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PLAN OF OLD FOUR CORNERS CEMETERY IN ORIGINAL FORM.
I. I. Lot not used.
This lot was almost wholly included in land taken from the cemetery for the road (No. LXIV.) which forms part of the West Road.
I. 2. LOT OF JOSEPH FELT.
Former epitaph : LEFY W., wife of Dea. Joseph Felt, died May 10, 1849, ae. 57.
[This body has been removed to the old cemetery at Nelson. In the same Nelson cemetery, are the graves of Dea. Joseph Felt, who died at Winchester, Oct. 30, 1871, ae. 82 yrs .; also of Fanny W., wife of Dea. Joseph Felt, who died
SOUTH
NORTH
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at Winchester, Feb. 25, 1871, ae. 75 yıs. ; and also of I.estina R. Felt, who died at Manchester, June 3, 1850, ae. 23 yrs., 7 mos., and 27 days, a daughter of Dea. Joseph. Her body was first buried on their farm in Sullivan.]
I. 3. I. 4. I. 5. I. 6. I. 7.
[These five lots being against the west wall of the cemetery were never used.]
II. I. LOT OF DAVID McINTIRE.
[This lot was partly taken for the highway before mentioned. It contains only one grave, still unmarked, that of Miss Elmira Dewey, who died, Feb. 24, 1844, ae. 26 yrs., 4 mos., and 8 days, at the house of her uncle, David McIntire.]
II. 2. LOT OF LEANDER FELT.
MARO S., son of L. & A. C. Felt, Died Aug. 23, 1848, Ae. I yr. 4 m's.
MARY A., dau. of Leander and Almira C. Felt, died Aug. 24, 1841, Ae. I yr., 9 mos., & 20 days.
Though lost to sight, To memory dear.
[NOTE. Leander Felt died in Winchester, Dec. 23, 1891. His wife died there, Feb. 10, 1876. Their bodies were both buried there.]
II. 3. LOT OF EZRA WARDWELL.
EZRA WARDWELL Died June 3, 1845, Ae. 72.
LOIS, wife of EZRA WARDWELL, died Jan. 16, 1859, Ae. 79
Former epitaph : Ezra Emerson, son of Hersey and Sarah E. Wardwell, Died Mar. 30, 1854, Aet. 6 m's. 18 d'ys.
Though lost to sight, To memory dear.
This body and headstone are removed to the meetinghouse cemetery.
Former epitaph : Rev. Ezra Wardwell Died Sept. 23, 1850, Ae. 38. [This body has been moved to Woodland Cemetery, Keene, where was also buried the body of his widow, Elmina Kimball, who had, after his death, become the wife of Gen. Samuel Griffin, and who died in Keene, in 1867.]
II. 4. LOT OF CALEB GOODNOW.
EMMA ALMIRA, twin dau. of Caleb & Mary L. GOODNOW, died Apr. 5, 1847, Aet. 3 weeks, 4 days.
[NOTE. The bodies of other members of Caleb Goodnow's family were buried at East Sullivan.]
II. 5. LOT OF PERLEY W. FROST.
ADALINE A., wife of PERLEY W. FROST, Died Dec. 27, 1851, Ae. 34. [P. W. Frost died, Mar. 28, 1880, at Benton, Me. Burial there.]
II. 6. Not taken.
II. 7. LOT OF LEVI F. MASON.
LEVI F. MASON, died Feb'y 13, 1897, AEt. 77 yrs. 4 mo. 2 D'ys.
ELIZABETH F., wife of LEVI F. MASON, died Apr. 5, 1855, Aet. 33 yrs., 3 ms., 24 days.
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The vital spark has fled, Gone to her heavenly rest ;
So kind, so true, so much beloved, By those that knew her best.
So let us live that we may meet, When life's few toils are o'er,
Her ransomed spirit freed from earth, Not lost but gone before.
III. I. LOT OF B. WILLIS AND J. NEWMAN.
[One stone.] BENJAMIN WILLIS Died Aug. 26, 1837, Ae. 75. ANNIS, wife of BENJAMIN WILLIS, died Jan. 22, 1831, Aet. 72.
Widow SARAH HALL Died May 8, 1845, Aet. 56 years. [She was a daughter of Benjamin Willis. The death and burial of her husband, Robert Hall, were elsewhere than in Sullivan.]
RUTH ANN, dau. of Robert and Sarah HALL, died May 24, 1838, Ae. 23.
[Here is an unmarked grave of Mary Willis, wife of John Newman, died Nov. 9, 1826, ae. 41 yrs. 7 mos. and 23 days. John Newman died in Gilsum, Mar. 9, 1854, and was probably buried in the Bond Cemetery in that town.]
III. 2. LOT OF JEREMIAH MASON.
JEREMIAH MASON Died Sept. 12, 1858, Ae. 69 yrs. 7 ms.
SALLY F., wife of JEREMIAH MASON, died Nov. 27, 1870, Ae. 76 yrs., 2 mo's., 25 d'ys.
ADRA E., wife of CHAS. K. MASON, died, Mar. 5, 1861, Ae. 29 yrs., I mo., & 7 days. [Dau. of Jeremiah Mason, and distant cousin of her husband.]
JOANN, dau. of Jeremiah & Sally F. MASON, died Jan. 15, 1829, Ae. 4 yrs., 8 mos., II days.
III. 3. LOT OF ASHLEY MASON.
Former epitaph : In memory of Jemima F. Mason, wife of Ashley Mason, died Feb. 1, 1835, aged 25 years. [Her body was moved to E. Sullivan cemetery.] [NOTE. Ashley Mason died at Keene, Nov. 4, 1880, and his 2d wife, Rox- ana Nims, died there, Jan. 28, 1890. Both bodies were buried there in Wood- land Cemetery.]
III. 4. LOT OF J. LELAND AND M. PROCTOR.
[One stone.] JEREMIAH LELAND Died Feb. 26, 1847, Ae. 82. ABIGAIL, his wife, Died Mar. 13, 1853, Ae. 84.
[One stone.] MARTHA LELAND, Died June 23, 1894, Ae. 90 yrs. MRS. BETSEY M. PEABODY Died Jan. 15, 1886, Ae. 80 yrs. TWO SISTERS. [They were daughters of Jeremiah and Abigail Leland. Martha was always called PATTY. Mrs. Peabody was widow of Rev. Josiah Peabody. See lot VII. 5.]
MARTIN PROCTOR Died Mar. 21, 1858, Ae. 27 yrs., 8 mos., & 8 D's.
[Mr. Proctor's body was buried here by consent because his father's lot, which is IX. I., was full. His headstone has been broken. It is now (1905) expected that a kinsman will replace it with another.]
[NOTE. WALTER LELAND, son of Jeremiah and Abigail, died at Ports- mouth, Nov. 10, 1814, and the burial was there. He was in the army.]
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III. 5. LOT OF JOHN WRIGHT.
MILAN WRIGHT died Aug. 17, 1831, Ae 23 yrs. 7 mo.
[Here is an unmarked grave of John Wright, father of Milan, who died in 1815. These were the only members of John Wright's family who died in Sullivan.]
III. 6. LOT OF S. OSGOOD AND A. FARRAR.
In memory of SAMUEL OSGOOD, who died Dec. 8, 1826, Ae. 55 yrs. II mo. & 4 dys.
LUCY, wife of SAMUEL OSGOOD, Died Mar. 19, 1843, Ae. 72.
NANCY S., wife of ALONZO FARRAR, Died Apr. 6, 1853, Ae. 26.
[NOTE. Burials of other members of Mr. A. Farrar's family were in the meetinghouse cemetery.]
III 7. LOT OF AMASA BROWN.
POLLY, wife of AMASA BROWN, died Dec. 25, 1826, in her 54 year. JOHN BROWN, died Nov. 4, 1837, Aet. 23, [a son of Amasa.]
LUCY, dau. of AMASA & POLLY BROWN, died May 4, 1830, in her 20 year.
[Here is an unmarked grave of Polly Brown, dau. of Amasa, who died in Sullivan, Dec. 3, 1830, ae. 34 yrs., 4 mos., 15 days. Amasa Brown died at Keene, Mar. 22, 1843, and his body was buried in Washington St. Cemetery, where the bodies of his unmarried daughters, Eunice and Sarah, were buried.]
IV. I. LOT OF JOHN MASON.
MRS. ABIGAIL PRENTISS HAVEN, Born in Sherburn, May 23, 1745; Died in Sullivan, Oct. 2, 1837.
The memory of the just is blessed.
[NOTE. Mrs. Haven was mother of Mrs. John Mason. The date of her death (family record and Sentinel) was Oct. 13 and not Oct. 2.]
MARY H., wife of JOHN MASON, Died at Sunderland, Mass., Oct. 7, 1868, Ae. 87.
At rest in heaven.
[NOTE. John Mason died at Lancaster, N. H., Jan. 6, 1836, and his body was buried there.]
GEORGE, son of John & Mary MASON, died Aug. 28, 1823, Ae. 18 mos.
EBENEZER, son of John & Mary MASON, died Mar. 27, 1818, in the 15th year of his age.
Stop, young friends, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you soon will be ; Prepare yourselves to follow me.
IV. 2. LOT OF E. BROWN.
Erected in memory of ELEAZER BROWN, who died August 30th, 1798, in the 50 year of his age.
When will the tedious night be gone,
When will my Lord appear.
My fond desire would prey him Down, my love imbrace him here.
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Stop here my friends, as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you must be. Prepare to follow after me.
[NOTE. It is obvious that the third line of the first stanza should have been : " My fond desire would pray him down", that is, pray for his coming down (at the second advent), till he did come. The fourth line should have been : " My love embrace him here ".]
LUCY, wife of ELEAZER BROWN, & daughter of John & Lydia Rugg, died Oct. 2, 1822, Ae. 76 yrs.
LYDIA, dau. of Eleazer & Lucy BROWN, died Apr. 23, 1829, Ae. 49 yrs. & 10 m.
IV. 3. LOT OF NATHAN BOLSTER.
NATHAN BOLSTER died Mar. 10, 1823, Ae. 66. [The true date of death was Feb. 23, 1823-]
CHLOE BOLSTER died May 6, 1837, Aet. 73. [Wife of Nathan.]
MARIAM BOLSTER died Mar. 28, 1837, Aet. 43. [True name was MIR- IAM. She was dau. of Nathan and Chloe.]
Unmarked grave of Nathan Keith, son of Nathan Bolster, died Dec. 5, I&II, ae. 12.
Unmarked grave of Lyman, son of Nathan Bolster, died Apr. 12, 1813, ae. 4.
[NOTE. James, son of Nathan Bolster, born Jan. 31, 1788, and died in infancy, was probably buried here, though possibly on the farm.]
IV. 4. PROBABLE LOT OF GRINDALL KEITH.
[NOTE. Leonard, son of Grindall and Eunice Keith, died, Feb. 26, 1793, in his sixth year. Grindall Keith was a brother-in-law of Nathan Bolster. It is supposed that the Keith and Bolster burial lots joined. This, if so, would have been the only lot which the Keiths could have taken. That child was probably buried here although the name of the lot owner, on the old parchment chart, was quite illegible.]
IV. 5. LOT OF SIMEON ELLIS.
In memory of MISS ASENATH ELLIS, who departed this life, Mar. 19, 1820, in the 28th year of her age. [Daughter of Simeon Ellis.]
Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.
In memory of LYDIA, wife of SIMEON ELLIS, who died Nov. 4, 1828, in her 66 year.
In memory of MR. SIMEON ELLIS, who departed this life, Jan. 23, 1799, in the 50th year of his age.
No more my friends, dont weep for me.
I'm gone into eternity. Make sure of Christ while life remains And death will be eternal gain.
[One stone.] In memory of WILLIAM C. ELLIS, who died May 5, 1822, Ae. 26. SIMEON ELLIS died Sept. 24, 1827, in his 29 year. [Sons of Simeon and Lydia.]
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IV. 6. LOT OF J. AND R. OSGOOD.
MARY, wife of JOSHUA OSGOOD, died May 25, 1832, Ae. 86.
JOSHUA OSGOOD died July 28, 1828, Ae. 79.
ROSWELL OSGOOD Died Sept. 27, 1868, Ae. 86 yrs. 6 mos.
In memory of FANNY, wife of ROSWELL OSGOOD, who died Dec. 25, 1824, Aet. 27.
SOPHIA, wife of ROSWELL OSGOOD, died Aug. 4, 1836, in the 43 year of her age.
Unmarked grave : Zephaniah, son of Joshua and Mary Osgood, died, Mar. 5, 1778, in his 5th year.
Unmarked grave: John Lawrence, son of Roswell and Sophia (Johnson) Osgood, died, Mar. 29, 1848, ae. 47 days.
[NOTE. An infant of Roswell Osgood's first wife, Fanny, died in 1824. The burial was probably here. The deaths and burials of Roswell Osgood's daugh- ters, Lura and Fanny, and of his sons Geo. Washington and Roswell Curtis, all unmarried, were elsewhere than in Sullivan. Roswell Curtis was accidentally killed, July 14, 1902, near Sandpoint, Idaho, where his body was buried. The burial of the body of Henry Osgood, son of Roswell, was in Breed Osgood's lot, XIII. 4., in this cemetery. He was a son of Roswell's second wife. Roswell Osgood's third wife, Sophia Johnson, died at the West, and her body was not buried here.]
IV. 7. LOT OF JAMES BOLSTER.
In memory of MARY, wife of JAMES BOLSTER, & daut. of Capt. S. Seward, who died Apr. 3, 1827, in her 38 year.
LESTINA A., daut. of JAMES & MARY BOLSTER, died Nov. 10, 1826, Aet. I yr. I mo.
[NOTE. James Bolster died in Stoddard, Apr. 25, 1851, from the effects of an injury. His body was buried in the Bond Cemetery at Gilsum, where those of his second and third wives were buried.]
V. I. LOT OF JONATHAN BAKER.
JONATHAN BAKER died Oct. 12, 1833, in the 85th year of his age.
SARAH, wife of JONATHAN BAKER, died Apr. 12, 1844, Ae. 86.
[One stone.] SOLOMON SMITH Died Oct. 15, 1859, Ae. 82 yrs. RE- BECCA B., his wife, Died July 8, 1875, Ae. 85 years. [She was a daughter of Jona. Baker.]
LAURA M., dau. of AARON & MARY BAKER, died Nov. 17, 1822, Ae. 7 yrs. [The deaths and burials of Aaron Baker and his wife were in Pennsyl- vania.]
V. 2. LOT OF GEORGE BAKER.
[One stone.] FATHER & MOTHER. GEORGE BAKER Died Oct. 16, 1835, Ae. 42. EUNICE, his wife, died June 14, 1866, Ae. 83.
Rest, spirit, rest.
[NOTE. This stone replaces one formerly standing there, which was in- scribed : George Baker died Oct. 16, 1835, Ae. 42. He met his death at the hands of Enoch Woods, who, in a fit of rage, with a dirk, stabbed him to the heart.]
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[NOTE. Mr. Woods was undoubtedly insane, and it was with due deference to that fact that the Baker family have, with fitting propriety, caused a change in the inscriptions. A more particular account of this occurrence will be found in the following chapter. This note was inserted to correct imperfect impressions which might have been derived from reading the former inscription.]
[One stone.] WASHINGTON died June 9, 1828, Ae. 6 yrs. SARAH L. died Aug. 7, 1824, Ae. 51 days, children of GEORGE & EUNICE BAKER.
V. 3. LOT OF JAMES SAWYER.
JAMES SAWYER died Nov. 23, 1834, Ae. 79.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth.
MARY, wife of JAMES SAWYER, Died Feb. 5, 1843, Aet. 85.
V. 4. LOT OF DAUPHIN SPAULDING.
ELIZABETH A., daugh. of DAUPHIN & ELLEN SPAULDING, died July 26, 1841, Ae. 2 yrs. 2 mos. & 10 days.
[NOTE. The other burials of members of this family were in the cemetery near the meetinghouse.]
V. 5. POSSIBLE LOT OF NATHAN ELLIS.
[NOTE. Nathan Ellis had a child, Elvira, which died Aug. 12, 1811, ae. I yr. 8 mos. It is believed that its body was buried near the lot of Simeon Ellis. It was probably this lot, although the chart shows no name.]
V. 6. LOT OF BELA MASON.
BELA MASON Died Jan. 6, 1841, Aet. 76.
SARAH N., wife of Bela Mason, died Mar. 12, 1846, Aet. 78.
Unmarked grave : Sarah, infant of Bela Mason, died May 18, r810.
Former epitaph : Prudence, wife of Rufus Mason, died Sept. 7, 1852, ae. 59 yrs., 4 mos.
Former epitaph : Orlando, son of Rufus & Prudence Mason, died Aug. 3, 1823 Ae. 5 yrs. 2 mos.
Former epitaph : Sally Louisa, dau. of Rufus & Prudence Mason, died Aug. 5, 1823, Ae. 3 yrs. 2 ms.
Former epitaph : Enoch W., son of Rufus and Prudence Mason, died Jan. 25, 1830, Ae. 3 ys. 3 ms. ; also an infant son, died Mar. 3, 1828.
[NOTE. The bodies of Mrs. Rufus Mason and her children were removed to the cemetery at East Sullivan, where the bodies of other members of that family are buried.]
[NOTE. Mrs. Martha (Fairbanks) Mason, who died at Bela Mason's, Feb. 4, 1815, was Bela's mother, and her body was buried by that of her husband in Dublin.]
V. 7. LOT OF T. SEWARD AND G. WARDWELL.
GEORGE WARDWELL Died Mar. 24, 1857, Ae. 37 yrs. 4 ms. 25 days.
HARRIET L., wife of GEORGE WARDWELL, Died Nov. 28, 1872, Ae. 53 yrs., I mo., 28 dys.
AMOS F., son of George & Harriet L. WARDWELL, died Jan. 16, 1864, Ae. 17 yrs. 2 mos.
Be ye also ready, for in such an hour
as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.
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Unmarked grave, near wall: Infant son of Thomas and Sarah Seward, died Dec. 12, 1820, on the day of its birth.
VI. I. LOT OF SAMUEL WINCHESTER.
SAMUEL WINCHESTER Died Oct 20, 1865, Ae. 80 yrs.
[One stone.] SARAH, wife of SAMUEL WINCHESTER, died Feb. 11, 1814, Ae. 20. CHLOE, wife of SAMUEL WINCHESTER, died Dec. II, 1830, Ae. 40.
EUSEBIA, wife of SAMUEL WINCHESTER, died June 12, 1880, Ae. 80 yrs. 3 mos.
AUGUSTA C., dau. of Samuel & Chloe Winchester, died Feb. 15, 1851, Ae. 20 yrs. 4 Mo.
[NOTE. The true date of Mrs. Sarah Winchester's death (from an account in the Sentinel, where all particulars were minutely given at the time) was Satur- day evening, Feb. 12, 1814, just at midnight.]
[NOTE. Samuel Winchester's son Emery died, Dec. 12, 1816, ae. 7 mos. 14 days, and his dau., Persis Augusta, died Oct. 6, 1822, ae. 10 mos. 5 days. Their bodies are undoubtedly in this lot, in unmarked graves.]
VI. 2. LOT OF REUBEN MORSE.
REUBEN MORSE Died Mar. 16, 1841, Ae. 70. ELIZABETH, his wife, Died July 5, 1851, Ae. 80. [One stone.]
ELIZABETH, wife of REUBEN MORSE, JR., Died July 20, 1840, Aet. 31.
GEORGE W., son of Reuben, Jr., and Elizabeth W. MORSE, died Mar. 9, 1838, Ae. 7 yrs. 8 mos.
URSULA, dau. of Reuben, Jr., and Elizabeth W. MORSE, died Feb. 17, 1829, Ae. 7 months.
Unmarked grave: Rosalind, dau. of R. Morse, Jr., and Elizabeth, died Dec. 31, 1840.
[NOTE. Reuben Morse was the son of Reuben of Dublin (now Harrisville.) The death and burial of his unmarried daughter, Elizabeth, were at Milford, N. H.]
[NOTE. Reuben Morse, Jr., died at Troy, Mar. 18, 1881, where his second wife died, quite recently. Their son, George R., was accidentally shot in Marl- borough, Apr. 6, 1863. These three bodies are all buried in Marlborough.]
VI. 3. LOT OF EZRA AND J. W. OSGOOD.
EZRA OSGOOD, Died Apr. 4, 1812, Ae. 59 yrs. 10 mos.
SUSANNAH, wife of EZRA OSGOOD, died Feb. 11, 1854, Aet. 90 yrs. II mos.
Unmarked grave: Henry, son of Ezra Osgood, died Feb. 7, 1791, ae. I yr. 4 ms.
JAMES W. OSGOOD Died Mar. 11, 1869, Ae. 83 yrs.
BETSEY W., wife of JAMES W. OSGOOD, died Jan. 17, 1864, Ae. 77 yrs., 10 mo., & 22 days.
EMILY, dau. of James W. & Betsey OSGOOD, died Apr. 3, 1841, Ae. 18 yrs. & 8 mos.
[NOTE. A dau. of J. W. and Betsey Osgood, born Apr. 4, 1814, died next day, was perhaps buried here.]
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HARRY OSGOOD Died Feb. 16, 1854, Ae. 36. [He was a son of J. W. and Betsey, his real name being Henry. His widow still lives in Massachusetts.] [NOTE. Hooker Osgood died May 15, 1812, ae. 76, at the house of Ezra Osgood, who was Hooker's nephew. The burial was probably at Lancaster, Mass.]
VI. 4. LOT OF JOSEPH ELLIS.
Unmarked grave: Joseph Ellis, Sr., died in 1781.
Unmarked grave: Lydia, widow of Joseph Ellis, Sr., died July 16, 1805, ae. 85.
Unmarked grave: Joseph Ellis, Jr., died Feb. 5, 1829, ae. 84, the oldest inhabitant of the town, at his death.
Unmarked grave: Abigail, 2d wife and widow of Joseph Ellis, Jr., died, Mar. 1, 1834, ae. 86 yrs., 2 mos. [Bridget, the former wife; Bridget, the infant daughter ; and Abiah, an aged daughter of Joseph Ellis, Jr., all died at Keene. It is not positively known where their bodies were buried. Those of the wife and infant were probably buried in the old cemetery at the foot of Main St., in. Keene, long since disused and desecrated. Abiah's body was probably buried somewhere in the Washington St. Cemetery at Keene, but possibly in this lot, where her father's body is buried. She died at Keene, June 21, 1849, ae. 75 yrs., 5 mos. and 21 days.]
Unmarked grave, probably, of Lydia Ellis, daughter of Joseph, Sr. The date and place of her death are not discovered as we go to press.
VI. 5. LOT OF JOHN DIMICK.
Unmarked grave: John Dimick, died, June 23, 1789, ae. 85.
Unmarked grave : Hannah, wife of John Dimick, died Aug. 23, 1790.
Unmarked graves: Kendall, son of Timothy Dimick, died in infancy, June 24, 1785; Timothy, son of Timothy Dimick, died Nov. 23, 1786, ae. 7 mos. 13 dys. ; Sarah (or Sally), dau. of Timothy Dimick, died, Aug. 21, 1791, ae. 3 yrs. & 17 ds.
Unmarked graves: John, son of John Dimick, Jr., died Mar. 7, 1795, ae. nearly 14 years; Aramethusa, dau. of John Dimick, Jr., died, Aug. 30, 1795, ae. 4 yrs. & 20 dys.
Unmarked grave: An infant of Michael and Elizabeth (Dimick) Sanders, died, May 29, 1809, age not given.
VI. 6. LOT OF I. ELLIS AND J. B. SEWARD.
MARY C., dau. of Ira & Mary P. Ellis, died Sep. 15, 1832, ae. 9 yrs & 5 mos.
[NOTE. All other members of the family of Ira Ellis were buried in other towns. Ira Ellis died at West Rutland, Vt., May 14, 1840. His widow, subse- quently married to David Boynton, died at Black Brook, Wis., Feb. 11, 1885.]
LYDIA JEFTS, wife of JOSEPH B. SEWARD, Died Apr. 25, 1844, Ae. 59 yrs.
[NOTE. It is probable that Joseph B. Seward, the husband of this woman, will be the last person whose body will be buried in this cemetery.]
HUSBAND. SIDNEY E. BARRETT Died Nov. 13, 1883, Ae. 32 yrs. IO. mos.
[NOTE. Mr. Barrett's widow was subsequently married again, and resides in another part of the state.]
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VI. 7. LOT OF JOSEPH SEWARD.
JOSEPH SEWARD, Died Feb. 12, 1872, Ae. 84 yrs., 7 mos.
This is the end of earth.
NANCY HEATON, wife of JOSEPH SEWARD, died Aug. 2, 1839, in the 52 year of her age.
LOVEY A. HOLT, wife of JOSEPH SEWARD, died Jan. 26, 1891, ae. 87 yrs. 3 mos.
HENRY G,, son of JOSEPH & NANCY SEWARD, Died July 1, 1846, Ae. 19.
Unmarked graves: A son died, Oct. 2, 1812. A son died, Aug. 22, 1813. A son died, June 7, 1814. A son died, Jan. 31, 1818. A daughter died, Nov. 13, 1818. All these died on the day of their births. Henry, born June 25, 1824, died, Nov. 9, 1824. All were children of Joseph and Nancy Seward.
VII. I. LOT OF JUDSON WHITE ORIGINALLY.
Unmarked grave : Nancy Angelia, dau. of Judson & Nancy (Seward) White, ae. 2 yrs., 9 mos., 10 days ; died Aug. 26, 1818.
[NOTE. This lot was covered in 1827 by the old hearse house, built in that year, removed in 1859. That hearse house, of course, covered the unmarked grave of the White child. The present entrance is at the south end of this lot.]
VII. 2. LOT OF WILLIAM BROWN.
ANN MARIA, dau, of WILLIAM & ANN BROWN, Died Aug. 24, 1837, Aet. 9 yrs. 10 mos.
Her time was come and she must go
And leave this world of sin and woe.
Vonder best climes did suit her best
And she has gone to take her rest.
[NOTE. William Brown died at Keene, July 10, 1877, ae. 78. His body was buried in Woodland Cemetery, in that place. His wife, Ann U. Fiske, died at Keene, July 24, 1854, in her 56th year. Their daughter, Lucy C., died at Keene, Mar. 20, 1844, in her 8th year. The bodies of the last two were buried in the Keene Washington St. Cemetery, and transferred to the Woodland Cemetery.]
VII. 3. LOT OF OLIVER WILDER.
WILLIAM, son of OLIVER & BETSEY WILDER, died Oct. 6, 1820, Ae. 2 yrs. 10 mo.
[NOTE. Betsey Hodge, wife of Oliver Wilder, Sr., died at Sullivan, Dec. 23, 1856, in her 78th year. Oliver Wilder, Sr., died at Nelson, Jan. 4, 1859, Ae. 83. Their bodies are buried in the cemetery at Munsonville.]
MARY R., wife of OLIVER WILDER, JR., died Aug. 6, 1843, Ae. 36.
[NOTE. The bodies of Oliver Wilder, Jr. and his second wife are buried in the cemetery at East Sullivan.]
VII. 4. LOT OF WILLIAM COMSTOCK.
[One stone.] In memory of WILLIAM COMSTOCK, who died Oct. 7, 1773, Ae. 40 years ; also HEPSIBATH, his wife, died Apr. 25, 1799, Ae. 64 years.
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CEMETERIES.
[NOTE. William Comstock was the first person who died upon the soil of what is now the town of Sullivan. His body was the first to be buried in this ancient cemetery. His widow, Hephzibah (spelled Hepzibath on the stone) became the second wife of John Rowe, Jr., a fact which does not appear in the inscription.]
[NOTE. Josiah Comstock, son of William Comstock, Sr., died in the army of the Revolution, Jan. 8, 1779, ae. 19. His body was buried where he died, wherever that was.
In memory of SARAH, wife of WILLIAM COMSTOCK, who died Jan. 25, 1800, Ae. 24. [Her husband was William Comstock, Jr.]
In memory of MARTHA, wife of WILLIAM COMSTOCK, who died May 30, 1803, Ae. 29. [Her husband was also William Comstock, Jr.]
Unmarked graves : Sarah, dau. of William and Sarah Comstock, died, Jan. 19, 1800, ae. 2 days ; David, died, Mar. 11, 1805; Nathan, died, Apr. 8, 1806; John, died, Jan. 15, 1807. These three, last named, died on the days of their births, and were children of William Comstock, Jr., by his 3d wife, Ruth Crane. [The parents died at Jaffrey, William on Dec 22, 1865, and Ruth on Oct. 4, 1863, and their bodies were buried in Jaffrey, in a cemetery in the west part of the town.]
VII. 5. LOT OF T. MORSE (?) AND J. PEABODY.
[NOTE. Patty, dau. of Thomas Morse, who died on Nov. II, 1792, ae. 15. was most probably the person whose body is here buried. The graves of all the earliest settlers were immediately around this spot. We can account for the burial place of all except Patty Morse. The lot takers immediately about this spot are all known except for this lot. These two facts combined make it more than probable that this was Thomas Morse's lot.]
The body of REV. JOSIAH PEABODY, who died Apr. 15, 1870, ae. 71, was, at first, buried here, but afterwards removed to Woodland Cemetery in Keene. [The body of his widow, MRS. BETSEY (LELAND) PEABODY, was buried in the lot, III. 4., in this cemetery. See that record.]
VII. 6. LOT OF JOFIN AND DAVID CHAPMAN.
Unmarked grave: John Chapman, died, Sept. 20, 1805, ae. 70 (more prob- ably 74-)
Unmarked grave: Sibyl, wife of John Chapman, died, Sept. 24, 1777, ae. 40. [Some doubt has been expressed whether the body of Mrs. Chapman was buried here or in Gilsum. The Chapmans had bought what was later the C. W. Raw- son farm, the year that she died, three months before her death. The tradition is that her burial was here.]
[NOTE. The Sullivan town and church records contain no mention of the death of Mary Rowe, second wife of John Chapman. It is probable that she lived and died with some of her children in another place.]
Unmarked grave: An infant of David and Bathshua (Ellis) Chapman, sex not stated, died Dec. 21, 1810.
VII. 7. LOT OF ISAAC RAWSON.
ISAAC RAWSON Died Aug. 16, 1850, Ae. 83.
POLLY, wife of ISAAC RAWSON, Died Apr. 20, 1858, Ae. 84.
Unmarked grave: Serena (usually called Syrene), wife of Ira Myrick Raw- son, died, Feb. 19, 1849, ae. 45.
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HISTORY OF SULLIVAN.
VIII. I. LOT OF J. G. AND J. WHITE.
JOSIAH G. WHITE Died Nov. 16, 1839, Ae. 72.
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