Bearish Lamb-Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan

Bearish Lamb-Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan

Sheep

Lambs

Bears

Although the name is not visible on this stone, Find A Grave shows an identical tombstone with the same death year and age as Montgomery indicated in her ledger: Moss E. Houston born 1884, died 1897. It is unclear if Montgomery described the tombstone design as "bearish" to distinguish it from other lamb tombstones, or if she was suggesting the design may have been a bear. Houston was 13 when he died, so a lamb would have been an appropriate design to symbolize his status as an adolescent.

Montgomery, Pauline

Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386

Ledger pg. 95, entry no. 7

Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

1962

Meyer, Matthew

Morrison, Katherine

Copyright owner: Indiana University

Photograph

Donor image number 949

Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan

Monroe County