A Home on a Grave.
Colonel Elisha de Board, of Gilmer County, is probably the only man whose home is on a grave. He has just built a house on the spot where his beloved wife rests, on the beautiful mountain side, near his mansion at Ellijay. The structure is a small but substantial octagon of stone, and fin the great iron opening into the singleroom is the inscription, ■ One in life and one in death.’ » Colonel de Board, who is past fourscore years, lost his partner of a half a century five years ago. His wif|®sms his comfort and his inspiration inUfe, and now she is his solace in death. Around the windows the rarest flowers have been planted, and’ the venerable patriarch spends the days in be-: utifying ! he surrounding graves. At night he finds repose and rest within touch of the grave he loves so well.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2110, 16 June 1898, Page 2
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149A Home on a Grave. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2110, 16 June 1898, Page 2
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