Harriet R. B. Waters lived a short life of 7 months, being born and dying in 1849. The cause of her death according to her vital record was a fall, though no further details are known. Her father was James Waters, who was a mariner in Portland. Her mother was Elizabeth. The family was Black, as confirmed by the census and vital records. As a person of color, Harriet was laid to rest in the section of the cemetery reserved for Portland's minorities, shown here at the corner of Congress and Mountfort Streets. Her brother James had been laid to rest there 6 years before her. No gravestone is found in either child's name today.
Harriet R. B. Waters lived a short life of 7 months, being born and dying in 1849. The cause of her death according to her vital record was a fall, though no further details are known. Her father was James Waters, who was a mariner in Portland. Her mother was Elizabeth. The family was Black, as confirmed by the census and vital records. As a person of color, Harriet was laid to rest in the section of the cemetery reserved for Portland's minorities, shown here at the corner of Congress and Mountfort Streets. Her brother James had been laid to rest there 6 years before her. No gravestone is found in either child's name today.
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