Inscription:

PATRICK A.
Son of
J. B. & Keziah Hume
Born Sept. 9, 1855,
Died May 20, 1857

He was lovely, he was fair,
and for a while was given.
An angel came and claimed his own,
and bore him home to heaven.

Patrick A. Hume
Birth: 9 September 1855, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri
Death: 20 May 1857, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri
Burial: Cold Water Cemetery Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri

Family members buried in Cold Water Cemetery:
Parents: James Breckenridge Hume and Keziah Patterson Hume
Sister: Lucy A. Hume

 

Sources:
“The Patterson Family History,” by William B. Putman, Jr., page 40. Birth and death dates and name Patrick.