Charles Irving Thornton Tombstone
- Also Known As: Thornton Tombstone
- Address: Oak Hill Forest Rd
- Vicinity: W of Cumberland, off Oak Hill Forest Rd, which is off of Oak Hill Rd, Cumberland State Forest
Epitaph on grave stone was written by Charles Dickens. - AsNotedIn
Inscription:
THIS IS THE GRAVE of a Little Child whom God in his goodness Called to a Bright Eternity when he was very young. Hard as it is for Human Affection to reconcile itself to Death In any shape (and most of all, perhaps First In This) HIS PARENTS can even now believe That it will be a Consolation to them Throughout their lives and when they shall have grown old and grey always to think of him as a Child IN HEAVEN and Jesus Called a little Child unto him, and set him in the midst of them. He was the son of ANTHONY and M.I. THORNTON Called CHARLES IRVING. He was born on the 20 th day of January 1841, and he died on the 12 th day of March 1842. Having lived only 13 months and 19 days