And a predominant number of graves in Oaklawn are those of children younger than 10.
The infant and child mortality rate a century ago was so high, parents expected to lose children.
The death of a child was considered an easy transition to heaven.
One marker has an ornamental lamb lying on top of it.
Another carries a popular inscription that perhaps was purchased from the Sears & Roebuck catalog, which offered a variety of gravestones, complete with epitaph ideas.