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Henry and Jane's youngest daughter Catharine Breese Livingston (named for Henry's oldest
daughter, Catharine Livingston Breese, who died 1808), died Sep 13, 1814, at the age of 5.
Family stories say that her death disturbed Henry so deeply that he would leave the room
when her name was mentioned.
Letters from his son-in-law and granddaughter gave condolences on the child's death. The year after Henry Livingston died, his eldest surviving son, Charles, reused the poem on the gravestone of his 2 yr 4 mo old daughter, Eliza Brewer Livingston.
In memory of
We fondly nurs'd a lovely rose |
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