Yesterday I went with my mother over to the New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia to help with a Find-A-Grave fulfillment. When she finished we walked around and look at the headstones and plots. One of the saddest, which became sadder once I got home, was the grave for little Joseph N Edge. It appears, due to lack of headstones in the area, that he is pretty much buried by himself, with the headstone for who I assume are his parents about 16 feet or so away. I’m not certain that there is no on else buried around him, but it looks very lonely. Once I got home I looked him up, to see if he was on anyone’s family tree, or if I could find a reason for death. I can find no records for him. I can find nothing. Not even a space on someone’s tree.
I don’t want him to be forgotten.
The headstone itself is wearing away, but it is still fairly readable. The top says JOSEPH N.
The front of the little stone is mostly legible, with a few letters that are not. I ran my fingers over the stone to make out the initials on the top line, but I still am not sure if the first initials are R.R., A.A., or a variation of them. My first thought was R.R., so I will transcribe it with that, and if someone knows otherwise I hope they let me know.
SON OF R.R. & J.D.
EDGE
MAR. 1, 1873
SEPT. 1, 1874
A little time on earth he spent. Till God for him His angel sent.
The little footstone had his initials J.N.E.
I wish I had taken a wide shot to show how lonely this little headstone is. Nearly as lonely as this grave:
IN
MEMORY OF
W.E. CROWELL
BORN OCT. 20
DIED OCT. 25
AGE 66 YEARS
5 DAYS
W E CROWELL
PVT CO G
63 REGT GA VOL INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
OCT 20 1824 OCT 25 1890
I hope he isn't laying there by himself.
