Escape to the Silent Cities: Mt Hope Cemetery

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

For The Laura Ingalls Wilder Fans

Located at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence, KS.

Dr. George Tann

A Negro Doctor That

Doctored The Ingalls

For Malaria

In 1870.

Dr. G. A. Tann

Nov 27, 1825

Mar 31, 1909

George A. Tann is mentioned in Laura Ingalls Wilder's story Little House on the Prairie. He was a black doctor who saved the lives of the Ingalls family when they all came down with fever 'n' ague (malaria) on the prairie.

Bennet and Mary Tann were neighbors of the Ingalls family in Kansas, and George lived with them during the fever 'n' ague epidemic. George Tann was fetched by the Ingalls' bulldog, Jack, when they came down with the fever. After caring for their immediate needs he turned their care over to another neighbor, Mrs. Scott, who nursed the family back to health.

The following is from Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder By Donald Zochert.

There was also a book written about him titled Doctor Fetched by the Family Dog: The Story of Dr. George A. Tann, Pioneer Black Physician by Eileen Miles Charbo. Sadly this book is out of print now.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Stevie Ray Box

Located at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City, MO.

Stevie Ray Box

June 2, 1984

Jan 20, 1987

Monday, January 17, 2011

Haley Plot

Located at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City, MO.

This is the family plot marker.

Velma

Haley

To The Memory of

Father Mother

Brother and Sister

We shall meet again.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Time Never-ending

Located at Mt Hope Cemetery in Webb City, MO.

Pruitt Brady

Stevens

July 2, 1917 - May 8, 1977

Mariana Butts

Stevens

Aug 19, 1914 - Dec 7, 1995

The sundial symbolises mortality and the passage of time. But seems to me it's rather a sad reminder that the sundial will continue to mark the passage of time when the person that rests beneath it no longer will.

Mors Vincit Omnia

(translation: death conquers all or death always wins)