Created by Edward G. Looney (9th generation) on April 3rd, 1998. E-Mail: � [email protected] A part of a larger "booklet" Elsie Stroud compiled.

Without Statistics vital
	and the persons at their head,
You could not claim that you were born
	Or prove that you were dead.
You never walked upon this earth,
	you never went away,
Although your relatives and friends
	Were with you every day
There is no entry of your birth,
	no record of your death -
And so it is quite certain that
	you never drew a breath.
Your signature, your presence,
	and Your picture on a page -
May never prove your birth or death
	Or intermediate age.
And yet statistics vital
	are important as can be,
To keep some record on the growth
	Of each community.