Biography:
Before her fifth birthday, Edith Clements died and was buried in Ellsworth Cemetery.
Edith was one of six children, only three of whom lived to adulthood. Two of her brothers are buried near her (one was only 11, the other lived to 27). A third sibling died in childhood and may be buried in the family plot.
Childhood in the late 1800s was a dangerous time. Diphtheria, tuberculosis, meningitis, diarrhea, and scarlet fever posed deadly risks in a world without antibiotics or vaccines.
The inscription on her tombstone reads, “Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.” The top of her stone is a beautifully carved flower, echoing the motif of the words.
Edith Fortna Clements (1886-1891) is buried in Ellsworth Cemetery, in Westminster, Maryland.
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