The family monument is a special symbol in Mount Hope, and can range from a mausoleum to an obelisk thirty feet high. The dimensions of the headstones and the family monument can be found in Figure 1. Of the four headstones, only two are readable, are worn from acid rain. Both headstones finish the inscription with the phrase Heirs together in the grace of life. There is an unreadable word following this phrase, possibly in Latin.
Heirs together is most likely a profession of the love that the couple shared during their marriage.
It is possible that one or both graves could have been moved from another cemetery, or that they were both children. It is common for the survivor of a long-term marriage to die within a short time of the loved one s death, and this could be the case with Charlotte. From the daybook also it is known that Charlotte Douglas was 76 years 11 months and 14 days old at the time of her death, putting her birthday around July 29, 1822. Despite my efforts to find more information on the family, there were no records in Avon, NY due to a fire and Rochester city directories from the 1890 s do not record the family name. With so few details found on the family, the focus of this project became the family monument, a large cross, placed behind the headstones of the family, facing east.