USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Woburn > Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages from 1640 to 1873 Part II - Deaths > Part 30
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33
117*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND).
(217.) " Amanda Frances, dan. of Thomas & Rhoda Pool, died Oct. 21, 1834, Æt. 5 ys.
" After a scene of sharp distress Her weary body has repose'd to rest."
Amanda Frances Poole, daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Rhoda Poole, born Oct. 17, 1829. Thomas Poole, Jr., and Rhoda T. Nichols, both of Woburn, married April 15, 1828.
(218.) "In Memory of Mrs. Abigail, wife of Mr. John Symmes, who died Nov. 8, 1834, _Et. 38.
" My dearest friends, weep not for me, but rejoice, I am relieved from pain. My love to you on earth was strong, But death to me is gain."
Abigail (Green) Symmes, first wife of John Symmes, of South Woburn, now Winchester, married July 25, 1816; she was of Boston, and born Feb. 10, 1796. Her husband, born May 19, 1786, was son of Samuel Symmes, and grandson of Zechariah (epitaph, First Yard) and Judith (Eames) Symmes (epitaph 10, Second Yard). Her son, John Symmes, of Winches- ter (1873), is superintendent of the large pianoforte manufactory of Hal- lett, Cumston & Co., Boston. ( Vide Vinton's Symmes Memorial, pp. 80, 111, etc.)
(219.) " Dea. John Fowle, died Dec. 9. 1834, Et. 79. " Mrs Lois, wife Dea. John Fowle, died Feb. 2. 1840, Et. 81."
Deacon John Fowle, son of Josiah and Margery, born Nov. 10, 1755.
Lois Fowle, wife of Deacon John Fowle. John Fowle. 3d, and Lois Richardson, both of Woburn, married Oct. 18, 1780; daughter of Jesse and Jemima Richardson ; born June 10, 1759.
(220.) "Mr. Jeremy Weston died Feb. 1. 1835, Et. 57. " Afflictions sore long time he bore, Physicians were in vain ; Till God was pleased his breath to take And ease him of his pain."
Jeremy Weston, son of Ephraim and Ruth (Richardson) Weston, born 1778. (See Richardson Memorial, p. 94; see epitaph 295.)
(221.) "In Memory of Mr. Jonas Caldwell, who died Mar. 7. 1835 Æt. 27.
" This once loved form, now cold and dead, Each mournful thought employs. His friend now mourns, her hopes are fled, And withered all her joys.
118*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
Receive, O earth, his faded form ; In thy cold bosom let it lie ; Safe let it rest from every storm, Soon must it rise no more to die ; Then may we meet to part no more."
Mr. Jonas Caldwell, son of John Caldwell, died at Burlington.
(222.) "In Memory of Mr. John Flagg, who died March 17. 1835, Æt. 55."
John Flagg, son of John and Abigail (Thompson) Flagg, born Oct. 7, 1779. (See epitaph 346.)
(223.) "In Memory of Mr. Joshua Davis, 2d, who died April 27, 1835, Æt. 47.
" Afflictions sore long time I bore, Physicians were in vain, Till God was pleased my breath to take And ease me of my pain."
Joshua Davis is said to have been "a Billerica man." He married a Widow Sullivan, of Boston. He kept the Mishawum House at one time.
(224.) "In memory of Mr. John Eaton, who died June 27, 1835, Æt. 55."
John Eaton, son of Jonathan and Lucy Eaton, born Jan. 25, 1780.
(225.) " In Memory of Mr. George Richardson who died Oct. 29. 1835, Æt. 47.
" Mr Richardson was a Kind Husband, a tender Father, And a beloved member of the Church of Christ.
" Why should we mourn as in the Lord he sleeps, Or wish him back in sorrow's mournful night, Immortal hope can smile while memory weeps, And trace his dwelling through a path of life.
" Then hush our grief, for o'er death's fearful gloom, The lamp of truth its holy radiance throws ; And hopes that glow in life's unfading bloom, Endear the stillness of his sweet repose."
George Richardson, son of Jacob and Ruth, born March 3, 1789.
(226.) " In Memory of Mrs Hannah. wife of Dea. Ebenezer Lawrence who died suddenly Nov. 25. 1835 _Et. 75.
119*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
" An affectionate mother, an industrious wife, She worked with her hands all the days of her life, She laid by her work, and went to repose, Slept all night in bed and never arose.
From her sudden fate, let the living now learn What should be their first, their greatest concern,
Prepare, mortal, O prepare now to die ! For here, shortly, very shortly, you too must lie."
Hannah (Estabrooks) Lawrence, wife of Deacon Ebenezer Lawrence (epitaph 304), married April 6, 1785; daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Estabrooks, of Lexington, and born Jan. 20, 1760. ( Vide Bond's Water- town Genealogies, 205, 757, 829.)
(227.) "Mrs. Anna, wife of Mr. Samuel Richardson, died Dec. 3, 1835, Æt. 81."
Anna, second wife of Samuel Richardson (epitaph 273); she was born Anna Eustis, of Boston. (See Richardson Memorial, pp. 262, 263.) Marriage intention dated Nov. 28, 1782.
(228.) [One stone.] "In Memory of Mrs. Millycent, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Davis, who died Dec. 7, 1835, Et. 75.
" In memory of Mr. Nathaniel Davis, who died Dec. 10, 1835, Æt. 76. " Let this vain world engage no more ; Behold the gaping tomb ! It bids us seize the present hour ; Tomorrow, death may come."
Mellicent Davis, wife of Nathaniel Davis, was daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah ( Estabrook) Hubbard, of Concord. Nathaniel Davis was born in Concord, and kept store in Woburn. (See epitaph 349.)*
(229.) "In Memory of Mr. Elijah Leathe, who died Dec. 13, 1835, Æt. 80."
" He trusted in Jehovah's word, To save the human race, His spirit left its cumbrous load, To rest in God's embrace."
Elijah Leathe, son of Elijah and Mary, born Aug. 12, 1755.
* A member of the family writes, that Nathaniel Davis was born in Dorchester, Oct. 28, 1759, and was son of John Davis, who married Eleanor White, on Nov. 17, 1757. Her maiden name is said to be Jones. She was the second wife of John Davis; he was born Oct. 29, 1720, and died in March, 1803. Mrs. Mellicent Davis, the wife of Nathaniel, was the eldest daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Estabrook) Hubbard, of Concord. She was born in 1760, prob- ably in Concord, and was married there. The children of Nathaniel and Mellicent (Hubbard ) Davis, were: (1) Sally, who married Benjamin Brooks Richardson, of Woburn, both now deceased; (2) Elijah ( see epitaph 55) ; (3) Nathaniel, born Oct. 19, 1792, in Weston, Mass., and died in March, 1866, in Brunswick, Me .; (4) John, born 1793; (5) Betsey, born April 7, 1797, married Edward Upton, of Reading, and died 1889; (6) Ebenezer Hubbard (twin). born June 28, 1800; (7) Hannah Estabrook (twin), born June 28, 1800, married Gilbert Richard- son, of Winchester ; (8) Samuel Hubbard (see epitaph 349) ; (9) Eleanor, married [Josiah] Pierce.
120*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(230.) " In Memory of Joseph Lawrence, Esq'r., who died Feb. 8. 1836, Æt. 81."
" O death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best ; Welcome the hour my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest ; The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But Oh ! a blest relief to those, That weary-laden mourn."
Joseph Lawrence, Esq., born Nov. 12, 1754, in Woburn ; son of Jonathan (epitaph 3) and Rachel (Wright) Lawrence (epitaph 123) (vide Bond's Watertown Genealogies, 829) ; did service in Revolutionary War previous to 1777 (Sewall's Woburn, 571) ; styled lieutenant in 1800 (Sewall's Woburn, 431) ; also in 1799 (ibid., 446) ; treasurer of Woburn in 1800, 1801 (ibid., 583). May 26, 1793, he was admitted to membership in Woburn First Church. (Church Manual, p. 13). A silver cup was " The gift of Joseph Lawrence, Esqr., to the First Church of Christ in Woburn, 1822." (Ibid., p. 47.)
(231.) " Dea. Benjamin Wyman, died Feb. 25, 1836, Et. 68.
" Sleep on in peace ! ye relics, sacred, lie ! The resurrection morn when God shall you Restore. And as in humble, holy hope Ye now repose, then he in beauty you Shall clothe; and fadeless as is his own Bright crown, forever make you like a star To shine in heaven's unclouded skies above."
Benjamin Wyman, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth, born Aug. 8, 1767. He was deacon of the First Church, an esquire, a major, etc., and was a man of great influence in Woburn affairs. ( See notice, under Military History of Woburn.)
(232.) " In Memory of Mr. Benjamin J. Fowle, who died March 20, 1836, JEt. 20 yrs."
Benjamin J. Fowle, son of Benjamin (epitaph 292) and Mary (Fowle) Fowle. (See Johnson's Woburn Births, p. 98, note.) Benjamin J. Fowle had brothers; William, born March 29, 1818, and Luther A., born Jan. 13, 1821.
(233.) " Mary D. Wife of Dea. Samuel Tidd, Died March 21 1836, Æt. 47.
" When the last trump shall wake the slumbering dead, Commanding dust, re-inanimate, to rise, Then joyful may'st thou leave thy lowly bed To meet thy Saviour in the rapturous skies."
121*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
Mary D. Tidd, wife of Deacon Samuel Tidd, was daughter of Thaddeus. (epitaph 182) and Sarah (Stearns) Davis, of Bedford, and was born in Bedford, April 2, 1789. Samuel Tidd and Mary Davis were married Dec. 26, 1809.
(234.) " Mr. Charles Wyman, died March 29, 1836, Æt. 44. " Of modest manners, unaffected mind, Lover of truth, and friend to human kind; Go and exalt thy moral to divine ; Go live for Heaven's eternal year is thine. Yes happy spirit cheerful go, And with thy Saviour be ; And thy lov'd ones that mourn below, Ere long will come to thee."
Charles Wyman, son of Samuel Eames Wyman and Anna, born Oct. 10, 1791.
(235.) " Albert, son Albert Thompson."
Albert, son of Albert and Serviah B. (Nichols) Thompson; born Aug. 22, 1835; died Sept. 13, 1836. Albert Thompson, born May 19, 1841 ; died Aug. 29, 1841: parents were married April 22, 1834; grandchildren of Jonathan Thompson (epitaph 241).
(236.) " Mrs. Abigail J. wife of Sumner Richardson, died Sept. 13, 1836, Aged 26 years."
" My dearest friend, and hast thou gone? Thy body to the dust? The purer, nobler part of thee, To dwell among the just : Oh, thou blest Saint, I'll not repine But may my closing breath Repeat these dying words of thine - Bles't Saviour, take me thro' the vale of death."
Abigail J. Dale, of Boston, married Sumner Richardson, April 19, 1836. She was a sister of his brother Thomas's wife.
(237.) " Frances Locke, daughter of Jeduthun & Louisa Fowle, died Oct. 5th. 1836, Æt. 11 mos."
Frances Locke, daughter of Jeduthun and Louisa Fowle, born Oct. 19, 1835. (See Book of the Lockes, p. 253.)
(238.) " Mrs Almira wife of Abel Pierce, Died Oct. 15. 1836, Æt. 32. " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."
Almira, wife of Abel Pierce, of Arlington. She was daughter of Josiah Harrington Russell and Sarah (Hutchinson) Russell, and baptized at Arlington, March 24, 1805; married Abel Pierce, of Charlestown, April 4, 1822.
122*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(239.) " In Memory of Susan W., daughter of George & Nancy Rich- ardson, who died Nov. 4, 1836, ÆEt. 18.
" Lo, here she lies, that lovely form Which once we did admire, Her spirits' gone from earth, 'twas borne By the angelic choir.
" By her Mother."
Susan Winn Richardson, daughter of George and Nancy, born Feb. 17, 1817.
(240.) " In Memory of Miss Submit B. Thompson, who died Nov. 7, 1836, Aged 21 years.
" Oh, happy soul, released from sin and pain, With Christ, her Saviour, she will ever reign. No more shall pain and sickness her molest ; No, she has gone to hier eternal rest."
Submit Brown Thompson, born Nov. 29, 1815, daughter of Rufus and Submit (Richardson) Thompson (epitaph 291).
(241.) "In Memory of Capt. Jonathan Thompson, A Soldier of the American Revolution, Born April 26. 1760, Died Nov. 21, 1836,"
Capt. Jonathan Thompson, born and died as above stated. aged 76 years and 6 months; married Mary Richardson, Aug. 9, 1781, who died May 1, 1854, aged 90 years. He was son of Samuel, Esq., and Abigail (Tidd) Thompson (epitaph 105). (See also Thompson Memorial. )
(242.) [One stone.] " In Memory of Mr Jesse Richardson, who died Feb. 12, 1837, Aged 75 years." "In Memory of Mrs Submit, wife of Mr. Jesse Richardson, who died July 8. 1836, Aged 73 years.
" Though cold in dust these perished hearts may lie, The spark that warmed them once can never die. That shall resist the triumphs of decay. When time is o'er and worlds have passed away."
Jesse Richardson, son of Zachariah and Phebe, born Aug. 20, 1761.
Submit Brown, a sister of Capt. Joseph Brown (epitaph 48), married Jesse Richardson ; marriage intention dated Nov. 24. 1781.
(243.) " Franklin Pierce, Died Feb. 20, 1837 _Et. 35. " Stop, my friend, and drop a tear, Think on the dust that slumbers here."
Franklin Pierce, son of Abel and Ruth, born March 21, 1802.
123*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(244.) " Affectionately Inscribed To the memory of Mr. Samuel J. Rich- ardson, Jr., son of Samnel & Esther Richardson Who died Feb. 20, 1837, Aged 34 years & 9 months."
Samuel (Tidd) Richardson, son of Samuel T. and Esther, born May 9, 1802.
(245.) " In Memory of Mrs. Louisar R. wife of Mr. Tracey C. Nichols, who died April 20, 1837 Et. 31.
" Her song of sorrow now hath ceased, Mute is her voice and cold her hand ; Her broken spirit God appeased, And called her to the better land."
Louisa R. Kimball and Tracy C. Nichols were married May 7, 1826. She was a daughter of Ezra Kimball.
(246.) " In Memory of Mr John Buxton, who died April 27, 1837, Æt. 84."
John Buxton, born in North Reading, was a shoemaker. He married Elizabeth Parker. They had issue: (1) John, born in Reading, died in Woburn (epitaph 283) ; (2) Betsey, married Elisha Davis, and died March 31, 1854. aged 74; (3) Hannah, married Benjamin F. Roberts, died March 29, 1819, aged 30; (4) Polly, born in North Woburn, Oct. 25, 1794, died April 22, 1874, aged 79; she was the wife of Sewall Richardson, and was married June 18, 1828 ; (5) an infant son, died young.
(247.) "Sacred to the Memory of Mrs Grace Ann, wife of Alfred M. Badger, who died May 21, 1837, ÆEt. 24.
"Farewell, my friends & Kindred dear, I leave this world of pain ; May virtue be your practice here ' Till we shall meet again.' My dying hour has softly come, My cares, my sorrows, now are o'er ; Rise now, my soul, to bliss above, And ever sing thy Saviour's love."
Alfred M. Badger is said to have lived in Montvale, in house now owned by Mr. Sewall Samson.
(248.) " Mr. Amos H. Burgess, died Ang 17, 1837, Æt. 33. Jacob Henry died Sept. 10, 1836, Æt. 1 year. Mary Henrietta, died Feb. 14, 1839, Æt. 22 mos. Children of Amos H. & Mary A. Burgess."
According to Woburn Records, Mr. Amos H. Burgess, of Woburn, and Miss Mary Ann Shattuck, of West Cambridge, were married Oct. 1, 1834. The Shattuck Memorial gives her name as Mary Jane, and the marriage
124*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
as occurring Oct. 1, 1833. It says that Jacob Henry was born Sept. 13, 1834, and died Sept. 10, 1835; Mary Henrietta, born March 28. 1837, died Feb. 13, 1839. Amos H. Burgess is spoken of as being of West Cam- bridge. He died Aug. 17, 1837.
(249.) "In Memory of Miss Susan, daughter of Ebenezer & Lydia Cummings, who died Sept. 8, 1837, Et 26.
" Ilail, smiling seraph ! earth no more Enchains thy soul in clay ;
For thou hast gone where storms are o'er Where smiles eternal day."
Susanna Cummings, daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia Cummings, born Oct. 3, 1811. (See epitaph 112.)
(250.) " Mr. Edward Richardson, died Nov. 17, 1837 Et, 96. " Erected by Job Richardson."
Edward Richardson, son of Edward and Jerusha, born in Reading, Aug. 25, 1743, married, Oct. 6, 1763, Sarah Tidd (epitaph 115). (Cf. Richard- son Memorial, pp. 251, 252.) Job Richardson was a son.
(251.) "In Memory of Nancy E. Dale, Who died Nov. 27, 1837, Et. 21 years."
Nancy E. Dale, probably born in Milford, N. H., was a sister of Abi- gail J. Richardson (epitaph 236).
(252.) " Mrs. Abigail, widow of Abijah Kendall, late of Templeton, died Jan. 3d, 1838, _Et. 85."
Abigail Kendall, widow of Abijah Kendall, late of Templeton, Mass., was daughter of Jacob and Abigail Pierce; born April 16, 1753.
(253.) " Mrs. Hannah, widow of Mr. Josiah Parker, died Jan. 14, 1838, Et. 84.
" Look here, my friend, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me."
Hannah (Gardner) Parker, widow of Josiah Parker. (See epitaph 174.)
(254.) " Mr Moses Winn, died April 16, 1838, .Et. 58."
Moses Winn, son of Jeremiah and Mehitable ( Buck) Winn, was born March 17, 1780. ( Cf. Johnson's Record of Woburn Births, p. 278, note.)
He was a lientenant 1814-16, per Town Records. Ilis wife, Sally, died 1807 (epitaph 39).
(254}.) "Jeremiah Convers Jr. died May 7, 1838, JE. 38 y's."
Jeremiah Converse, Jr., son of Jeremiah and Jerusha, born June 28, 1795. He married sisters, Sally and Clarissa Barnard, and was captain of the Washington Light Infantry. He died 1833 (Town Records ).
125*
EPITAPIIS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(255.) "In Memory of Mrs Susan, relict of Rev. Samuel Mead, late of Amesbury, Mass., who died May 10, 1838 Aged 70.
" Erected by her children. " Thou sleepest in thy low and narrow house, Our dearest mother ! We may see thy face No more, nor hear thy voice of gladness, till The sea gives up its dead; We weep, but not Like those, who have no hope. In Jesus thou Didst die, for him didst live, and in that day When God shall bring his ransomed home, thou wilt Not be forgotten. Grace divine, that made Thee what thou wast on earth, shall make thee What thou then wilt be in heaven."
Susan (Clapp) Mead, widow of Rev. Samuel Mead. She was sister of Major Jeremiah Clapp. (See Clapp Family Memorial, and epitaph 88.)
(256.) " Abel Pierce Died May 22, 1838 Æt. 71. " The Memory of the Just is blessed."
Abel Pierce, birth not on Woburn Record, son of James5 (James4, James3, Thomas2, Thomas1), married Ruth Parker, March 14, 1792.
(257.) "Lehonera B., died Aug. 7, 1838. Æt. 19 ms. & 7 ds. James E., died Sept. 27, 1839, Et. 10 ms. & 20 ds. James E., died Sept. 4, 1844, ÆEt. 11 ms. & 4 ds. Children of James E. & Hannah Abbot."
James E. Abbott, son of James E. and Hannah Abbott, born Sept. 30, 1843, is the only one of these children whose birth is on Woburn Records.
(258.) " Mrs. Lydia W., wife of Mr. William Young, died Aug. 23, 1838, Aged 50.
" My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the bands with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise."
Lydia W., wife of William Young, daughter of Edward and Lucy Wyer, born June 30, 1789. (See epitaph 322.) Marriage intention of " Mr. William Young, Jr., and Miss Lydia Wyer, both of Woburn," dated June 3, 1809.
(259.) "Gilman H., son of Eli & Julia Ann Kendall, died Ang. 30, 1838, Æt. 7 ys. & 24 days.
" No prayers, nor tears, nor sighs could save This lovely child from an earthly grave."
Gilman H. Kendall, son of Eli and Julia Ann; birth not on Woburn Record.
126*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(260.) " Miss Sarah Carroll, died Sept. 1, 1838, Æt. 30."
Sarah Carroll (birth not on Woburn Record) was a sister of John Car- roll, who was born on the ocean three days before he landed in Boston. John Carroll was a prominent citizen of Woburn, coming here from Lynn.
(261.) " John Angustine, son of John Brooks & Abigail Tay, died Sept. 17, 1838, Et. 9 weeks & 4 ds."
John B. Tay, of Woburn, and Abigail Buck, of Wilmington, were married Sept. 26, 1837. The birth of the above child is not on Woburn Record.
(262.) " Mrs. Mary Martha, wife of Stephen Thompson, died Jan. 7, 1839, Et. 22."
Her maiden name was Emerson.
(263.) " Mr Beniah Nay, died Feb. 20, 1839, Et. 29. " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
Beniah Allen Nay was a currier, and had wife Serena and child Mary Elizabeth, the latter born in Woburn, April 29, 1835.
(264.) "In Memory of Mrs. Harriet C., wife of Mr. Joel Kendall who died March 4, 1839 Et. 29.
" Here rest, dear form, in sweet repose, Till God shall bid you rise ; Then mount the wings of Jesus' love, And soar above the skies. We soon shall meet again above, No more by death to part ; And there rejoice in heavenly love, With pure and holy heart."
Joel Kendall was a son of William, and was born in Burlington, July- 16, 1808. His wife was Harriet C. Waite, of Malden.
(265.) " Rhoda C., wife of Luke Fowle, died April 22, 1839, Aged 39 years.
" O blindness, to the future kindly given, That each may fill the circle marked by Heaven."
Rhoda C. Fowle, née Clark, married Luke Fowle, May 18, 1826; she came from Tewksbury. He married Eliza Richardson for his second wife. (See epitaph 155.)
(266.) "Susannah S., daughter of John & Lucy Page, died May 7, 1839, Aged 11 ys. & 8 ms.
" Cease then to mourn her early doom, Nor wish her rescued from the tomb ; For lo ! to yonder courts of light, Her seraph soul has winged its flight."
127*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
Susanna S. Page, daughter of John and Lucy. Birth not on Woburn Record.
(267.) " Abi P., daughter of Luke Fowle, died June 24, 1834 aged 9 months & 19 days."
Abigail Parker Fowle, daughter of Luke and Rhoda Fowle, born Dec. 5, 1833. It is apparent that either the epitaph should read "6 months," or that the record of birth should be " Sept. 5."
(268.) " Mary E., daughter of Moses C. & Mary C. Trask, died Aug. 3, 1839, Æt. 6 ys. & 11 ms.
" To you the child was only lent ; While mortal, it was thine ; But now in robes immortal pent, It lives forever mine."
Mary Elizabeth Trask, born in Woburn, Aug. 27, 1832, daughter of Moses C. and Mary C. (Cutter) Trask. ( Vide Cutter Book, 247.)
(269.) " Died in Woburn, Aug. 10, 1839, Miss Rhoda. daughter of Philip P. & Lydia Rogers, Aged 46 years.
" Formerly of Tewksbury. " Dear friends who survive, weep not for me, Dear Saviour, I come to dwell with thee; O God, the grave has no victory won, For I have conquered through thy Son."
Philip P. was probably father of Oliver C. Rogers, who owned the brick house on the Lexington road.
(270.) "In memory of Elizabeth, a lovely child of Cyrus Holmes, A. M., & Mrs. Sophia A. H., who died Sept. 20. 1839, Aged ly. 4 mo. 26 ds.
" Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Cyrus and Sophia A. (Collamore) Holmes. Birth not on Woburn Record. Mr. Holmes was preceptor of the Warren Academy at this date.
(271.) "Henry Alden, son of Sylvester & Lavina Nichols died Oct. 1. 1839, Aged 3 ys. 6 ms. and 5 days.
" Farewell, dear child; it grieves our heart, That we on earth so soon must part, Hope points us up to heaven above Where we may meet in perfect love." .
Henry Alden Nichols, son of Sylvester and Lavinia, born April 18, 1836.
128*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(272.) "Georgianna, daughter of Joshua & Almira Stoddard, died Oct. 8th 1839, Æt. 4 years.
" This lovely babe, so young & fair, I call'd hence by early doom ; Just come to show how fair a flower In paradise could bloom."
Georgianna Stoddard, daughter of Joshua and Almira, born Oct. 21, 1835.
(273.) " Mr. Samuel Richardson died Oct. 16, 1839, Æt. 91.
" He was honest and upright in all his dealings with his fellow crea- tures ; always endeavouring to do unto others as he would have others do unto him.
" The church yard bears an added stone, The fireside shows a vacant chair, Here sadness dwells and weeps alone, And Death displays his banner there. The life has gone, the breath has fled, And what has been, no more shall be ; The welcome form, the well known tread, Oh, where are they, and where is he."
Samuel Richardson, son of Oliver and Lydia Richardson, born Dec. 5, 1748. (See epitaphs 227, 296.)
(274.) "Mr. Warren Reed, died Feb. 7, 1840, Et. 29 years. Also Warren, Only child of Warren and Jemima Reed died Feb. 19, 1841, Et. 2 ys & 4 ms.
" Companion, Only child, a short farewell, Though left within this vale of tears to dwell, I'll not repine, but bless the gracious hand That kindly took thee to that better land. Jesus will soon these mouldering forms restore, Where sin and pain and death are known no more. " They sleep in Jesus."
Warren Reed and Jemima Bailey, both of Woburn, married Sept. 11, 1834. He was son of George W. and Elizabeth (Symmes) Reed, and born in Woburn, April 10, 1811.
Warren, only child of Warren and Jemima Reed. Birth not on Woburn Record.
(275.) " Ruth Ann, daughter of Charles J. & Betsey Keen, died Feb. 22, 1840, .Et. 2 ys. & 8 mos.
" This lovely bud was reared And blighted in its bloom."
Ruth Ann Keen, daughter of Charles T. and Betsey ( Farmer) Keen, born in Woburn, June 20, 1837.
129*
EPITAPHS, SECOND BURIAL-GROUND.
(276.) " Marshall W., son of Benjamin & Betsey C. Bosworth, died March 20, 1840, Æt. 17 mos."
Marshall W. Bosworth, son of Benjamin and Betsey C. (Wilkins) Bos- worth. Birth not on Woburn Record.
(276}.) " Susan M. only child of Daniel & Mary W. Eaton, died March 25, 1840. Aged 3 yrs. & 1 month.
" An early summons Jesus sends To call a child above, And whisper o'er the weeping friends,
Tis all the fruit of love.
To save the little child from wo,
And guard it from all harms, And from the many griefs below,
I call'd it to my arms. But do not rashly with me strive,
Nor vainly fast or weep ;
The child, tho' dead, is yet alive, And only fall'n asleep.
"Tis in the Saviour's bosom laid, And feels no sorrow there;
"Tis by a heav'nly parent fed,
And needs no more your care.
To you the child was only lent ;
While mortal it was thine :
But now in robes immortal pent,
It lives forever mine.
Arise and run the heav'nly road,
Nor in dumb mourning sit ; Look up toward the child's abode, And haste to follow it."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.