Personal histories tied to industrial histories: “Wee Scotty,” James Stewart McLaren succumbed to pertussis

This marker illustrates that James Stewart McLaren”'s parents loved their first-born son and how much they loved the country where they had been born and which they left in order to build new lives in the United States.

James”' marker is one of a kind here and under a large tree by several smaller markers that have carved lambs resting on top, the style of marker for most graves of babies and young children. James”' marker is tall with a loving cup on top of a three and a-half foot pedestal. James”' name, birth and death dates are carved on the base with the “love of homeland” words, “Wee Scotty.”

By Sue Hunter Weir

All that it takes is one look at his grave marker to understand how much James Stewart McLaren”'s parents loved their first-born son. The marker also reveals how much they loved the country where they had been born and which they left in order to build new lives in the United States.… Read the rest “Personal histories tied to industrial histories: “Wee Scotty,” James Stewart McLaren succumbed to pertussis”