IN 
MEMORY OF
JACOB SCHLESINGER
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
REGINA LOEB.
BORN IN STUTTGART, WURTEMBURG, 
GERMANY
DEC. 13, 1832.
DIED IN BAYOU SARA, LA.
APRIL 28, 1899.
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YET LINGER WE TO FONDLY NUMBERS O'ER
THAT WHICH STRICKEN HEARTS MAY REALIZE NO MORE
ONE CONSOLATION WE MAY PROUDLY TOAST,
'TIS THAT THY LIFE WAS ONE OF GENTLENESS,
WHOSE ODORS AND PERFUMES SHALL NEVER BE LOST,
bUT DWELL WITHIN OUR HEARTS IN OUR DISTRESS.