Kindred Footprints: Tombstone Tuesday ~ Anthony Dixon

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Anthony Dixon

For my recently discovered Dixon cousins

Anthony Dixon (1838-1891) and his wife Johanna Lynch (1845-1919)

Their son John Sr (1879-1943) and his wife Ella May Ross (1883-1956)

John and Ella's sons Francis (-1936) and John Jr (1911-1977)

On Back of Stone Keith R. Honsberger(-1941) and Mary Ann Paolozzi (-1952)

Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
~ Author Unknown ~

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Anthony Dixon

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