Helen Steele

Headstone of Helen Steele Hutchison

This is the headstone of Helen Steele, the first wife of Hugh Barbour Hutchison. She would die shortly after the birth of her third child, Charles Cuthbert. Her headstone sits directly to the right of Hugh Barbour's, a symbol of his continued devotion.

9 February 1880 to 24 October 1904

"She is not afar -- her presence is near and real -- a silent august companionship"