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REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR. Read at a Meeting of the Society, November 2, 1895, by Daniel C. Fletcher.
I have been requested by the president of the society to pre- pare and read a paper about the war. I shall confine my atten- tion mostly to history ; I will go back to California, in the years 1858 and 1859. At that time and before, the political excitement in California ran very high, especially on the question of slavery. It was talked about everywhere in the state, on the street, in the stores and in the miner's cabin. The ministers discussed the subject publicly, and those from the south upheld slavery. One of our company was formerly a cotton speculator in New Orleans. He had traveled about the country, north and south, and was well informed on his side of the subject. He said the best hotel he was ever in was in Boston. He was for slavery, and for seces- sion, if necessary, to maintain it. He said that he wanted Lincoln elected, because in that event the South would unite to secede, but that they could not secede if Douglas was elected, because there were a great many Douglas men in the south. He said there would be war if Lincoln was elected. The more we talked about slavery, the farther apart we were. At last he said he would meet me on the battlefield some day. I told him I thought the conservative men of the nation, with such leaders as John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Edward Everett, Stevens, of Georgia, Sam Houston, of Texas, John Miner Botts, of Virginia, and others, would prevent war. None of these men were in the
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war or assisted the rebels, except Stevens of Georgia. All of them made speeches in the states where they lived and in their state conventions, to stop their states from seceding. I thought it would be better to have Douglas or Bell and Everett at the head of the nation than Lincoln, if this would prevent war, for war was the worst thing we could have except disunion. There- fore I voted for Douglas for president. He was as much a union man as Lincoln. No nation ever went to war about slavery, and why should we? The slaves would have been emancipated in some other way, if we had not had war. The first thing to do was to prevent war if possible. It is not the loss of money so much, although that was a great loss, as it was the loss of the noble men who were killed and disabled in the war. If we were to have war, it was better for all concerned to have it as short as possible. The first thing to do was to find some one to command the armies; the best one for the business. There was but one man thought of by the great men of the nation, as far as I know, and he was General George B. McClellan. His record before the war was a brilliant one. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania he went to West Point, graduating as second lieutenant of engineers in 1846, the highest grade possible there. The same year he went to the Mexican war, and served with distinction during the war. He was promoted to first lieutenant for gallantry at Churubusco, and captain at Chapultepec. He served as assistant instructor of practical engineering at West Point until 1851. He worked for the govern- ment building forts, and made exploring expeditions for a route for the Pacific Railroad. In the spring of 1855 he was sent by the government, with two others, to Europe to study the art of war in all its branches. The Crimean war was in operation about this time. This was an important field of study for the commission. McClellan's report, after the commission returned, was highly praised by the military men of the nation. The
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other two I never heard from. In 1857, Mcclellan resigned his commission in the First Cavalry, and was vice-president of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Later he became president of the Eastern Division of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, at a salary of $10,000 per year. McClellan married the daughter of Captain R. B. Marcy, a soldier. The spirit of obedience to the call of duty ruled them both alike. Directly after Fort Sumter was fired on, the whole country prepared for war. Troops were organized and equipped for fight. The advice of military men was sought after everywhere, Mcclellan's, among the rest. At that time he was living in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had lately been married, and established a home of his own for the first time, and his prospects were bright for a happy life. While he was giving advice and assistance to those who sought it, he received a letter from his friends in New York, stating that the governor would like to engage his services, and another letter from Governor Curtin, the great war governor of Pennsylvania, stating that he would like to have him take charge of the Pennsylvania reserves. He promptly arranged his business affairs to be gone a short time, and started for Pennsyl- vania to see what was best to be done. At the request of some gentleman of Cincinnati, he stopped at Columbus to give Gov- ernor Dennison some information about the condition of affairs in Cincinnati, intending to remain only a few hours, and then proceed to Harrisburg. Governor Dennison asked him if he would take charge of the Ohio troops. The Legislature being in session, the governor caused a bill to be passed in a few hours giving the governor power to appoint a major-general commanding the Ohio troops. The position was given to
McClellan and he accepted it, and abandoned his intended trip to the east. From that time on he worked unceasingly for the Union, till he was relieved from command. He was com- missioned major-general of volunteers in Ohio, April 23, 1861.
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On the 14th of May, he was made major-general in the United States Army, and placed in the command of the department of Ohio, consisting of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, After a successful campaign in West Virginia he intended to destroy the railroad at Wytheville, which connected Richmond with the west, when he was called to Washington and put in command of all the armies of the United States. Many impor- tant victories occurred while he was commander-in-chief. He was afterwards relieved of the command of all the armies and placed in command of the Army of the Potomac. After the Peninsula campaign his army was ordered back to Washington, and came under General Pope. After Pope's defeat McClellan was again put in command of the Army of the Potomac, and was successful in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, the hardest fought battles of the war, when he was again relieved.
Are we not indebted to McClellan today for a united country ? No other general ever defeated General Lee, when he had with him all of his best generals-"Stonewall" Jackson, Longstreet, Ewell, Stewart, the two Hills and Hood. The defeat of the rebels at Antietam made it possible for a victory at Gettys- burg. Meade was promoted at Antietam, and afterwards put in command of the Army of the Potomac, and retained it to the end of the war.
General McClellan saw what ought to be done to bring the war to a speedy end, from the very beginning, and if he had not been relieved of the command of the army, the war would have ended in 1862 or soon after, and we should have lost but a few men in proportion to the rebel loss, and probably the rebels would have had to pay the whole cost of the war. In General McClellan's West Virginia campaign he defeated the rebel army, consisting of eight thousand troops, captured all their artillery and baggage trains, killing their commander. The enemy lost in killed, wounded and prisoners, one thousand, while McClellan
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less than one hundred. When he fought battles he lost but a few men in proportion to what the enemy lost.
I have given you a history of my old commander in order to do justice, in my humble way, to a deserving comrade. I think we should try and get the truth about the chief actors of the war without prejudice. The books I have on my shelf, next to my Bible, are General McClellan's Own Story, General Mcclellan's Reports and Campaigns, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, by Swinton, Reports of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1879-83, The Poets' Tribute to Garfield, The Peninsular Campaign, by General Webb, The Virginia Campaign of 1864-5, by General A. A. Humphries, chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, at one time in command of the three corps, and others. By reading the lives of our great generals, written by themselves, one gets a more connected account of the war than in any other way.
DANIEL C. FLETCHER.
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EPITAPHS
From the Old Burying Ground at Littleton Common, copied and arranged by George A. Sanderson and Herbert J. Harwood.
The Epitaphs have been divided into two groups ; the first con- sisting of those which may be found on the Easterly side of a straight line drawn through the burying ground from the centre of the gateway on King street, Northerly along the centre of the path and across the Rogers tablet to the Northerly boundary line ; the second consisting of those which may be found on the Westerly side of the same line. The vertical dash indicates the end of a line on the tomb stone.
EPITAPHS IN THE EASTERLY SECTION OF THE BURYING GROUND.
In memory of | Amos Baker, son of | Daniel Fletcher Baker & Elizath | his wife. He was born at Con- | cord Nov. 20th 1798 and died | at Boston April 12th 1886. He | was for 40 y'rs. a dea- con of | the West Church in Boston | and for 42 y'rs. a successful | and beloved instructor of the | young.
" The task was thine to mould and fashion Life's plastic newness into grace; To make the boyish heart heroic, And light with thought the maiden's face.
My beloved Mother | Elizabeth, | wife of Daniel F. Baker, | died in Littleton, Mass. | Apr. 28, 1810. | Æt 33 yrs. 4 ms. 23 ds. | Erected by Amos Baker.
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Memento mori | Here lyes the Body of | Capt Joseph Baker | who departed this Life | Sept ye 3ª A D 1761 | in the 66th year | of his Age.
In memory of | Matilda Baker, daughter | of Ebenezer Eaton and | Mary his wife. and Relict | of Amos Baker. | Born in Bos- ton Nov 29th | 1806. Died in Boston Mar. | 26th 1893. | This to a Mother's sacred | Memory.
Here lies the Body of | MT.s Rebekah Baker | the wife of M: William | Baker, who departed | this Life August 12? | 1767. In the 44! | Year of her Age.
In Memory of | Mr. William Baker, | who departed this Life | March. 13th 1793. | In the 73ª year | of his age.
In memory of | Mrs. Abigail, | wife of | Mr. Calvin Blanchard | who died | June 12, 1836, | Æt 79.
Sacred | To the memory of | Mr. Calvin Blanchard | who died | Jan™ 2ª 1800. | Aged 46.
The sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish when they sleep in dust.
Here lies buried | ye Body of | John Blanchard | Son of M" Thomas | & Mrs Sarah | Blanchard who | Decd Octobr roth | A. D. 1745 Age | 26 years | 10M & 7D.
Erected | to the memory of | Samuel Bowers, | who died Sept. 18, 1798, | Æt. 35. | And to Lucy, his wife; | Buried at Charlestown, | Dec. 27, 1851 | Æt. 90.
Caroline A. | Daughter of | James H. & | Nancy M. Burnham. | died | Sept. 2, 1857, | Æt. 9 mos. 15 days.
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Here Lies | Buried The | Body of Mrs. Elisabeth | Buttrick Wife | Of M' Joseph | Buttrick Who | Dec'd December | ye 8th 1734 & | ye 36 Year.
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Mr. | Joseph Buttrick | Who Departed | This Life | November ye 13th | AD 1751 | Age 62 years | 8 M & 3 D8
Memento mori | Here lies the | Body of M: Nathan | Chase, who departed | this Life April 29th | 1781. Aged 80 years | 7 months & 22 days.
Memento Mori | Here lies the Body of | Elizabeth Cogswell { wife of M™ Jerimiah | Cogswell, who | Departed this Life | December 12th | 1766 In the 30th year | of her age.
Here lies the | Body of Jeremiah | Cogswell son | of Mr Jeremiah | Cogswell & Mrs | Elizebath his | wife, who died | Jan" 5th 1777. | In the 14th year | of his age.
Memento Mori | Here lies the | Body of Mary | Cogswell daugh | -ter of Mr Jere- | miah Cogswell | & Mrs. Elizebath | his wife who | died Dec" 15th | 1776. In the 15th | year of her age.
Here lies buried | ye Body of | Elias Dauis | son of Lieut | Simon & Mrs | Jane Dauis who | Decd Sptmbr 16th | A.D. 1746 | Age 4 years | 2 M & 8D
Here lies Buried | ye body of M! | Samuel Davis | who Decª | January ye 14th | A.D. 1739 | Age 67 years.
Dea. Benjamin Dix | died July 17, 1863, Æ. 96 yrs. 8 ms. | Sarah, | his wife, Feb. 28, 1845, Æ. 75. | Thomas R. | their son, Jan. 11, 1804 ÆE. 6 yrs.
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Memento mori | Here lies ye Body of D' Enoch | Dole of Lancaster, Æ. 33 years 5 | months & 3 days, he unfortunately | fell with 3 others ye 9th of March | 1776, by a Cannon Ball from our | cruel & unnatural Foes ye British | Troops while on his Duty on Dorch- | ester Point.
No Warning giv'n ! Unceremonious fate ! A sudden rush from Lifes meridan joys !
A wrench from all we are ! from all we love ! What a change
From yesterday ! * Thy darling hope so near (Long labourd prize !) Oh how ambition flushª Thy glowing cheek ! ambition truly great
Of virtuous praise
And Oh 1 ye last, last : what (can word express Thought reach ?) ye last, last silence of a friend.
*Meaning his Entrance into Boston which so soon took Place & on which his Heart was much set.
Here | lies the Body | of Eunice Dole | Daughter of M' | Joseph and Mrs | Rebecca Dole, | who died March | 8th 1766 Aged 10 | months & 20 days.
Here lies Buried | ye Body of | Abigail Dudley | ye Daughter of | M' Samuel & Mr8 | Abigail Dudley | Who decd June | ye 16th 1740 | Age 6 years 9 M & 3 D
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Cornet | Samuel Dudley | Who Departed this | Life May ye 13th | Anno Domini 1751 | Age 45 years | 9 m & 15 Ds
In memory of | Mª8 Abagail Dutton, | wife of | M. James Dutton, | who departed this Life | Sept 8th 1790: In the | 60th year of her age.
In Memory | Mr. James Dutton | who died | August 14 1807 | Aged 86
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In | Memory of | Mrs Rebecca Dutton | wife of | MẸ James Dutton, | who departed this Life | Feb! 3ª 1785 : In | the 59th year of her age.
The sweet Remembrence of ye just, Shall flourish when they sleep in dust.
In Memory of | Mrs Sarah Dutton, | wife of | Mr James Dutton, | who died | June 22, 1802. | Æ. 79.
Betsey T. wife of | Jacob G. Elliot | born 1820 | died 1893
Daniel M. M. Elliot. | Born 1842 | Died 1882
Jacob G. Elliot | Born 1812 | Died 1852 | ELLIOT
John E. son of Jacob G. & Betsey T. | Elliot | born 1844 | died 1845
Died Nov 30. 1817 | Augustus W. Fletcher. | Only child of | Artemas S. Fletcher and | Sally his wife, | Æt. 13. mª &. 16. ds Lord when together, here we meet, And taste thy heavenly grace ; Thy smiles are so devinely sweet, We are loth to leave the place.
Here Lies Buried | ye Body of | Margaret Fletcher | Daugh- t" of Mr Sam11 | & Mrs Mary Fletcher | Who Decd March 6th | A. D. 1752 | Age 7 years | 3 M & 27 DS
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Phebe | Fletcher Daft" of Mr | Samuel & Mrs Mary | Fletcher Died May | ye 12 1759 Aged | 16 yrs 2 M8 | & I Day.
Here lies Buried | ye Body of Rebekah | Fletcher Daught" | of Mr Sam" & Mrs | Mary Fletcher | Who Decd De- cem | ye 11. 1751 | Age I year | [broken] m & 8 D8
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Here Lies Buried | ye Body of Sampson | Fletcher Son of Mr | Samuel and Mrs | Mary Fletcher | who decd March | ye 20th 1752 | Age 3 years | 6 M & 26 D8
Here Lies Buried | The Body of | Samuel Fletcher ye | Son of M' Samuel | & Mrs Mary Fletcher | who Decd October | 30th A. D 1749 | Age 19 years | I M & 22
In | memory of | Mrs. Sally Fletcher | wife of Mr. Artemas S. Fletcher | who died June 2, 1820, | Aet. 25.
Hark ! from the tombs, a doleful sound : Mine ears, attend the cry Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie.
Thus sleep the saints & cease to groan When Sin and death have done their worst, Christ has a glory of his own, That waits to clothe their sleeping dust.
In Memory of | Mrs. Phebe Foster, | Consort of the | Rev.ª Edmund Foster : | Ob! July 14, 1812 : | aged 50.
Also of three Infants | Charles, Sally & Maryann. " Be followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Here lies ye body of | Isaac Gilbert son of | Mr. Jude Gil- bert & | Mrs. Abigail his wife | who Died November | ye 12 AD 1778 | Aged 3 years 8 | months & 14 Days
Memento mori | Here lies the Body of | Mrs Hannah | Gold- smith the wife | of M' Richard | Goldsmith, who | departed this Life | July the Ist 1760, In | the 56 year of her Age
Memento mori | Here lies the Body | of Richard Goldsmith | who departed this | Life January 26th 1756 | In the 51st Year of | his Age.
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Here | lies the Body | of Sarah Goldsmith | Daughter of Mr | Richard and Mrs | Sarah Goldsmith, | who died Decem" | 29th A.D. 1766 Aged | 2 Years & I I Days.
Here Lies Buried | ye Body of Thomas | Goldsmith Son of MT | Richard & Mrs | Hannah Goldsmith | Who Decª April 7 | A. D. 1749 | Age 12 years | 4 M & 10 Ds
In | memory of | Jonathan Dix Goodwin, | son of the late Mr. Jona | & Mrs. Sarah Goodwin of Boston, | who died | Sept. 8th 1813 | Æt 7 yr8.
Farewell sweet child a short farewell.
Memento mori | Here lies Buri'd ye | Body of Miss Mary | Harding (Daughter | of M !. Jesse & M's | Mary Harding of | Charlestown), she | Died April ye 21º 1781. | In ye 9th year of her | age.
Memento mori | Here lies the | Body of Nancy | Harris Daughter | of M: Robert Harris | and Mehitabel his | wife who died | Nov. roth 1768 Aged | 2 years, 3 month, 21 days
Amy Frances, | died Mar. 9, 1851, | Æt. I yr. 8 ms. | Martha Maria, | died Apr. 22, 1851, | Æt. 2 ms. 20 ds. | Children of | George H. & Mary F. | Hartwell. |
" The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord."
Anna M. Hartwell | died | Oct. 22, 1864. | Æt. 4 yrs, I mo. He taketh the lambs.
Sacred | To the memory of | Mrs. Elizabeth Hartwell, | Con- sort of | Doct !. Thomas Hartwell, | who died Feb !. 3ª 1799.
" Forbear my friends to weep, Since death has lost it's sting.
Those christians that in Jesus sleep, Our God will with him bring.
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Parted below. United above. George H. Hartwell | Died | May 19, 1851, | At. 28. " Thy will O Lord be done."
Memento mori | Here lies the | Body of Mrs Hannah Hartwell, wife of Mr | Jonathan Hartwell | who departed this | Life Jan' Ist 1763 | In the 73ª year | of her age.
Memento mori | Here lies ye Body | of Mr Jonathan | Hart- well who de | parted this Life | Dec" 19th 1770 In | the 84th year of | his Age
In memory | of | Josiah Hartwell | Son of | M: John Hart- well & | Mrs Mary his wife | who was drownded | May ye 20! AD. 1791, | Aged 14 years 5 | months & 22 days.
How lov'd, how vallu'd once, avails ye not: To whom related, or by whom begot, A heap of dust alone remains of thee Tis all Thou art ! & all that I shall be.
Lawrence | Hartwell | Died June 4, 1863, | Æt. 17 mo's. " Not lost, but gone before."
In memory of | Widow | Lucy Hartwell | formerly wife of | Dea. Daniel Kimball, | who died | Feb. 8, 1839, | Æt. 86.
In memory of | Martha Hartwell | Daug! of Mr. Nathan Hartwell | and Mrs. Sally his wife. | who died Nov! 12. 1814 | Æt. I year &. 5 months
So fades the lovely blooming flower Frail smiling solace of an hour. So soon our transient comforts fly And pleasure only blooms to die.
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Nathan Hartwell, | died Apr. II. 1853, | Aged 66. They rest from their labors.
In memory of | Nathan H. Hartwell | Son of Mr. Nathan Hartwell | and Mrs. Sally his wife, | who died Augt. 20. 1818 | aged 2 years &. 4 months.
That once lov'd form now cold & dead Each mournful thought employs, And nature weeps her comforts fled And wither'd all her joys.
Nathan Haywood | Hartwell, | Died | Feb. 19, 1863, | Æt. 42 years, 5 mo's.
" Died in the hope of a blessed immor- tality."
Mrs. Sally, | wife of | Mr. Nathan Hartwell, | died | Oct. 23, 1841, | Æt. 52.
Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.
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Erected | to | the memory of | Doctor | Thomas Hartwell | who died | Decr. 10. 1809. | Æt. 48.
Death is a debt to nature due, Which I've paid & so must you.
In | memory of | Mr. Thomas Haywood | Hartwell, | Son of Doct. Thomas Hartwell | and Mrs. Elizabeth his wife, | who died May 6. 1818 | Æt. 22.
As you are now so once was I, Rejoicing in my bloom ; As I am now you soon must be, Dissolving in your tomb.
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In Memory of 3 children of Mr. | John Heartwell Jun! & Mrs. Elizabeth | his wife. | Elijah | Heartwell died | Nov. 24. 1800, | aged 6 years, | one month & | 10 days. | Lydia | Heart- well died | Nov. 25. 1800, | aged 3 years, | 9 months & | 28 days. | Joseph | Heartwell died | Dec. 7. 1800, | aged one year, | 9 months & | 23 days.
How sweet & pleasant was the sound That hasten'd from their mortal tongues ; Now they are gone where joys abound, A song of nobler praise is sung, Where peace & love & concord reigns They sing in high angelic strains.
In memory of | Ahimaaz Jewett | son of M .. Joseph | Jewett & M's Rebekah | his wife who died | Dec". ye 3ª 1773. | Aged 17 days.
Erected | in memory of | Mr. Ezra Jewett | who died | March 16th 1793; | in ye 83ª year | of his age.
Memento mori | Erected | In memory of | MI Jonathan Jewett, | who departed this life | June ye 20th 1789; | In the 26th year | of his age.
Retire my friends dry up your tears, Here I must lie till Christ appears.
Memento mori | Here lies Buried | the Body of M™s | Mary Jewett | wife of MẸ Ezra | Jewett who | departed this | Life Nov! 28th 1775 | In the 59 year | of her A age
Harry O. | son of N. K & | M. P. Johnson, | Died | May 6, 1871, | Aged 3 ms. 6 ds.
Sweet babe forever blest.
Jonney O. | son of N. K & | M. P. Johnson, | Died | Apr. 24, 1869, | Aged 1 yr. 8 ms.
He taketh the lambs.
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Martha P. | wife of | Nathan K. Johnson | Aug. 24, 1893, | 1 Æt. 63 yrs. 9 mos. 18 dys. | Mother | Memory keeps her ever with us.
Nath! K. Johnson, Grandchild of Capt. | F. Kidder, Dec. II, 1818, Æ. 2 yrs. 10 ms.
Nathan K. Johnson. | Feb. 5, 1896, | Æ. 69 yrs. 4 mos. | Father | Gone but not forgotten.
Capt. Francis Kidder | died Feb. 10, 1822, Æ. 70. | Abigail, | his wife, May 23, 1812, Æ. 55. | Thomas R. | their son, Nov. 9, 1806, Æ. 24.
In Memory of | Augustus Kimball, son of | Deal. Daniel Kimball & | Mrs. Lucy his wife, | who died | Augt. 14th 1799. | Aged I year 6 months | and 25 days.
Not prudence can defend, Nor virtue save from death.
Benjamin Kimball J. | Died | Jan. 7, 1848, | Æt. 25. " Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Erected | in memory of | Deac. Daniel Kimball | who died | May 22, 1813, | Æt. 62 years.
Cease weeping friends your flowing tears refran None can escape deaths vast domain Hush every murmur, check each rising (sigh Remember all are mortal born to die
James Kimball | Benjª Kimball | John Kimball & | Abraham Mead's | Tomb Built 1822.
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In | Memory of | Lucy Kimball, | Dau' of Lieut. | Daniel & Mrs | Lucy Kimball; | who Died Dec. | 15th 1787: | Aged II months | & 14 days.
Memento mori | Here lies the | Remains of M: | Richard King, | who departed this | Life Febe! 27ª! | 1771. Aged 69 | Years 6 months | and 20 days.
Here lies ye body of | Abraham Lawrance | Son to Mr Thomas | & Mrs Ruth | Lawrance died | August ye 25 1778 | Aged 3 years | 8 months
Here lies ye body of | Edmon Lawrance son | to M' Thomas & Mrs | Ruth Lawrance | died August ye | 27 AD 1778 | aged 6 years | & 14 Days
Here Lies Buried | The Body of Jsaac | Lawrance Son of Mr | Jonathan & Mrs | Tryphena Lawrance | Who Died Feb ye | 3 1756 Jn ye 25 | year of His Age
Here lies | the Body of | Jabez Lawrance ye | Son of M. Samuel | Lawrance and MẸ | Mary his wife, who | died March 22ª | 1767 Aged 7 years, 4 | months and 18 Days.
Here lies ye | Body Of Mary | Lawrence ye | Daughter Of Mr | Peleg & Mrs Ruth | Lawrence Who | Decd Nouember | ye Ist 1736 & | Was 5 years 7 M & 6 D
In memory of Betty | Lawrance daft™ to Mr | Joseph & Mrs Marcy | Lawrance died august | ye 24 1778 aged 2 | years II months & 25 | Days
Why do we morn depar ting friends or shake at Deaths alarms tis but the voice that Jesus sends to Call them to his arms
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In memory of Metrildy | Lawrance Daft™ to M' | Joseph & Mrs Marcy | Lawrance born January | ye 15 1777 & died | ye 30 Day,
See the kind angels at the gates Inviting us to come there Jesus the forerunner Waites to welcome travllers home.
Memento mori | Here lies the | Remains of ME | Jonathan Longley | who departed | this Life August | 13th 1768 Aged 41 ' | Years & 8 months!
In | Memory of | Mrs Anna Longley | wife of Ensign | Jonathan Longley | who died | Nov 2 1807. | Æt. 79.
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