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FRANCIS BESANCENEY, DIED
Nov. 18, 1846, Æ. 37 Y's.
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[URN AND WILLOW]
IN Memory of
HORATIO BROWN,
who died May 10, 1829, A. 49 Y's. -0-
JESUS saith unto him I am the way the truth, & the life; he that believeth my words, & believeth on him that sent me hath eternal life; then Jesus turned & saw him following him, &, saith whom seek ye? he saith unto him rabbi, which is to say master, where dwellest thou. Jesus saith unto him come & see.
[Date of death wrong -- both the town and parish records have May 10, 1828.]
HARLOW R son of Horatio & Maribah
BROWN, DIED April 25, 1827, Æ. 23 Y's.
JOHN W son of Horatio & Maribah BROWN, died Jan. 8, 1833, Æ. 14 Y's.
[URN AND WILLOW] IN Memory of WARREN BUTTOLPH DIED Sep: 3, 1844, A. 59 Y's.
THALIA W. daughter of Charles & ABIGAIL CARTER, DIED Jan. 12, 1847: aged 30 years.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
MARY ANN daught. of Wm. & Delia
Cone, died Dec. 22, 1834, Æ. 16 M's.
Wm. L. CROSS DIED Sept. 2, 1845, Æ. 13 yrs. 6 mo. & 19 ds.
Friends nor physicians could not save. This mortal body from the grave. Nor can the grave confine it here. When Christ commands it to appear.
LUCINDA WIFE OF WARREN DAY, DIED April 13, 1850, Æ. 40 Y's, 9 M's.
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POLLY P. wife of STEPHEN COUCH DIED Jan.1.1847, Æ. 87 Ys
Memory of STEPHEN COUCH.
Aug 0,1833.
Here Tits Joseph C Davis, who died March La 1826. aged 27Y:$5D
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JERROD S. DIED Feb.20,1541,Æ.6%M.
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MARY A. DIED May 4.1843,FEJ5M. Children of Geo.&Loura FAIRCHILD.
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EDWIN NERLBUT
In ineninis of Mes AMNEY, FluRr.vUIE,
Memory of CHRISTOPHER ILURLBUT DIED May 15.1943.
Ah ChristopherHurlbert scho diet Mav. S 1823 inthe 58 year of herage
Nov 22- 1865
DIED
BORN
ut in Heaven
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[WILLOW] ELIZABETH, S. daught of Lester & Clarissa Fenton, died rep! 8, 1846, Æ. 1216 Y's. ·()
I tried each earthly charm In pleasure's haunts I strayed. I sought its soothing balm I asked the world its all; But ah! no balm it had To heal a rounded breast,
And I, fortorn and sad, Nast seek another rest, My days of happiness are gone And I am left to weep & mourn.
LEWIS P. FINCH DIED March 20, 1815.
aged 21 years. 8 mo's & 18 d's.
JAMES FLOWER DIED July 3. 1846 Æ. 53 Yrs.
MAHITABLE wife of Thomas U. Fuller DIED Ang. 16, 1845. A0. 43 Yrs. [URN AND WIT.LOW]
In
memory of Harriet Gardner, wife of Elias Gardner, who died March 2, 1830 in her 22 Year.
Sleep, till death doth silence all, Nor wake again, till Jesus calls, Then from the grace, iu hast arise. And soar to worlds above the skies.
IN Memory of HENRY GARDNER, DIED May 28, 1849, ÆC. 67 Y's.
He is gone his spirit has fled, His body numbered with the dead, No more to be a partner here, Of earth's delight nor pain nor care.
IN Memory of
MARIA A. daught of Henry & Abigail GARDNER, DIED Jan. 22, 1838, Æ. 19 Y's.
Pleasant in life, peaceful in death.
ISAIAH DWIGHT son of Isaiah J. & Eliza GRAY, DIED Cent 25, 1847, Æ. 4 Y's. 10 M's. 4 D's.
Sleep sweet child in gentle slumbers, Till the resurrection morn, Then arise to join its numbers, That its triumphs doth adorn.
PENELOPE, wife of CHARLES HAMMOND, DIED July 17, 1846, Æ. 57 Y's.
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LYDIA HARTEAU
WIFE OF JOHN HARTAU,
DIED Sept. 16, 1848, A. 95 Y's.
[Harteau and Hartau on the stone]
An Infant son of Jolin & Emeline Hayward died Oct. 5. 1846 aged 1 day.
CHARLES. S Son of Mr Cyrus, & Mrs Eunic Hewitt died March 19th A). 1833 Æ 3 years
[BROKEN WILLOW]
MARIA, P daught. of Rufus & Sally Hewitt, DIED Dec. 6, 1843, Æ. 2 Y's.
RUMINA,
wife of HENRY U. HOLMES,
DIED Jan. 7, 1844 Æ. 21 Y's.
Farewell my weeping husband dear, Farewell my Parents, for you are near, Farewell my Brothers, Sisters, all, For I must go, it is Gods call.
Her spirit was for earth to pure, For this cold world too bright too fair, Her Father call'd her to the sky, Twas his decree that she should die.
ANN ELIZA, DIED March 7, 1843, Æ. 22 M's.
CHARLES F. DIED July 31, 1843, Æ. 9 W'ks.
Children of Rivarious & Hannah Hooker.
Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.
[BOSE STEM WITH BUDS AND FLOWER] HENRY U. son of Levi L. & Cynthia R. HOPKINS, DIED Nov. 12, 1848, Æ. 21 M's.
How sweet to think the cherub fair, That so on earth absorbed our love, Transplanted by an angel's care, Blooms in the paradise above.
POLLY, wife of Tharus Hopkins, DIED June 21, 1843, A. 47 Y's.
SARAH, L
daught. of Timothy & Ruth L. Hulbert, DIED Jan. 31, 1845, Æ. 3 Y's. 7 M' s.
ELIZA Daughter of Bela & Patty Judd, died Oct. 8th 1824, Æ 2 years.
BELA JR. Son of Bela & Patty Judd, died August 8th 1833, Æ. 4 years.
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ALVIN KEEP, DIED Oct. 24, 1841; aged 25 years.
CAROLINE C. PHELPS, WIFE OF ALVIN KEEP, DIED Feb. 23, 1839; aged 24 years.
ALVIRA KEEP, DIED Nov. 24, 1845; in the 23 y'r, of her age.
MARIETTA KEEP DIED Feb. 26. 1826; Æ. 1y'r.
[URN AND WILLOW]
memory of Mrs. Mary Keep, wife of Samuel Keep, who died Dec. 21, 1830 Æ 40. Blest are the dead that die in the Lord.
Louisa Keep, Dautr of Samuel & Mary Keep, died March 27, 1831. aged 8 Years.
CHARLES M. son of REV. Isaac H. & Elizabeth P. LENT, DIED Sept, 7, 1849, Æ. 1 Y'r. 5 M's. 16 D's.
For of such is the kingdom of Heaven.
THOMAS J MARTIN
DIED Oct, 1, 1841: aged 55 years & 9 m's.
ABIGAIL,
wife of THOMAS J. MARTIN, DIED Aug. 5, 1847, AD. 59 Y's.
While on my parents grave I shed, The salt and bitter tear, My thoughts take flight to realms of bliss, Where dwell those parents dear.
Then while There lean on your tomb, Your graves full in my view Oh let my heart be still prepared, To yield and follow you.
[URN AND WILLOW] MARY, daugh ! of John & Cynthia MC Allister, DIED Sept. 6, 1839, Æ. 15 Y's.
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[BROKEN WILLOW] In Memory of Mary Adelaide, daught. of Robert L. & Deborah Mc Dowell, died Nov. 22, 1841, Æ 2 Y's. 2 M's. 28 D's.
[BROKEN WILLOW] MARSHALH son of Robert L. & Deborah Mc Dowell, drowned July 19,1845, Æ. 2 Y's. 9 M's. 13 D's.
[URN AND WILLOW] MARY wife of John Meads, died Aug. 16, 1832, Æ. 78 Y's. -0- Created by her daughter
Catharine Cole.
HANNAH WIFE OF JOHN MERRELL, DIED Dec. 16, 1850, Æ. 57 Y's.
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No, tis in vain to seek for bliss, For bliss can ne'er be found, Till we arrive where Jesus is, And dwell on heavenly ground.
Franklin Morrison, son of W2 & Stirra Morri- son, of Buth N. [I. Obit Nov. 17. 183L Æ 22 years 2 Months & 8 Days.
[BROKEN WILLOW] ELIZABETH daught. of Ja! M & Eliza M. Pierson. DIED Dec. 17, 1844, AC. 14 ) 's. 10 D's.
CHAUNCEY son of John &. Sally PRESTON, DIED Sept. 16, 1849, Æ. + M's. 9D's.
SALLY wife of Edward Prichard died July 8, 1836; in the 37. year of her age.
Stop trarler as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now soon you shall be Prepare yourselres to follow me.
[URN AND WILLOW]
HENRIETTA, wife of George Smith, DIED April, 12, 1843, Æ. 28 Y's.
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AMASA MARSH,
WIFE OF
LUGUNIDA S.
March 19,1852
DIED
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Sept.23.18465
Aug. 13,1846. ÆE. 32 Ys.
88 Year of lus age.
Also um infant son of Trumun & Lucy M. MERRELL, DIED May 25.1842. AC. 7 Wks.
ARVID MERRILL Who died Aug 20.1834. ÆE,36 Y.
LYDIA WIFE OF ARVID MERRILL DIED March 29.1852 E. 68 Y
memory p Mrs Mary Merrit who died Den 15,1831 aged 82 Years.
memory of Cornbury Merrit. who died Oct.14.1830 aged 32 Years
SAMUEL sm of Areid & Lydia Merrill ...
died Sep20.1832.
ABIGAIL LESTER
Oct20.1838,
DIED
JOHN KEEP.
In memory of
wife of ABIJAH MERRELL DIED Dec.1.1827.
THONAN HERBELL
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Æ 43 Y
Sep. 4 1863.
DIED
STEPHEN HOSS
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Aug 6, 1854. Æ.85.
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March 29.1846
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JOHN PURVES DIED March 18, 1847,
A. 70 Y's.
GEORGE R son of John & Rachel PURVES, DIED Dec. 21, 1841,
Æ. 27 Y's.
IO M's.
Memory of MARGARET,
wife of Peleg S. Richmond died Dec. 12, 1839, in the 54 year of her age.
[URN AND WILLOW]
REBECCA RICHMOND, BORN July 8, 1831, DIED Nov. 23, 1846.
EBENEZER
RICHMOND, DIED Dec. 12, 1844, A. 2514 Y's.
Memory of HOWLAND S. RICHMOND died Aug. 20, 1840, Æ. 34 Y's.
Farewell my friends & children dear, Prepare for death while I sleep here, Could you but know as much as I, How soon you would prepare to die.
[A FLOWER] ANTONIETTE, daught. of Howland S. & Hannah Richmond, died Aug. 13, 1836, Æ. 1 M'o. 20 D's.
[URN AND WILLOW] In
memory of Benjamin Ross, who Died August 25, 1827 aged 32 years.
Mary, R. Dautr of Benjamin and Lucretia Ross, Died Feby 29, 1828 aged 5 Y§
[URN AND WILLOW] In memory of Clark P. Seymour who died Jan. 12, 1833 Æ 24.
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ALFRED SEYMOUR DIED May 28, 1850. Æ. 66 Yrs.
CLARK T. Son of Orson C. &
Maranda Seymour died May 16,1849. Æ. 1 yr. 4 mo. 10 ds.
Sure to the mansions of the blest, When infant innocence ascends, Some angel brighter than the rest, The spotless spirit's flight attends
GEORGE H. Son of Harvey & Mary L. Seymour, Died August 27, 1833, aged 11 months & 8 days.
Memory of
JERUSHA WIFE OF Thubel Snow, who died March 20, 1835, Æ. 73 Y's.
LANGDON D. Son of Abijah M. & Wealthy A. SQUIER, DIED Feb. 5, 1845: aged 8 months & 19 d's.
[LILY] Charles D. Son of Daniel P. & Lodemia B. Squier died Jan. 15, 1836 Æ. 7Ms
WILBER Son of Asa & Marilla STEBBINS. Died Sept 17. 1835. Æ 1 year 3 months 10 days
ALMIRA wife of James C. Stowell, died March 26, 1835, Æ. 33 Y's.
Lucius O. D. Son of James C &' Almira Stowel, died August 8, 1828 aged 16 Months
JERUSH
wife of James C. Stowell, DIED July 9, 1841: aged 25 years.
WILLIAM OGDEN
TAGGART, BORN at Waddington, St. Lawrence Co. N. Y. Aug. 22, 1823, DIEO at So. Tyringham, May 14, 1846.
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HORATIO TOWNSEND DIED Feb. 17, 1839, 2. 32 Y's.
"He's gone ! no sighs nor tears nor earnest prayer, availed to save from the grim tyrant's", power.
[BROKEN WILLOW] CHARLOTTE, A daughter of Nath !. & Lydia Tremain, died Jan 19, 1834, Æ. 8 Ys. &. 8 Ms.
Death spareth none, but fairest flowers, first jeel his withering hand.
[URN AND WILLOW]
OLIVE, L daught of Nathaniel Jr. & Lydia Tremain, DIED Oct. 13, 1842, Æ. 25 Y's.
CAPT. EDWARD TYLER, DIED March 6, 1848. Æ. 64 Y's.
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Moored into Port: The weary mariner, leaves his new-born bark for other scenes. So the soul quits its time worn body, for the spirit land.
memory of Wm O. Underwood who died Aug. 26, 1831 aged 26 Years.
CHARLES A son of Geo. I. & Elvira Van Deusen, died Aug. 25, 1840, Æ. 13 M's. 10 Ds.
[URN AND WILLOW] Miss Mary A. Webster, departed this life July 22, 1827. aged 19.
She bids her friends no more to weep, For soon in death you all must sleep, And if to God you'll constant prove, I soon will meet you all above.
SYLVIA BARLOW, wife of ISAAC WEBSTER, DIED Aug. 21, 1845, FF. 67 Y's.
In sure & steadfast hope to rise, And claim her mansion in the skies, A christian here her cross laid down, The cross exchanging for a crown.
JAMES WILLIAMS, DIED Jan. 21, 1844; aged 28 years.
NOTES.
Page 9. Barnabas Adams. A Revolutionary sol- dier-militia service. He removed from Becket to Lee about 1800.
Oornelia [Cornelia ?], daught. of Joseph Andruss. Undoubtedly the first letter of the name, intended for C, was left unfin- ished. The town and church records note the death of the child, but do not give her name. The church record has: "A child of Mr Joseph Andrus of New Hartford"-
The poetical lines on Anna Florence Ayer 's monument are: "Lost are the tears we shed; They are the living they alone Whom thus we call the dead."
The poetical lines on William Nathan Ayer's monument are:
Preeminence in early life was shown- For earth too good perhaps,
And loved too much- Heaven saw and marked thee for his own.
David Baker. A Revolutionary soldier -militia service. He came from Barn- stable and settled in Lee about 1783.
The poetical lines on Samuel Ball's gravestone are:
Ye friends that linger round these relicts dear To pay the tribute of a falling tear; Oh cease to weep! hush every rising sigh, Hope points you upward to a fairer sky.
The inscription on the capstone of Mrs. Easland's monument is:
To believe in CHRIST is life everlasting
Page 11.
The dates on Hubbard and Keziah Bart- lett's gravestone are: 1782-1859, 1783-1841.
Page 13.
Cornelius Bassett. A Revolutionary sol- dier and sailor-pensioner. He came from Sandwich and settled in Lee 1778.
Nathaniel Bassett. A Revolutionary sol- dier and sailor-pensioner. The date of birth on the stone is wrong. A bible record gives it correctly 1758.
The scriptural quotation on Mary Plat- ner Bosworth's gravestone is as follows : "For if we believe that Jesus died & rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."
Page 17.
Eli Bradley. A Revolutionary soldier -- served 4 months in a regiment raised to reinforce the Continental Army; also, out several times with the militia-pen- sioned.
Jesse Bradley. A Revolutionary soldier -out with the militia several days in 1780 when 16 years old. He was the last soldier of that war residing in Lee to pass away.
Page 19.
The poetical lines on Martha Brackett's gravestone are:
My dearest friend your grief forbare, Nor shed for me one parting tear;
But for your greatest change prepare, That you may end all sorrow here.
Isaac Brewer. A Revolutionary soldier -9 months Continental service for New Marlborough.
The poetical lines on Alace Everett Brown's gravestone are:
Her voice on earth was melody,
Her chief delight to sing;
But now she's singing praises, To Christ her heavenly king.
The inscription on the capstone of Mrs. Chadwick's monument is:
IN LIFE PREPARE FOR DEATH Page 21.
Elisha Crocker. A Revolutionary soldier -- militia service.
The poetical lines on George Culver's monument are:
"Bud of promise precious flower Thou art wither'd in an hour: Early call'd to yield thy breath Thou art lovely e'en in death.
The poetical lines on Mary Culver's gravestone are:
O, not in cruelty, not in wrath The reaper came that day:
'Twas an angel visited the earth, And took the flower away.
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Page 23. The vertical lines on De Witt and Louis Couch's monument, respectively, are: So fair a little flower as this, Too pure for earth just fit for bliss. So pass our hopes from earth away To bloom afresh in brighter day
. The poetical lines on Mary Lovicy Couch's gravestone are: lies,
Beneath this stone, in calm repose she Sweet Mary, lovely, innocent, and pure; our sighs, Then hush our murmurs and suppress For joy in heaven is hers forevermore.
Page 29.
Sylvanus Dimmick. A Minute-man of '75; also, served 6 months, same year, at the Elizabeth Islands. He removed from Falmouth to Lee before the close of the war, and was out 7 days in 1780 with the Lee militia company-pensioned.
Samuel Dorr. A Revolutionary soldier -Conn. Line-pensioned. He settled in Lee 1802.
Asahel Foot. A Revolutionary soldier - served two 3 months enlistments in regiments raised to reinforce the Conti- nental Army-pensioned.
The poetical lines on Daniel Foot's gravestone are:
Farewell my wife and children dear, My father and mother too , I wish you all to live in love, And make your peace with God above.
Fenner Foot. A Minute-man of '75- served in the siege of Boston, and accom- panied Arnold through the Maine wil- derness to Quebec~pensioned.
Jonathan Foot. A Revolutionary soldier militia service.
Page 31.
The inscriptions on the Fuller monu- ment are as follows:
BENJ. H. FULLER 1797-1853 HIS WIFE ABIGAIL BASSETT 1789-1869
STEPHEN FULLER 1757-1834 A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
HENRY B. 1828-1883 JAMES WATSON 1827-1830
Jesse Gifford. A Revolutionary soldier -militia service.
Page 33. The inscription on the north face of the Foote monument is:
ELIZABETH, daughter of Lyman & Emily FOOTE, BORN Nov. 25, 1838, DIED March 2, 1850. The inscriptions on the Guiteau monu- ment are as follows:
CORIOON GUITEAU, M. D. DIED JULY 26, 1854, AGED 51 YEARS.
SARAH B. SQUIER WIFE OF
CORIDON QUITEAU M. D. DIED May 12, 1883, AGED 80 YEARS,
S. VIRGINIA GUITEAU DIED Nov. 26, 1845, AGED 9 YEARS.
Page 39. The inscriptions on the Hall monument are as follows: Blessed are the de- ad who die in the Lord.
COLLINS HALL, DIED
Feb. 2, 1849.
Æ. 83 Y'rs.
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REBECCA WIFE OF COLLINS HALL, DIED At Meriden, Ct. April 11, 1811. Æ. 36.
BETSY, WIFE OF COLLINS HALL, DIED Sept. 23, 1870, Æ.93.
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Nathaniel and Richard Hamblin. Res- idents of Lenox.
Joel Hayden. A Revolutionary soldier -pensioned for service with "Mass. State Troops." He became a resident of Lee in 1828.
Page 41.
The poetical lines on Mary Hinman's grayestone are:
This marble slab! it tells you what? That I am here-creation's blot!
A surer, safe chief corner stone Will soon announce the prize I've won. The poetical lines on Mary G. Hin- man's gravestone are:
"Happy infant early blest; Rest, in peaceful slumber, rest."
The poetical lines on Mrs. Laflin's gravestone are:
It matters little at what hour of day The righteous fall asleep, Death cannot come To those untimely who are fit to die. The loss of this cold world the more of heaven, The briefer life the earlier immortality.
Page 45.
The poetical lines on Sarah Ann Hop- kins's gravestone are:
This little bud so young & fair Call'd by early doom To show how fair a flower In paradise might bloom.
The poetical lines on Ruth Howland's gravestone are:
She lives in hearts that keep her image there, She lives in heaven released from every care.
On the north and south face of Harriet Lucy Hyde's monument are the follow- ing lines, respectively :
Gone but not lost. "It is well."
David Ingersoll. A Revolutionary sol- dier-militia service.
Page 47. Amos Hulbert. A Revolutionary sol- dier-Conn. militia.
The word "resurection" in the second poetical line of Walter Hulett's epitaph is a misprint-correctly spelled on the stone.
Page 51.
John Nye. A Revolutionary soldier- militia service.
The poetical lines on Julia O'Connell's gravestone are:
rest,
Sleep on sweet babe & take thy ght it best.
God called thee home he thos-
The poetical lines on Elmor F. Owen's gravestone are:
Here lies our little son within, Free from sorrow & from sin, Lent to us for years &, hours, And then cut down like other flowers.
Page 53.
The lower lines of John M. and Han- nab Remele's epitaphs are, respectively : "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil."
She died in triumph over death & the grave
Levi Robinson. A Revolutionary sol- dier-Conn. Line-pensioned. He re- moved from Wallingford, Conn. to Lee in 1792.
Page 57.
Elisha Percival. A Revolutionary sol- dier-militia service.
Ephraim Sheldon. A Revolutionary sol- dier ~~ Conn. regiments-pensioned. He settled in Lee about 1795.
Page 59.
The large monument commemorates a Sandisfield family. All were buried there, except Mrs. Deming, whence, some years after, their remains were brought to Lee. Mrs. Deming died in Becket, but was buried in Lee. Mrs. Mary Smith died in Lee, but was first buried in Sandisfield.
Page 61.
Jethro Thatcher. A Revolutionary sol- dier-militia service. He removed from Barnstable to Lee 1804.
ANNA wife of JONATHAN TUTTLE died March 8, 1841, Æ. 61 Y's.
JONATHAN TUTTLE DIED In Redfield
Jefferson Co. N. Y. June 19, 1814, Æ. 41 Y's.
The poetical lines on Henry A. Tuttle's gravestone are:
The rising morn cant assure
That we shall spend the day For death stands ready at the doore, To snatch our lives away.
Page 67.
Joseph Whiton. A Revolutionary sol- dier-Conn. militia. He settled in Lee 1790. In 1814 he was Maj. Gen. of Mass. militia.
Page 73.
Stephen Couch. A Revolutionary sol- dier-pensioned for service with "Mass. Militia." He settled in Lee 1794.
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Page 73.
WILLIAM BLAKE,
DIED March 3, 1881, Æ. 81 Y's 5 M's.
AMNA, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE,
DIED May 15, 1840, Æ. 36 Y's.
The poetical lines on George Heath's gravestone are as follows: How sudden was the fatal stroke When the Almightys summons spoke My friends and children now draw near And see that you for death prepare
The beginning of Wm. Henry Hender. son's epitaph is as follows:
tribute of parental affection to the memory of
Page 75.
The lower separation character in the first column is erroneously placed- should be before "Urn and Willow."
Page 76.
The following lines are inscribed on the back of Henry U. Hopkins's gravestone: Now look aloft, fond parents, With faith's unerring eye,
And view thy lovely cherub boy, Where pleasures never die.
Near by the throne of God he stands A crown upon his brow,
See parents, see, no harm can reach, The lovely cherub now!
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Page 79.
John Keep. A Revolutionary soldier -pensioned for service with "Mass. State Troops." He removed from Salisbury, Conn. to Lee in the year 1788.
Reuben Marsh. A Revolutionary soldier -· served several short enlistments in 1776 and 1777, aggregating 9 months. He re- moved from Sturbridge to Lee during the war, and in Oct. 1781 marched to Stillwater with Capt. Yale's company of Lee and Lenox men, serving 12 days- pensioned.
Abijah Merrell. A Revolutionary sol- dier-militia service. He removed from Tyringham to Lee about 1788.
The poetical lines on Caroline A. Mer- rell's gravestone are:
Parents & brothers, have you cause to mourn,
That one you loved, was early called away, Her dust but sleeps beneath the marble urn Her Spirit dwells where love knows no decay, Let then this thought suppress each rising sigh,
Your loss has gained for her, a home above the sky.
Page 81.
The poetical lines on Elsa Seymour's gravestone are:
Altho' entomb'd in silence here,
Thro' death's dark shades, I had no fear;
O! ye my friends, my time is past;
Then live to day as 'twere the last.
The last line on Mrs. Webster's gravestone is as follows:
"She is not dead but sleepeth."
Joseph Willis. A Revolutionary soldier -Conn. Continental-service with Shel- don's Light Dragoons-pensioned. The year of his settlement in Lee is unknown, but the census of 1790 has his name in the town list.
INDEX.
Adams, Barnabas 9, 87 Tamme 9 Alexander, Laura C. 5 Allen, Henry 5 Almond, Thomas 71 Anderson, Isaac G. 5 Andrews, Louisa Maria 9 Sarah Sophia 9 Andruss, Oornelia [Cornelia ?] 9, 87 Arnold, John 5 Lucinda 5 Prudy 5 Sarah M. 6 Ayer, Anna B. 9 Anna Florence 9, 87 William Nathan 9, 87 Babcock, Harriet 71 Backus, Esther G. 6 Grace 6 Mary 6 Leander J. 6 Seth 6 Walley 6 Bailey, Charles A. 71 Nehemiah L. 6 Baker, David 9, 87 Nancy Jane 6 Remember N. 7 Sylvina 9 Ball, Anna P. 7 Catharine 7 Eliza A. 7 Eunice 7 John 7 Loretta E. 71 Lydia 71 Rheumah 9 Samuel 9, 87 William F. 7 Barden, Elijah 11 Lot 11 Lucinda 11
Barlow, Abigail 11 Chauncey 7 Cornelius 11 Elizabeth 8 Esther 7 Hannah 8 Lois 11 Reuben 11 Sarah 11 Seth 8 Thankful 8 William B. 11 Willie M. 8 Barnes, Bathsheba 8 Barns, Charles Henry 8 Elizabeth Bowden 8 William 8
Barrus, Sally 11 Bartlett, Hubbard 11, 87 Keziah 11, 87 Bassett, Almira Dodge 8 Ancel 15 Azubah 15 Bethiah 13 Charles H. 8
Clarissa K. 15
Content L. 15
Cornelius 13, 87
Ephraim D. 15 Freelove 13 George H. 16 Katherine 15 Maria A. 15 Nathan 15
Dea. Nathan 13 Nathaniel 13, 87 Remember 16 Remember N. 16 Thomas 15
Beach, Jane E. 16
Bennett, Catherine J. 16
Besanceney, Francis 71
Bidwell, Elias 16 Bishop, William 16
Blake, Amna 73, 90 Rovilla J. 73
William 73, 90 Bliss, Edwin 13 Grace Porter 13 Joshua S. 13 Laura 16
Blood, Nancy C. 17 children of Horace 17
Bond, George W. 17 Bosworth, Mary E. 17 Mary E. Platner 13, 87 William C. 13
Bowen, Joshua 13 Lydia R. 13 Brackett, Martha Ann 19 87 Bradley, Eli 17, 19, 87 Eunice 17 Frances E. 18
Henry 19 Jesse 17, 87 Joseph 17
Phebe 17, 19 Phebe 19 Stephen Cook 19
Brewer, Cynthia 18 Esther 19 Isaac 19, 87 Squier 18 Bridgman, Catherine E. 18 Jonathan C. 18 Sarah F. 18
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Briggs, Abigail Thatcher 19 Elizabeth 18 Joshua 19 Brown, Alace Everett 19, 87 David B. 18 Harlow R. 72 Horatio 72 James Byron 19 John W. 72 Bull, Martha 25 Mary 25 Burns, George N. 18
Burrows, Visa 19
Buttles, Lucy Whitney 25
Buttolph, Warren 72
Carter, Thalia W. 72
Casey, Frederick 25
Chadwick, Eliza S. 19, 87 Martha 25
Champlin, Benjamin Franklin 21 Christopher E. 25 George 21 Nancy Bentley 21 Chapel, Henrietta 21 William 21 Childs, Aurelia 25 Job 21 Mary L. 25 Church, Dolly 25 Luman 21 Clarke, Azubah 26
George S. 26
Cobb, Nancy 26
Cone, Albert Jr. 23 Edward F. 26 Lucy 26 Mary Ann 72 Cooley, Phineas R. 26 Cooper, Octavia M. 6 Couch, Amanda 23 Daniel 23 DeWitt M. 23, 88 Frederick M. 23 Henry R. 21 Louis B. 23, 88
Mary, w. of Daniel 23
Mary, w. of F. M. 23
Mary Lovicy 23 Polly P. 73 Stephen 73, 89 William H. 23 Crawfoot, Maria 26 Crocker, Avis 26 Betsey 27 Catharine 27 Elisha 21, 87 Elizabeth 27 Mary 27 Crosby, Thomas 21 Cross, William L. 72 Culver, George S. 21, 87 Hannah 27 James H. 27 Lucy 27 Mary L. 31, 87 Statira M. 21 William Elery 21 daughter of William L. 21 Cutting, Wealthy 27
Danforth, Mary Janvier 28 Davis, Joseph C. 73 Day, Lucinda 72 Deming, Clarissa S. 59, 89 Denison, Albert S. 28 Dermont, Peter 28 William Jr. 28 Dillingham-Louisa F. 28 Dimmick, Sylvanus 29, 88 Thankful 29 Dingman, Mary Franses 28
Dixon, Oscar A. 28
Doane, Mary T. 28
Dodge, Abigail 28
Dorr, Abigail 29 Samuel 29, 88 Easland, Elizabeth Ann 9, 87 Fairchild, Hannah 35 Harriet M. 73
Henry 29
Jerrod S. 73
Josiah S. 73 Lydia 29
Fenton, Elizabeth S. 75
Finch, Lewis P. 75
Fish, Sylvia 35
Flower, James 75
Foot, Asahel 29, 88 Cynthia Ann 35 Daniel 29, 88 D [eliverance] Gibbs 29
Fenner 29, 88
Jonathan 29, 88
Lovisa 35 Sarah 29 Foote, Elizabeth 33, 88 Eudora 35 Jerusha 29
Foster, Charles 35
Freeman, Nancy 35 Rebekah 35
Fuller, Abigail 31,88 Benjamin H. 31, 88
Henry B. 31, 88 James Watson 31, 88 Mahitable 75 Stephen 31, 88
Furber, son of J. C. 36
Gamble, John 31 Gardner, Harriet 75, 90 Henry 75 Maria A. 75
Garfield, Amanda W. 36 Elijah 36 Enoch 36
Mary Abigail 36 Silas 31 Sophia 31
Gates, Luke 36 Rebecca 36
Gifford, Diana C. 36 George L. 37 Jesse 31, 88 Joanna 31 John 31 John 0. 37
Lucy Ann 37 Ruth 31 Sophronia L. 37
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Goodrich, Sophronia 37 Goodspeed, Anthony 31 Graves, Betsey 31 Marilla R. 31 Thomas E. 37 Gray, Isaiah Dwight 75 Green, Frances M. 37 Mary Ann 37 Minerva E. 37 Guiteau, Coridon 33, 88 Sarah Squier 88 S. Virginia 33, 88 Hall, Betsy 39, 88 Charles H. 38 Collins 39,88 Jerusha Foot 37 Jerusha Jane 38 Rebecca 39, 88 child of J. D. 37 Hamblin, Alma Chaffee 39 Cornelius 39 David 39 Mercy 39 Nathaniel 39, 89 Richard 39, 89 Stephen 39 William P. 39 Hammond, Penelope 75 Harding, Amelia 39 Ann 39 Harrison, Sarah S. 38 William B. 38 Harteau. Lydia 76
Hayden, Jemima 39 Joel 39, 89 William Henry 39
Hays, William 38 Hayward, son of John 76 Heath, Charles T 38 George 73, 90 Hellawell, Alice 38 Henderson, William Henry 73, 90 Hendrickson, Gurtude 41 James H. 41 Susannah Ashworth 41 Hewitt, Charles S. 76 Maria P. 76 Hinckley, Anna 41 Baby 41 Benjamine 41 Joseph 41 Martha 41 Mary 41 Maryette 41 Puella 41 Silas 41
Hinman, Mary 41, 89 Mary G. 41, 89 Ransom 41 Hollister, Robert M. 38
Holmes, Anna R. 47 Damaris, 47 Isaac 47 Rumina 76 Hooker, Ann Eliza 76 Charles F. 76 Hopkins, George M. 45 Henry U. 76, 90 Polly 76
Hopkins, Sarah Ann 45, 89 Horsfall, Alfred 45 Houston, James D. 33 Mary A. 33 Howk, Catharine 45 John 45 William L. 47 Howland, Ruth 45, 89 Hulbert, Amos 47,89 Esther Gear 47
Eunice Tillotson 47
Mariette 47
Mary E. 47 Sarah L. 76
Hulett Catharine 45 Coridon 45 Susan E. 48 Walter 47, 89 Hurlbert, Amney 73 Hurlbut, Christopher 73 Edwin 73 Sarah Ingersoll 73
Hyde, Alvan 43 Harriet Lucy 45, 89 Theodore 45 Ingersoll, Charles C. 48 David 45, 89 Prudence 48 Sarah 45
Isbell, Julia W. 45
Ives, Cornelius F. 48
Jackson, Lucretia W. 48
Jarvis, Abigail 48 Jenkins, James H. 48 Rhoda H. 48 Johnson, Ebenezer Joy 49 Hannah E. 49 Julia 49 Judd, Bela Jr. 76 Eliza 76 George 49 Nelson 49
Kellogg, Mary 45 Oliver 45
Keep, Abigail Lester 79 Alvin 77 Alvira 77 Caroline C. 77
John 79, 90 Marietta 77 Mary 77 Louisa 77
Kirke, Anna 49 Jane M. 49 Mary A. 49 Kittrege, Mary 49
Knapp, Charlotte A. 49
Laflin, Adelaide 50 Henrietta Armenia 41, 88 Leffingwell, Eleanor F. 50 Joel 50 Lent, Charles M. 77 Lewis, Cornelius B. 50 Marsh, Lucinda S. 79 Lydia 79 Reuben, 79, 90
May, Clara B. 51 Clarissa B. 51 Ellen 51
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May, Jane S. B. 51 Martin, Abigail 77 Thomas J. 77 McAllister, Mary 77 McCoy, Josiah 50 McDowell, Marshal H. 78 Mary Adelaide 78 Meads, Mary 78 Merrell, Abijah 79, 90 Caroline A. 79, 90 Hannah 78 Hannah 79 Lucy M. 79 Truman 79 son of Truman 79 Merrill, Arvid 79 Lydia 79 Samuel 79 Merritt, Cornbury 79 Mary 79 Miller, Mehetabel 50 Samuel 50 Samuel Jr. 50
Miner, Betsey 50 Mitchell, Joseph F. 50
Monroe, William P. 50
Monson John 51 Lydia 51 Moore, Eliza A. 55 Morey, Ede 55 Morley, Betsey 55 Edward 55 Morrison, Franklin 78 Murray, Lydia Minerva 55 Needham, Emma J. 55 Hellen A. 55 Jane 55
Newbury, Catharine E. 55 David 55 Elanor V. 56 Lura 56
Norcut, Charles 51 Simeon 51 Norton, Lucy Ann 56 Sarah 56 Nugen, Phebe 56 Nye, Ira 51 John 51, 89 Lois 51 Willie Platner 51 O'Connell, Julia A. 51, 89 Osborn, Charles 51 Owen, Amelia 51 Elijah 51 Elmor F. 51, 89 Hannah 51
Patridge Anna 56 Samuel 56 Percival, Abigail 57 Elisha 57, 89 Perkins, Elezer W. 57 Lucy P. 57 Perry, John B. 53 Sarah Lester 53 Peters, Emma Josephine 57 Phelps, Thomas 57 Phinney, Anselm 53 Ellen E. 57 Phippen, Eliza Rhodes 81
Phippen, Eliza Rhodes 81 Pierson, Elizabeth 78 Pinney, Lucy A. 57 Platner, George W. 33, 57 Oliver P. 33, 57 Pomeroy, Mamre E. Chanter 57 Porter, Charlotte Williams 53 David 58 Dorothy Booth 58 Mary Ann Quincey 53 William, 53 Preston, Chauncey 78
Prichard, Sally 78
Prout, Deborah 58 Purves, George R. 83 John 83 Reed, Ellen 58 Reford, James 58 Joseph 58 Remele, Hannah Barlow 53, 89 John M. 53, 89 Richmond, Antoniette 83 Ebenezer 83 Howland S. 83 Margaret 83 Rebecca 83
Robinson, Elizabeth 53 Elizabeth 53 Fanny 53 John 53 Levi 53
Ross, Benjamin 83 Mary R. 83 Stephen 81 Urana Scudder 81
Seger, Polly 58 Sergent, Erastus 58 Seymour, Alfred 84 Anna 81 Chester 81
Clark P. 83
Clark T. 84
Elsa 81, 90
George H. 84
Roger 81 Rose 81 Shaw, Nathan E. 63 Sheffield, Alfred 61 Phebe 61 children of Alfred 61 Sheldon, Ephraim 61, 89 Lydia 61 Shepard, Theodocia 63 Shryock, Sarah A 63 Sigaux, Nancy M. 56 Sillick, Elizabeth Ann 63 Smith, Caroline J. 59, 89 Caroline M. 59, 89 Deborah 59 George 59, 89 Henrietta 78 Henry D. 59, 63 Homer 59, 63 Jared 59, 89 Mary 59, 89 Sarah Howdle 59 Stephen 59, 89 Snow, Azolvey 63 Jerusha 84
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Sparks, Almira 68 Charles 63 Charles W. 64 Squier, Charles D. 84 Langdon D. 84 Stebbins, Wilber 84 Stevens, Benjamin 61 Stocking, William H. 64 Stowell, Almira 84 Jerusha 84 Lucius O. D. 84 Sturges, Charles Henry 64 Clarke E. 33, 64 Lydia B. 61 Sarah Jane 64 Sturgis, Ebenezer D. 64 William 64 Taggart, William Ogden 84
Taintor, Jason A. 64 Tanner, Charles E. 64 George W. 64 Martha Anne 65 child of William 65 Taylor, Alvan 81 Mary 81
Thatcher, Emeline Gale 65 Esther B. 66 Gershom B. 66 Hannah 61 Hannah 65 Jethro 61, 89 Julia Frances 65 Julien David 65 Lucy 65 Nancy Atteresta 65 Timothy 61 son of Charles S. 65 Thomas, Ansel 61 Elijah 61 Thorp, Elizabeth 66 Nathan N. 66 Tifft, Joseph 66
Tillotson, Orlando B. 83, 66 Orlando C. 33, 66 Toles, Anna 66 child of Natan 66 Townsend, Horatio 85 Treat, Horace 61 Tremain, Charlotte A. 86 Olive L. 85 Tuttle, Anna 61. 89 Henry A. 61, 89 Jonathan 61, 89 Stephen T. 61
Tyler, Edward 85 Underwood, William 0. 85
VanDeusen, Charles A. 85
VanTassell, Dorothy 67
Wakefield, Harriet J. B. 69
Wattson, George H. 66 William T. 66 Webster, Farline Merritt 81, 90 Mary A. 85 Sylvia Barlow 85
West, Laura Ann 67
Wheeler, Joshua Orrin 67 Mariah Rosinah 67 Orrin R. 67 Phineas 67 Polly 67 Whiton, Amanda 67 Joseph 67, 89
Whyte, Jean 69 Williams, Gilbert M. 69 James 69 James 85 Willis, Joseph 81, 90
Wilson, Lydia M. 69 Winegar, Elizabeth 69 Mary A. 69 Sarah 69 Woodward, Harriet D. 69 Yale, Lucy Ingersoll 67
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