 26, 2010
Not sure. Wish I knew.
Robert Moore
September 26, 2010
Not sure you can read the headstone, but both died on December 9, 1858. They were nearly 16 months old.
Dick Stanley
September 27, 2010
Lots of ways to die in those days before antibiotics.
Robert Moore
September 27, 2010
I’m guessing it was death as a result of one of the winter problems for children. Maybe whooping cough, or some respiratory infection. Then again, typhoid is possible, as are any number of ailments considering the parents’ regular exposure to the canal folks passing through.
Mike Simons
September 27, 2010
The Markers have held up really well. I can read most of the info on them in your pictures.
God Bless You for remembering your kin.
Brad Forbush
October 2, 2010
Robert
Do you know the site where the Clear Spring Hotel existed during the CW ? I have a descriptive letter that mentions this place, also Indian Spring Hotel and the Fair View Hotel, which was on the summit of a bald mountain en route to Hancock. The Fair View Hotel offered a magnificent view of the Potomac and the mountains surrounding.
Robert Moore
October 2, 2010
Let me look into that, Brad. I have a few resources handy, but not sure if one would help with that. Also, there is a Clear Spring Historical Society, right there in town, but I never can seem to catch the place open.
Robert Moore
October 2, 2010
I forgot about Indian Spring and Fair View… don’t know about those two. Generally, my run is from Clear Spring to Big Spring, and into Four Locks.