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Name: Clarissa Freeman
Location: Eastham, MA
Date: 1803
Carver: William Bennett
Location: Eastham, MA
Date: 1803
Carver: William Bennett
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
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Size 1009 x 1280px
File Size 477.4 kB
A lot of families in the 1800s and earlier were large because child mortality rates were incredibly high. It's not uncommon to see more children buried than adults in these New England plots. Poor health care and an even poorer understanding of what makes you sick contributed a lot to even the early deaths of adults.
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