
The grave marker of Vivian May Allison should not be looked on as a morbid curiosity or the eccentricity of a distraught father. It should be seen for what it actually is…an embodiment of grief and love from a father to his daughter.
Vivian May Allison of Connersville, Indiana, died in 1899 at the age of six, breaking the hearts of her parents, Horace and Carrie Allison. At the time, Horace had been building a dollhouse as a Christmas present for Vivian, but his daughter passed away before receiving it. Instead, in his grief, he decided to place it over her grave, adding toys and trinkets his daughter loved in life.
