Robert Berry Augustus Alston
1855 – 1856 10 mos. unk
Section C – Lot 51
Inscription on Stone
As the sweet flow’r
that scents the moon
but withers in the rising day;
Time lovely was this infant’s dawn,
Thus swiftly fled its life away.
Sacred to the Memory of
Robert Berry Augustus Alston
Born 19 November 1855
Died 19 September 1856
AE 10 months
Quote is from Hymns and Canticles of the
Protestant Church with Music Consolation
p. 230
Photo: Phil Ashler
CHILDREN BURIED IN HISTORIC ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY
(use landscape orientation for best viewing)
