 In 1935 a permanent headstone of Barre, Vermont granite was placed at the grave, the funds for which were collected by the children of the Church School of the Chapel of the Intercession.The lettering on the headstone is believed to be the same as that on Charles Dickens's grave in Westminster Abbey in London.His brother, Henry Fielding Dickens, wrote of him "He had been quite a stranger to the family from the time he went to Australia.