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"As you pass by, pray cast your eye - As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare yourself to follow me."
On a stone with the date of 1823 is this verse: -
"This spot contains the ashes of the just, Who sought no honors and betrayed no trust. This truth he proved in every path he trod -
'An honest man's the noblest work of God.'"
THE COLE BROOK AND JOSHUA PIERCE CEMETERIES
This yard is located at the southern border of Manwhague Swamp, on the west bank of Cole's Brook. It is cared for by "The Baker and Horton Cemetery Association," incorporated March 16, 1882, with thirteen charter members. John W. Pierce is sec- retary and E. V. Pierce caretaker. The yard has a neat appear- ance and most of the stones are of granite.
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Back from the road is an old part, formerly known as the "Baker Burying Ground," where most of the graves are marked by rude, unlettered stones more than a century old. In this part is buried James C. Baker who died Sept. 2, 1859, aged 70 years, a veteran of 1812.
"His days and nights of affliction are o'er, He has gone to rest on Canaan's shore." "Erected by his widow."
Close beside him is the grave of his daughter, Mary A. Baker, who died Dec. 8, 1863, in the 23d year of her age.
"Fold her, O Father, in thine arms And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and thee."
His wife Emeline also rests beside him, but without a stone. She was for many years housekeeper for J. Hiram Pierce. She died May 7, 1887, aged 65 years.
According to Mrs. Patience Pierce Baker, who was born in 1792, Jotham Horton2, son of Thomas1, was buried in this old part. He lived half a mile away down Barney Lane on the Bos- worth-Buffinton place. Doubtless other members of his family rest here, although their graves are unmarked.
James Baker, 1758-1829. His wife Hannah (Manchester), 1752-1837.
John Baker (son of James and Hannah) 1784-1836. His wife Mary K. (Martin), 1799-1856.
Levi Baker (son of John and Mary), 1824-1909. His wife Angeline (Horton, daughter of Aaron and Bethany), 1824-1895. Beside them rest their two children John F. and Charles Levi.
Nathaniel Baker (son of James and Hannah), died Jan. 10, 1857, aged 63 years. His wife Susan (Pierce, daughter of Henry), died Nov. 12, 1879, aged 82 years.
Nathaniel Baker, Jr. (of Nathaniel and Susan), died Jan. 11, 1881, aged 51 years. His wife Sarah Ann (Eddy), died Sept. 21, 1886, aged 54 years.
Other children of Nathaniel and Susan were Hannah, 1839- 1863; Susan, 1830-1915; and twin sons - James, 1833-1877; John, 1833-1883.
Joseph Baker, died Dec. 25, 1842, in his 92d year. Joseph
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Baker, Jr., died March 30, 1866, aged 88 years. Mason Baker (son of Joseph), died Jan. 21, 1890, aged 85 years.
Darius Horton, died Dec. 24, 1872, aged 63 years. His wife Harriet (daughter of Joseph Baker, Jr.), died June 3, 1886, aged 77 years.
Their son, Edwin R. M. Horton, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, died at Hilton Head, S.C., Jan. 17, 1862, aged 22 years.
"Away from his home and the friends of his youth, He hasted the herald of Mercy and Truth."
Darius M. Horton, 1832-1913. His wife Mary A., 1828-1897.
Hiram Horton, died Sept. 25, 1896, aged 83 years. His wife Eliza S., died May 15, 1882, aged 72 years.
Their son, John Ed. Horton, 1836-1911. Prominent in town affairs. His wife Sarah J., died April 13, 1886, aged 43 years.
Aaron Horton (son of Solomon, Jr.), died Dec. 3, 1854, aged 74 years. His wife Bethany (Baker), died Jan. 31, 1840, aged 56 years.
Nathaniel B. Horton (son of Aaron and Bethany), died Jan. 4, 1900, aged 79 years. Mr. Horton for many years held impor- tant offices in town. His wife Mary J. (Buffinton), died March 24, 1913, aged 81 years.
Other Hortons buried here are James 2d and Almira his wife with their children; John and Susanna his wife with their chil- dren; also Alfred, Eliphalet, and Betsey who died Oct. 14, 1894, aged 91 years.
Hiram W. Martin, son of Luther and Nancy (Wheeler) Martin, born Aug. 13, 1812, died June 29, 1892, in his 80th year. His wife Avis died March 26, 1886, aged 72 years.
Earl P. Martin (son of Luther and Nancy), born Nov. 26, 1810, died July 7, 1892, aged 81 years. His wife Phoebe C., born May 25, 1810, died June 29, 1884.
Their daughter, Esther P., born Dec. 8, 1840, married Jason N. Wheaton of Rehoboth, who was born June 10, 1836, died Jan. 29, 1914, aged 77 years. Widow now living (1918).
Luther Ainsworth Martin, born Nov. 8, 1819, died April 1, 1904, aged 84 years. His wife Harriet L., born Oct. 7, 1821 (living). Parents of Frank who married Mary Horton, and Harriet who married Capt. Otis A. Baker.
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One Revolutionary soldier lies here, - Nathaniel Round, who died in 1850, aged 90 years.
Four Davis brothers, sons of Joseph, are here interred: Joseph L. Davis, died Nov. 21, 1889, aged 63 years. His wife Mary Ann, died Dec. 19, 1882, aged 55 years.
Nathaniel L. Davis, 1820-1905.
John A. Davis, died June 22, 1896, aged 87 years. His wife Melinda A., died Aug. 14, 1887, aged 76 years.
Edmund E. Davis, 1817-1893. His wife Mary (Baker), daugh- ter of Joseph Baker, senior, born September, 1819 (living).
William L. Pierce (son of Jabez and Abagail), died Aug. 16, 1885, aged 48 years, chairman of School Board many years.
The Pierce lineage is: Capt. Michael,1 Ephraim,2 Ephraim,8 Deacon Mial,4 Joshua,5 Henry,6 Jabez,7 William L.8, Charles L.,9 John W.,9 Clifford L.,10 Stella10 (married Lester M. Briggs).
John Kelton (son of Rev. George Kelton), born July 14, 1818, died Aug. 6, 1860. His wife Hannah M. (Baker), born Sept. 24, 1819, died May 8, 1899. Two daughters survive: Mary, married John W. Pierce; Hannah J., married Frank H. Pierce (son of Joshua).
Levi Bullock, died Feb. 19, 1836, in his 47th year. His wife Roxanna died Aug. 29, 1878, in her 89th year. Also two daughters, Ann Maria and Ardelia.
William Hadfield, 1804-1872. His wife Ann T., 1806-1875.
The Wests of this neighborhood are buried either in this yard or a small yard across the way, adjoining that of Joshua Pierce. The following are buried in Cole Brook Cemetery :-
Samuel West, son of Benjamin, 1790-1866. His wife, Mary (Pierce), 1787-1858.
Horace, son of Samuel, 1824-1861. His wife Betsey, 1823- 1911.
Dexter West, cousin to Samuel, 1834-1913. His wife Julia E., 1839-1907.
In the small yard opposite lies Benjamin, Jr., brother of Samuel, 1807-1887. Also his wife Lucinda (Payson) West, 1804-1887. Also two sisters of Benjamin West, - Eliza and Lydia (wife of Cromwell Horton). Also Sarah Brayton, sister of Lucinda Pay- son West.
Just across the way from the Cole Brook Cemetery is the family burying ground of Joshua Pierce, who died Nov. 25, 1803, aged
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49 years. Revolutionary soldier, killed by falling from his horse. Manufactured knee-buckles on Cole Brook. Susanna (Round) his wife, died in 1850, aged 97 years.
Joshua Pierce (son of the former) died Nov. 19, 1875, aged 78 years. He made the first cast-iron plows in New England. Betsy Wheaton, his wife, died in 1890, aged 86 years.
Wilson D. Pierce (son of Joshua, Jr.), 1842-1904. Member of the Rhode Island Hospital Guard and Veteran of the Civil War.
Wheaton Pierce, brother of Wilson D., killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 6, 1864, aged 32 years.
The family descent is traced as follows: Capt. Michael Pierce,1 b. 1615; Ephraim,2 b. -; Ephraim, Jr.,3 b. 1674; Dea. Mial,4 b. April 24, 1693; Joshua,5 b. 1726; Joshua,6 b. 1754; Joshua,7 b. 1797; Wilson D.,8 b. 1842 (one of thirteen children).
THE STEVENS CORNER CEMETERY
This yard is in North Rehoboth, on the road leading to Reho- both Village (Annawan Street), and is in the care of the Stevens Corner Association, Mrs. Albert R. Lewis, Secretary. Only one lot is under perpetual care. There is great need of funds for putting and keeping in order this interesting old yard. Mr. Charles F. Wilmarth is caretaker.
More than seven hundred bodies are buried here, with very few expensive stones. Some of the more distinguished names are:
Lemuel Morse, Esq., died March 30, 1869, aged 74 years. Abagail Morse (wife), died Oct. 5, 1869, aged 73 years. Eliza Morse (daughter), died June 3, 1865, aged 29 years.
"Shed not for me the bitter tear Nor give the heart to vain regret:
"Tis but the casket that lies here:
The gem that filled it sparkles yet."
"Squire Morse" was prominent in civic and educational affairs and was greatly respected.
Amos Round, Revolutionary soldier, died 1815, aged 79 years.
John Round, Revolutionary soldier, died 1847, aged 89 years.
Nathan Hicks, Patriot of the Revolution, died 1845, aged 84 years.
Albert F. Smith, soldier in the Civil War, died 1863, aged 21 years.
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Charles Bowen, soldier in the Civil War, died 1904, aged 86 years.
Charles W. Bowen (son of Charles), soldier in the Civil War, died 1902, aged 57 years.
Cyrus A. Bowen (also son of Charles), soldier in the Civil War, died 1892, aged 44 years.
Other Civil War veterans buried in this yard are:
George L. Davis, died 1864, aged 21 years.
Ira H. Round, died Oct. 19, 1868, aged 23 years.
Jason W. Fuller, 1825-1896, Co. H, 3d Regt. Mass. Vols.
Albert S. Pratt, died 1906, aged 65 years.
Francis H. Simmons, died at Harpers Ferry, 1862, in his 22d year.
William D. Packard, 1838-1900, Co. G, 4th Mass.
Menzias R. Randall, M.D., died July 23, 1882, aged 88 years. A popular physician and politician. State Senator, 1859-60.
George H. Randall, M.D. (son of the former), died May 6, 1915, aged 63 years.
Rev. George W. Wallace, 1814-1880. Caroline (his wife), 1816- 1886.
Remember Smith (granite monument), 1822-1891. Prominent in town affairs and representative to the General Court, 1881.
Othniel Stevens (son of Grenville), died in 1903, aged 82 years. Jathniel Peck, died in 1812 in the 87th year of his age.
"Stand still, kind reader, spend a tear Upon the dust that slumbers here: And when you read the fate of me, Think on the glass that runs for thee."
He was the son of Ebenezer and Margaret (Whitaker) Peck of Palmer's River, who established the iron-forging privilege on Meadow Hill Brook.
Jotham Round died in 1877, aged 72 years:
"We miss thee when the morning dawns; We miss thee when the night returns, We miss thee here, we miss thee there, Father, we miss thee everywhere."
Cephas Keith, died Feb. 16, 1913, aged 85 years.
Jarvis B. Smith (son of Aaron), died Nov. 13, 1894, aged 93 years. Three of his children died in one week of typhoid fever.
Sybil Lane, died Aug. 26, 1910, aged 101 years.
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Hugh Bullock, died in 1771 in the 65th year of his age.
The earliest recorded burial is Dorcas Bullock, daughter of Capt. James Bullock, died in 1820 in the 90th year of her age.
In this ancient cemetery there are many unmarked graves, and some are marked by short, rude stones with no inscription.
A little farther down the road is a small family graveyard in which a tomb was built in 1848 by Eneas Round, who died soon after at the age of 75 years. His body remained in the tomb until his wife Mary died in 1886, aged 93, when she was buried by his side.
Close to this yard, but within the highway limits, is a very crude old stone resting on the ground like a grave-stone, with this rough inscription :
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meaning "8 miles to Taunton," probably the last way-mark of its kind in town.
THE BRIGGS CORNER CEMETERY
This yard in under the care of the Briggs Corner Cemetery As- sociation, Mrs. J. L. Merry, Secretary.
The cemetery has two parts, the old or free part and the new, which was opened about forty-five years ago. In the old part many of the stones are of blue slate and some of the graves are more than a hundred years old.
Among the oldest are the names of Samuel Macomber, who died in 1771, aged 53; Remember Kent, who died in 1773, aged 28; Jacob Kent, who died in 1780; and Samuel Blackinton, who died in 1803.
Both parts are fairly well kept, but without funds for perpetual care. A good wall separates the yard from the highway. Many of the burials have been of Attleborough residents, as a large part of Briggs Corner lies across the line and within the limits of that town.
Running parallel with the road is a row of six plain monuments, four of marble and two of granite, and all of a similar type. One of these is to the memory of Rev. Thomas Perry, who died Aug. 29, 1852, aged 70; and Seba Perry, who died April 17, 1881, aged 67. A second is inscribed with the name of Joseph Wetherell, 1800-1882. A third to Samuel Sanford, 1773-1884; and to his
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only son Samuel Sumner, who died in 1851, aged 15, to whom the following beautiful epitaph refers :-
"One only bud adorned our bower And shed its fragrance round; We watched its opening every hour, But ah! the Spoiler came in power And dashed it to the ground.
"Yet not forever in the dust This cherished bud shall lie; No! in the garden of the just, Beneath God's glorious eye, we trust 'Twill bloom again on high."
A fourth monument honors Col. Elkanah Briggs, Mass. Militia, and his son Nelson Briggs, 1822-1891. A fifth (of granite) is in memory of James Mugg, 1807-1884. The sixth (also of granite) is to Darius Briggs, 1826-1914.
Enclosed by an iron fence is a stone in honor of Elder David Steere, once preacher at the Irons Church, not far away, but now gone and its site obliterated. Died Dec. 1, 1854, in his 64th year.
Another stone bears the name of Elder Samuel Northrup, "min- ister of the Baptist Church in Rehoboth" (the Irons Church), died in 1812, aged 58.
On another stone we read:
"In memory of Deacon Ezekial Kent who died May 17, 1842, in his 98th year. He had been a pro- fessor of religion 74 years and sustained the office of Deacon 72 years. The number of his descendants at the time of his death was upwards of 160.
'With long life shall I satisfy him and show him my salvation.' Ps. 91: 16. In memory of Mrs. Ruth Kent, consort of Deacon Ezekial Kent. Died Dec. 8, 1818. In her 74th year. She left 9 children, 60 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren."
Other names are:
Dr. Seth Bellow, died in 1834, aged 43.
Dr. George Fuller, died in 1834, aged 46.
Seneca Sanford, Esq., died in 1852, aged 53.
Names of soldiers or patriots of the Revolution are: Jonathan Wilmarth, Joseph Barrows, David Perry, Ezra Perry, Ichobod Perry, Daniel Balkom, Isaac Perry.
These graves are marked with flags, and also the graves of soldiers in the civil war, whose names follow: James Perry,
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Mortimer Sherman, George B. Torrey, Asa Hicks, William Cas- well, Barton Freeman, Vernon Lane, Eli Barrett, Edward Crotty, Edward Atkinson, Samuel A. Cash, George Thrasher, Aaron B. Burt.
Other family names may be mentioned, as Smith, Newell, Ingalls, Miller, Snow, Cole, Reed, Carpenter, Knight, Campbell, Shaw, Paine, Slater, Worrall, Stoddard, Handy, Slade, Ring, McCann, Hewitt, Knapp, Howland, Horr, French, Richmond, Porter, Sumner, Thayer, Gould, Draper, Cranston, Richards, Dryers, Willis, Downey.
THE SMALLER YARDS THE WHEELER AND HORTON CEMETERY
The Wheeler and Horton Cemetery is located at "Horton's Signal" and is one of the best private burial-places in the town, containing about half an acre and enclosed by an excellent wall. The stones are mostly granite and the yard is under perpetual care.
Here is buried Shubael Wheeler, a soldier of the Revolution, born Sept. 29, 1758, in the old Wheeler House across the way, now gone. He died Feb. 20, 1812.
His father was Philip Wheeler, called Capt. Wheeler, born at Rehoboth, May 4, 1733. He was accepted by the D. A. R. as "Patriot."
His grandfather was Capt. Philip Wheeler, who died in Reho- both Sept. 19, 1765, in his 66th year. He is designated as "Colonel Wheeler."
Shubael's daughter, Lavina, married Simeon Horton, who with his wife is buried in the Wheeler and Horton yard. He was de- scended from Solomon Horton of Dighton (Thomas,1 Solomon,2 Solomon Jr.,3 Daniel,4 born Jan. 30, 1749-50, Simeon5). He was born Sept. 27, 1784, and died 1833. Some of his children are buried here; Daniel M., 1816-1893, with Adeline his wife, 1833- 1872, and their son-in-law, Albert T. Cobb; Edward Hiram, 1820- 1904, and his two wives Hannah and Maria (Nichols); George Leonard, 1824-1907, unmarried.
Edward Hiram kept a store nearby for many years. His daugh- ter Mary, wife of George D. Nichols, is buried here, and his nephew Hiram Kingman, and wife Isadore (Baker). 1
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THE ESEK PIERCE YARD
This ancient burying-ground is located on the Alfred C. Case farm, near the Hornbine Church. Here several generations of Pierces are interred. The first burial was that of Capt. Mial Pierce, son of Dea. Mial and brother of Joshua, who died March 15, 1792, in his 71st year. Patience (Martin), his wife, died Aug. 12, 1770, in her 62d year. Capt. Mial served as town constable in 1756.
Here lies Henry Pierce, son of Joshua and Mary (Horton), who died Feb. 12, 1829, in his 79th year.
Lydia Mason, his wife, died Aug. 21, 1839, in her 84th year.
Esek Pierce, son of Henry, died Aug. 4, 1870, in his 84th year. Czarina (Brown), his wife, died in 1841, in her 47th year.
Esek had a son, Esek Henry, whose place of burial is unknown.
A small monument bears the name Barnard Pierce, brother of Henry, who died May 5, 1842, aged 78. Mary (Rounds), his wife, died Nov. 16, 1849, aged 82 years; 1767-1849.
The apparent number of graves is forty-four.
One stone has the name of Abby Pierce, born Jan. 16, 1780; died Feb. 20, 1869, aged 88.
The line of descent is Capt. Michael,1 Ephraim,2 Ephraim, Jr.,3 Dea. Mial,4 Joshua,5 Henry,6 Esek,7 Esek Henry8.
THE PELEG PIERCE YARD
This cemetery, now neglected and grown up with bushes, is located on the old Nathan and Peleg Pierce farm, at the end of Pierce Lane, remote from the highway and within half a mile of the Horton school-house. Here are buried numerous descendants of Elder Nathan Pierce, who had sixteen children. One of these was Peleg, who always lived on the home place, 1756-1828, and who with his five wives is buried in this lot. Their names are: Hannah (Martin), Phoebe (Salsbury), Mehitabel (Pierce), Abi (Martin), and Martha (Cornell). The remains of Elder Nathan and his son Elder Preserved and others have been transferred to the Village Cemetery, while the old yard is marked for oblivion.
Beside the lane leading to the old Pierce homestead is the con- spicuous lot of Isaac Pierce, son of Elder Nathan, a soldier of the Revolution, 1763-1849; above his grave is a large mound from the top of which a stone rises plainly inscribed. He was the father
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of Lyman Pierce, a successful merchant, and grandfather of Hon. Addison P. Munroe, who has provided a fund for the perpetual care of the lot.
THE NICHOLS, COLE AND MOULTON YARD
This enclosure contains one-third of an acre, set off from the Nichols and Moulton farms, situated half a mile directly south of Mt. Terrydiddle on Moulton Street. The oldest person buried here is Otis Nichols who died Feb. 2, 1888, aged 92 years. Galen, brother of Otis, is honored by a small but fine granite monument. He married Huldah Martin of Swansea. He died March 2, 1877, aged 78. An ancestor, Capt. Israel Nichols4, is buried in an old orchard on the other side of the road, having died of small-pox in the year 1800. He was a Revolutionary soldier. His wife Rhoda lies beside him. The order of descent is:
Thomas,1 Richard,2 Richard,3 Israel,4 Israel,5
L Galen, 6 Stephen,7 Otis, 6 Samuel,6 Geo. D.7
. Albert Cole is buried in this yard.
Of the three Moulton brothers buried here, Elihu, Jr.,5 has the most prominent stone; 1807-1845. His wife was Mary Powell of Taunton, whom he married Aug. 17, 1832. His father Elihu,4 born Oct. 23, 1781, married Nancy Pitts of Cranston, R.I., March 17, 1803. He was the son of Stephen3 and Deborah Mason, who was the son of Stephen2 and Hannah Bliss, who was the son of Stephen1 and Rebecca.
Elihu, Jr., 6 had twin brothers, George Nelson6 and John Brooks, 6 who were born Feb. 11, 1821. John B. died Oct. 3, 1894, aged 73, and George N., March 6, 1895, aged 74. For years they lived by themselves unmarried, on the home place across the way, and were thought to be eccentric, a natural result of their isolation.
The order of descent is: George,5 John,5 and Elihu5 of Elihu,4 of Stephen,3 of Stephen,2 of Stephen.1 The first Stephen was a deacon in the Congregational Church at Palmer's River, and he and his son Stephen are buried in that old churchyard.
The Moulton part of the yard has no care, but is thickly covered with Periwinkle which in May is bright with beautiful blue blos- soms.
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THE J. STILLMAN PIERCE YARD
This family enclosure, containing an eighth of an acre on Kelton Street, was laid out about the year 1840, at first well up on Mt. Terrydiddle, but later removed to its base. Its wall was built by the Millerite preacher at Oak Swamp, Elder M. Gammons, who, while preaching the immediate coming of Christ, earned his bread "by the sweat of his face."
Here are buried Nathan Pierce, 1777-1861, and his wife Rhoda (Guiles), daughter of Dea. Ebenezer Guiles of Wrentham, 1783- 1858. Near by rest their three sons, Childs R., 1820-1845, married Cynthia (Pierce) 1822-1914, who survived him and re- married; Joseph Stillman, 1814-1897, and wife Sybel (Horton), 1810-1897; Reuben G., 1806-1855, and wife Nancy (Luther); daughter of Elder Childs Luther.
Another stone records the name of Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Pierce, 1778-1802. Jonathan was brother of Nathan and son of Nathaniel.
Two daughters of Nathan and Rhoda are buried here with their husbands: Eliza, born Oct. 9, 1801, married Warner Adams, March 14, 1830; he died in 1836 in his 29th year. Nancy, born Aug. 30, 1806, married Daniel B. Barney, Aug. 22, 1844; she died in 1854, and is made to say: -
"Weep not for me my husband dear, Nor sit and shed the silent tear; But raise your thoughts to joys on high Where saints immortal never die."
The only son of J. Stillman is Charles Everett, born May 26, 1851, who has the care of the yard and expects to be buried therein. The pedigree is: Charles E.,& J. Stillman,7 etc., Nathan, 6 Nathan- iel,5 Joseph,4 Azrikam,3 Ephraim,2 Capt. Michael.1
J. Stillman had a daughter, Asenath E., who married William Goff and has two children resting in this yard.
THE OAK SWAMP BURYING GROUND
This is a small and neat family yard near the church. The names of Pierce, Bryant, and Horton are here represented.
Elder James L. Pierce, 1822-1897, preached at both the Oak Swamp and the Hornbine Churches for some years. He also held pastorates in other places. His wife Sarah M. (Bryant), 1820- 1893, to whom he was married on the 16th of Aug., 1840.
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Here lies also Anstrus (Drown) Bryant, who died June 29, 1877, aged 94 years.
THE BOSWORTH CEMETERY
This is also a small family burying-ground located about six- hundred yards north of the Hornbine Church. It has a neglected appearance. The Bosworths and Joneses are buried here, and a soldier of the Civil War, Edward P. West, who died in the battle of the Wilderness in 1864.
THE JAMES HORTON FAMILY YARD
This is in South Rehoboth, on Pleasant Street, half a mile south of Horton's Signal. It is set with fine marble slabs and has the best possible care. It was set apart by James Horton on a spot of land near his house. The inscriptions are as follows :-
"James Horton, died Jan. 10, 1875, in the 83rd year of his age. "A light from our household is gone; A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant at our hearth Which never can be filled."
"Sophia (Wheaton) Horton, died Feb. 24, 1849, in the 53rd year of her age."
"Our mother, she was all that word So full of meaning can express; And tho' her earthly sun is set, Its light shall linger round us yet, Pure, radiant, blest."
"Samuel L. Peirce, Apr. 13, 1828-Aug. 31, 1911." "Ann Eliza (Horton) Peirce, March 26, 1832-Oct. 5, 1911. "Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away."
Two graves without stones hold the precious remains of Horace Le Baron Horton, Feb. 22, 1820-June 23, 1870, and Emeline Baker Horton, Feb. 15, 1819-Jan. 25, 1889.
THE SAMUEL T. WHEELER CEMETERY
The Samuel T. Wheeler Cemetery is situated on a beautiful knoll of oaks on the opposite side of the road from the James Horton lot, and is under perpetual care.
Samuel T. Wheeler died in 1864 in his 81st year.
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John W. Horton (son-in-law), 1806-1889. Mary A. Wheeler Horton (daughter), 1813-1900. Their son Edward Horton is buried here. A daughter, Rachel C., died Dec. 4, 1836, in her 22d year.
"Farewell, brothers and parents dear, I've left this world of pain, And when you see this hillock here Remember we shall meet again."
Other members of these families rest here under the trees on land which belonged to the Wheeler farm. It is expected that Edward Horton's widow will be the last person to be buried on this lot.
THE JONATHAN WHEELER CEMETERY
The Jonathan Wheeler Cemetery is situated a mile or more north of the Orleans Factory on Wheeler Street, and is in good condition.
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