James (Jacob) Cutter's grave

Jacob Cutter's grave photographed on 27th Sep. 1927.
by Mrs Eileen Lamotte
The grave was on Glenrock the property owned by his father at that time at Brisbane Water.

Jacob was 13 years and 3 months when he died on Saturday 24th April, 1880.
He was kicked in the knee by a horse when he was 9 years old when the
family was living in the Goulbourn area of NSW.
His health deteriorated rapidly just prior to his death, the injury turning into spinal decay.
His father, James, built the coffin and Jacob was laid to rest in a bush grave on Glenrock.
His father imported a white marble slab from Italy on which he engraved the inscription himself.
The inscription is in a combination of Latin and Pitman shorthand.

  The inscription reads as follows:
"To thee, O very dear Jacob Cutter, this monument is dedicated by your most loving father ...
Not without hope that we may meet again in the Divine Assembly of Souls".

From an article in the Central Coast Herald Saturday April 26, 2003 by Paul Callaghan

The area has now been subdivided and is a built-up area with many houses.
The original grave site is just north of the Koolewong railway station.
The monument has been long gone but the marble slab with the inscription is now
at the Brisbane Water Historical Society's Henry Kendall's Cottage at West Gosford.