101 Ways, Part 117: Died of the 108 Convulsion Fit

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Silas Barron

d. 1766

Groton, MA

Here lies

the Body of

Silas Barron, son of

Mr. Silasparker Barron

& Mrs. Abigail his wife,

who died of the 108

Convulsion fit Augt 7th

AD 1766. Aged 3 weeks

and 1 Day.

This is such a sad epitaph. It conjures a terrible image of distraught parents clutching a dying baby and counting every seizure.