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No. 414 .- John L. Staples, died April 28, 1855, aged 47.
No. 415 .- Eliza A., wife of John L. Staples, died Jan. 10, 1851, aged 42.
No. 416 .- Jerusha, wife of Curtis Spaulding, died Jan. 7, 1852, aged 54.
No. 417 .- George N., son of N. E. and M. E. Starky, died Feb. 10, 1852, aged 6 years.
No. 418 .- Mary E., daughter of N. E. and M. E. Starky, died March 24, 1852, aged 8.
No. 419 .- Sacred to the memory of Susan G. Sel- fridge, who departed this life Sept. 28, 1841, aged 62.
" The last tribute of filial love.
" I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Sa- viour. He that liveth and believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live. And he that liveth and believeth in me shall never die." 2
1 Luther Smith was the old clock-maker; he dropped down dead while going into his house.
2 The Rev. Abial A. Livermore caused this beautiful trib- ute to be engraved on this marble.
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No. 420 .- Thomas Thompson, born April 6, 1785, died June 4, 1857.
No. 421 .- Here rests the mortal part of Mrs. Thirza, wife of Mr. Thomas Thompson, whose virtues en- deared her to her family, friends and acquaintances ; she died May 11, 1822, aged 36.
No. 422 .- Betsy, wife of Thomas Thompson, born March 1, 1786, died Aug. 1, 1857.
No. 423 .- In memory of Thirza Elmira A., daugh- ter of Thomas and Thirza Thompson, who died Sept. 19. 1836, aged 17.
"Sleep, sister, sleep, for now the dawn Of brighter day has met thine eye, The hand of death has gently drawn The curtain of another sky."
No. 424 .- In memory of Thomas Thompson, who died Feb. 24, 1813, aged 71.
No. 425 .- Widow Sally Thompson, died April 21, 1840, aged 81.
No. 426 .- Julia A., wife of Thomas C. Thompson, died January 2, 1850, aged 32.
" True excellence ripens but in Heaven."
No. 427 .- Augusta, daughter of A. and H. Thomp- son, died Feb. 27, 1832, aged 4 years.
No. 428 .- George, son of A. and H. Thompson, died Jan. 5, 1850, aged 27.
No. 429 .- Sarah, daughter of A. and H. Thompson, died March 30, 1849, aged 19 years and 10 months.
No. 430 .- Aaron Thompson, died March 10, 1847, aged 57.
No. 431 .- Hannah, wife of Aaron Thompson, died Nov. 30, 1848, aged 57.
No. 432 .- Thompson (granite monument).
No. 433 .- Mary Ann, daughter of A. and H. Thomp- son, died Nov. 6, 1843, aged 26.
No. 434 .- Sarah Athea, daughter of Joshua C. and Caroline Thompson, died March 21, 1854, aged 2 years 11 months and 7 days.
" Blossomed to die, O, do not weep, Suppress that sigh, I sweetly sleep."
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No. 435 .- Harry Towne, died June 8, 1826, aged 24. No. 436 .- Ephraim Towne, died March 24, 1849, aged 68.
No. 437 .- Harriet W., wife of Joseph S. Towne, died Feb. 11, 1852, aged 36.
No. 438 .- In memory of George E. Towne, who died Nov. 6, 1851, aged 30.
No. 439 .- Elvira, daughter of George E. and Mar- tha M. Towne, died Sept. 11, 1850, aged 1 year 5 months and 21 days.
" Shed not for her the bitter tear, Nor give the heart to vain regret,
'Tis but the casket that lies here,
The gem that fills it sparkles yet." 5
No. 440 .- Stephen Trask, died Ang. 7, 1830, aged 66.
No. 441 .- Ezekiel H. Trask, died May 10, 1830, aged 25.
No. 442 .- Walter Taylor, died Aug. 30, 1852, aged 64.
No. 443 .- Milla, wife of Walter Taylor, died Oct. 9, 1839, aged 52.
No. 444 .- Harriet G. Taylor, died Dec. 8, 1837, aged 21.
" Hope is a pledge of glorious rest, To weary mortals given,
A flower we cultivate on earth,
To reap the fruit in Heaven."
No. 445 .- Harriet Ada Tilden, died Oct. 16, 1844, aged 18.
No. 446 .- Elijah Turner, died May 26, 1845, aged 58.
No. 447 .- Wm. H. Turner, died July 2, 1825, aged 26.
"With silent lips to Heaven we give him up,
Submissively we take the cup, 1 'Tis bitter, but 'tis given."
No. 448 .- Little Georgie-George O., son of H. U. and M. P. Thatcher, died Sept. 9, 1863, aged 9 months. No. 449 .- John G. Thatcher, died June 26, 1842, aged 56.
No. 450 .- John Thurstain, died July 30, 1845, aged 73.
No. 451 .- Roswell Thurstain, died April 29, 1850, aged 42. Francis W., William C., Julia A., Lyman C., children of Roswell and Frances Thurstain.
No. 452 .- Twitchell (marble monument).
No. 453 .- Amos Twitchell, born in Dublin April 11, 1781, died May 26, 1850.
No. 454 .- Elizabeth Goodhue, wife of Dr. Amos Twitchell, died Oct. 24, 1848, aged 60.
No. 455 .- William Torrance, aged 39 years. Born in Enfield, Mass., Dec. 1, 1815 ; graduated at Amherst College in 1844; for years instructor of Keene Acad- emy and the first principal of the High School ; died Feb. 3, 1855, universally lamented.
" The pure in heart shall see God."
His pupils in grateful remembrance of his virtues have erected this monument.
No. 456 .- Elizabeth Wright, died March 14, 1799, aged 52.
No. 457 .- James Wright, died May 3, 1811, aged 61 years. Martha Wilder died March 16, 1819, aged 35.
No. 458 .- Adolphus Wright, born June 13, 1785, died Nov. 23, 1864.
" Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.
No. 459 .- Mrs. Jerusha, wife of Mr. Adolphus Wright, died March 17, 1828, aged 43.
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No. 460 .- Sylvia, wife of Adolphus Wright, died Dec. 19, 1866, aged 79 years and 11 months.
" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
No. 461 .- In memory of George Andrew, youngest son of Adolphus and Jerusha Wright, who died Jan. 29, 1819, aged 6 years and 6 months.
No. 462 .- Gustavus Wright, died Dec. 5, 1834, aged 27.
No. 463 .- George Andrew, died Oct. 25, 1824, aged 3. Frederick Wm., died March 7, 1827, aged 16, sons of Adolphus and Jerusha Wright.
No. 464 .- Mr. Ephraim Wright, died Dec. 24, 1821, aged 66.
No. 465 .- Sophronia Wright, died July 5, 1821, aged 20 months. Sophronia, died Aug. 12, 1822, aged 1 month, daughters of Mr. Ephraim and Mrs. Charity Wright.
No. 466 .- Alba Wright, died Dec. 5, 1851, aged 35.
No. 467 .- Betsy, wife of Salmon Wright, died Oct. 3, 1837, aged 27 years.
No. 468 .- Sewell J., eldest son of Salmon and Betsy Wright, died Aug. 31, 1837, aged 2 years and 3 months.
No. 469 .- Franklin H., son of Salmon and Betsy Wright, died Oct. 8, 1837, aged 1 year and 1 month.
No. 470 .- George Wells,1 died July 25, 1803.
No. 471 .- William Wyman, died April 27, 1811, aged 36.
No. 472 .- Mary, wife of William Wyman, died Nov. 4, 1813, aged 40.
No. 473 .- Hannah, wife of Josiah Ward, died Ang. 13, 1815, aged 32 years. She was the daughter of Eben Philips, of Grafton, Mass,
"Sleep soft in dust, wait the Almighty's will ;
Then rise unchanged and be an angel still."
No. 474 .- William Woods, died March 23, 1812, aged 83.
No. 475 .- In memory of Naome, wife of William Woods, who died Sept. 9, 1815, aged 73.
No. 476 .- Elijah Woods, died June 19, 1852, aged 74.
No. 477 .- Sally, wife of Elijah Woods, died Oct. 9, 1844, aged 66.
No. 478 .- Joshua Woods, died Oct. 26, 1820, aged 65.
No. 479 .- Charlotte E., wife of Oren Woods, died Dec. 9, 1834, aged 21. Dinah, wife of Oren Woods, died Dec. 21, 1850, aged 39.
No. 480 .- Samuel Wood, born 1764, died 1846. Abi- gail Wood, his wife, born 1767, died 1848. Children of S. and A. Wood : Abigail, born 1793, died 1795;
Harriet, born 1800, died 1802; James, born 1807, died 1809; Sophia D., born 1804, died 1819 ; Mary A., born 1810, died 1831.
No. 481 .- Deacon Samuel Wood, born at Westfield, Mass., Jan. 3, 1791, died Dec. 29, 1854.
No. 482 .- Emily, wife of Dea. Samuel Wood, born at Lancaster, Mass., July 27, 1795, died April 10, 1857.
No. 483 .- Martha Wyman, born Dec. 27, 1818, died Aug. 27, 1819; John, born Aug. 27, 1820, died July 8, 1832; Elizabeth Newell, born Feb. 20, 1821, died July 8, 1844; Samuel, born Feb. 20, 1824, died March 29, 1824; Martha Ann, born March 1, 1825, died Sept. 30, 1825; Abigail Fosdick, born July 4, 1820, died Sept. 29, 1826; children of Samuel and Emily Wood. No. 484 .- Laura Ann, daughter of Almon and Jane Woods, died Jan. 9, 1843, aged 1 year and 6 months.
No. 485 .- Ann E., daughter of Henry and Susan Woods, died June 11, 1857, aged 11 years and 6 months.
No. 486 .- In memory of Mrs. Bial, wife of Mr. Jo- siah Willard, who departed this life March 31, 1805, in the 26th year of her age.
No. 487 .- Jennett, daughter of Roswell and Eliza- beth Willard, died March 2, 1816, aged 15 months.
No. 488 .- Edwin T. and George C., children of Henry and Sally Willard.
No. 489 .- Allie Winnefred Willard, died March 14, 1859, aged 2 years 1 month and 15 days.
" This star went down in beauty,
Yet 'tis shining now
In the bright and dazzling coronet That decks the Saviour's brow."
No. 490 .- Henry W. Willard, of the First New Hampshire Cavalry, died at Annapolis, Md., March 3, 1865, aged 16 years and 6 months.
No. 491 .- Solomon R. Willard, died June 26, 1854, aged 30; Eunice Trask, his wife, died Oct. 3, 1857, aged 33.
No. 492 .- Daniel Watson, died June 17, 1837, aged 76.
No. 493 .- Susanna, wife of Daniel Watson, died Feb. 26, 1850, aged 83 years.
No. 494 .- Eliza, daughter of Daniel and Susanna Watson, died July 19, 1817, in the 24th year of her age.
No. 495 .- In memory of Capt. David Wilson, who died Dec. 5, 1818, aged 70 years.
No. 496 .- Mrs. Ellenor, wife of David Wilson and late widow of Samuel Chapman, died Aug. 26, 1828, aged 84 years.
No. 497 .- Mrs. Becca Wilson, died Feb. 27, 1831, aged 50 years.
No. 498 .- Ilarriet C., daughter of Joseph and Roxanna Wilson, died Oct. 29, 1829, aged 10 months. No. 499 .- Charles Wilson, died May 5, 1845, aged 49 years.
1 This young man was drowned iu the Ashuelot River. There was formerly a picket fence with cedar posts around this grave ; one of the posts still standing, having done service over seventy years.
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No. 500 .- An infant daughter of Charles and Flora S. Wilson, born and died Aug. 28, 1852.
No. 501 .- C. D. Wilson, wife of Norman Wilson, died Oct. 21, 1846, aged 38 years.
No. 502 .- Granite monument, David Wilder, Ca- leb Wilder and Lucy Gowing.
No. 503 .- Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary, wife of John Wilder. She was born the 5th of June, 1781, and died Oet. 20, 1809, in the 29th year of her age.
" How loved, how valued onee avails thee not, To whom related or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art and what we all must be."
No. 504 .- In memory of our father, Abel Wilder, died April 3, 1862, aged 91 years and 7 months.
No. 505 .- In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Abel Wilder, who departed this life July 19, 1813, aged 36 years.
No. 506 .- Azel, son of Dea. Abijah Wilder, born Nov. 23, 1788, died April 9, 1860.
" There remaineth a rest to the people of God."
No. 507 .- Elvira Warner, wife of Azel Wilder, born March 2, 1792, died Jan. 28, 1863.
" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ; they rest from their labors and their works do follow them."
No. 508 .- Charles Johnson, son of Azel and Elvira Wilder, died Dee. 28, 1818, aged 2 years and 4 months.
No. 509 .- Azel Bradley, son of Azel and Elvira Wilder, born April 3, 1825, died April 30, 1826.
No. 510 .- Lucius E. Wilder, died Oct. 23, 1843, aged 25.
No. 511 .- Lauretta, youngest daughter of Azel and Elvira Wilder, died May 12, 1848, aged 18 years.
No. 512 .- Charles J. Wilder, first lieutenant Com- pany H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, killed in action at Derbytown Road, Va., Oet. 13, 1864, aged 43 years. Elmina N., widow of Charles J. Wilder, died Oet. 15, 1867, aged 44 years.
No. 513 .- Edward Warner, son of Edward B. and M. A. Wilder, born Feb. 4, and died Oct. 18, 1864, aged 8 months and 14 days.
" Little Warner, if my tears fell 'tis not for pain I weep,
I know that safe in Heaven God will keep
The little babe that with me went to sleep."
No. 514 .- Dea. Abijah Wilder, died Jan. 9, 1835, aged 83 years, who was forty-eight years an esteemed officer in the church. Mrs. Tamer, fourth wife of Dea. A. Wilder, died Dec. 16, 1834, aged 85 years. Sarah, his first wife, died March 8, 1780, aged 28 years. Martha, his second wife, died March 28, 1774, aged 37 years. Bulah, his third wife, died Dec. 27, 1788, aged 31 years.
" These all died in faith."
No. 515 .- Martha Wilder, died Jan. 27, 1864, aged 82.
" Beloved as daughter, sister and friend,
She hath done what she could.
" During forty-three years Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Her house was ever open to the disciples of Christ for prayer, and her labors were abundant for the poor, the sick and the afflicted. These things shall be told of her for a memorial."
No. 516 .- Erected to the memory of Dr. Joseph Wheeler, who died April 23, 1826, aged 46 years.
No. 517 .- Ereeted in memory of Mr. Lynds Whee- loek, who died May 28, 1825, aged 41.
No. 518 .- Sarah F., wife of Lynds Wheeloek, died Oct. 12, 1839, aged 46 years.
No. 519 .- Sacred to the memory of Sophia Penne- man, daughter of Mr. Lynds and Mrs. Sally Wheelock, who died Aug. 22, 1819, aged 2 years.
No. 520 .- Adeline, daughter of Lynds Wheelock, died April 17, 1829, aged 4 years and 4 months.
No. 521 .- David Warren, died Feb. 15, 1835, aged 7 weeks. Susan K., Jan. 9, 1840, aged 2 years and 7 months, children of David and Lydia Warren.
No. 522 .- Julia, daughter of Luther and Lucinda White, died Sept. 22, 1846, aged 4 weeks and 2 days.
" Ah ! lovely babe, no sooner mine
Than God the gift reclaim ; The loss is ours, the gain is thine, Thy bosom knew no stain."
No. 523 .- (Granite monument.) Selden F. White, .born April 16, 1812, died Nov. 22, 1867. Emily W., born May 21, 1815, died Dee. 11, 1857. John, born Feb. 2, 1837, died Sept. 2, 1837. Emily A., born Nov. 29, 1843, died May 26, 1844. Jennie A., born Dee. 15, 1851, died Dee. 20, 1853.
No. 524 .- Betsey, wife of Shubael White, died May 1, 1838, aged 28.
No. 525 .- Miss Palmira Warner, died April 26, 1840, aged 50 years.
No. 526 .- Alva Walker, died Oct. 25, 1842, aged 47 years.
No. 527 .- Emily N., wife of Benj. E. Webster, of Boston, Mass., died June 13, 1845, aged 26 years.
" Beloved friends, prepare to meet thy God."
No. 528 .- Mary E., wife of E. W. Winchester, died May 22, 1845, aged 21 years.
" Known only to be loved."
No. 529 .- Julia A., daughter of E. W. and M. E. Winchester, died Aug. 25, 1848, aged + years and 10 months.
No. 530 .- Miriam, wife of Nathan Willey, died June 7, 1847, aged 67.
No. 531 .- Seth Willey, died March 14, 1863, aged 59.
No. 532 .- Charlotte C., wife of Roswell Weeks, died at Winchester Aug. 6, 1851, aged 55 years.
" I am not lost, but gone before."
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No. 533 .- Ella, daughter of Thos, H. and Martha W. Williams, died Nov. 25, 1854, aged 3 years, 1 month and 15 days.
THE OLD GRAVEYARD AT ASH SWAMP, NEAR THE JOSIAH SAWYER PLACE .- I learn from an old citizen that the land for this bury- ing-ground was given to the district by a man that formerly owned the Sawyer place (probably Abraham Wheeler), and that his neighbors and friends turned out and built the stone wall around it, the place having been used ever since by the inhabitants of this part of the town for a place to bury their dead. Near the entrance on the right, as you go in, is the Ingersol family tomb ; it has not been opened for many years. I have been told that it has been the custom for a long time to bury the poor and friendless in a row on the extreme west part of the yard, and here you will find a long row of " God's poor;" but my religion teaches me that when the last trump shall sound, many that were buried here will have as clear a record as others that have costly monuments, and had more friends while on earth.
Among the list of names found on the mon- uments in this old yard will be found many that took an active part in the first settlement of the town, and at this day, although more than eighty-eight years have passed since the first in- terment, may be found many of their descend- ants owning or living on the farms of their ancestors. The old burying-ground has always been kept in good order, improvements con- stantly being made, and now, by taking a few rods of land on the north, south and west sides, it would be sufficient for the needs of this part of the town for another century. The follow- ing is a list of the interments in this cemetery, with the inscriptions upon the tombstones :
No. 1 .- Sarah F. Richardson, wife of Niles Aldrich, died June 3, 1853, aged 22.
" A wife and mother gone To a better world we trust ; Angels, watch ye round her tomb, And guard her peaceful dust.
" Dearest partner, how I miss thee, And deplore thy loss on earth ;
Though while here I loved thee deeply, Now I feel and know thy worth.
" And may we, while we mourn the blow, With filial reverence kiss the rod,
And feel that though she's lost below, Our daughter, sister, lives with God.
"Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, We will not weep for thee,
One thought shall check the starting tears- It is that thou art free."
No. 2 .- Polly, wife of Calvin Allen, died Dec. 31, 1863, aged 63. " We mourn thy loss."
No. 3 .- Frank, son of H. H. and F. J. Ashcroft, died April 17, 1871, aged 17 days.
" Many hopes lie buried here."
No. 4 .- Daniel Bradford, died April 21, 1838, aged 67.
No. 5 .- Erected to the memory of Mrs. Sarah, wife of Daniel Bradford, Esq., a native of Duxbury, Mass., who died Nov. 21, 1823, aged 51 years.
No. 6 .- Miss Emily, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Bradford, died June 3d, 1815, aged 17.
" Various are the shafts of death."
No. 7 .- Thomas Baker,1 died April 2, 1842, aged 89. No. 8 .- Betsey, wife of Thomas Baker, died Sept. 12, 1839, aged 75.
No. 9 .- In memory of Emily, daughter of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Betsey Baker, who died March 17th, 1813, in the 9th year of her age.
"So fades the lovely blooming flower, Frail solace of an hour ;
So soon our transient comforts fly, And pleasure only blooms to die."
No. 10 .- Two infant sons of David and Amanda H. Baker, died Oct. 2, 1829, and March 29, 1831.
" Departed innocence to memory dear,
Shall oft receive the tribute of a tear, While fond affections mourn thy early tomb."
No. 11 .- David Baker, died April 20, 1868, aged 72 years and 8 months.
" Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." No. 12 .- Solomon Blake, died Oct. 30, 1809, in the 32d year of his age.
No. 13 .- Dr. Obadiah Blake,2 died June 22, 1810, in the 92d year of his age.
1 Thomas Baker, in 1773, belonged to the Foot Guard of Keene; in 1775 he, with Don Guild and Eliphalet Briggs, was chosen a committee to put in execution certain resolves passed by the town, among them one to prevent profane cursing and swearing; also to prevent everybody from spending their time in tippling-houses and being out after nine o'clock at night.
2 Dr. Obadiah Blake belonged to the Alarm-List of Keene in 1773; he also was chosen one of a committee to hire a minister in 1761. The Rev. Clement Sumner was settled about this time, and this committee was voted twelve pounds, lawful money of the Massachusetts Bay, for the trouble and charges in providing for the ordination
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No. 14 .- Lydia, wife of Dr. Obadiah Blake, died June 28, 1810, aged 77 years.
" Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."
No. 15 .- In memory of Royal Blake, born June 30, 1756, died Oct. 9, 1827.
No. 16 .- In memory of Phillis, wife of Royal Blake, born Nov. 3, 1763, died Sept. 6, 1827.
No. 17 .- Eli Blake, died July 14, 1837, aged 70 years.
No. 18 .- Deliverance, wife of Eli Blake, died April 14, 1845, aged 70.
No. 19 .- Joseph Brown, died Jan. 3, 1836, aged 71.
No. 20 .- Keziah, his wife, died Jan. 3, 1836, aged 72.
No. 21 .- Ami Brown, died Sept. 27, 1858, aged 88. Mary E., wife of Ami Brown, died Oet. 23, 1853, aged 87.
No. 22 .- Hepsey, daughter of Ami and Mary E. Brown, died Oct., 1803, aged 2 years and 9 months.
"Sleep on, sweet child, And take thy rest, God hath pronounced Such children blessed."
No. 23 .- Hepsey Brown, died April 6, 1831, in the 24th year of her age.
" Hear what the voice of Heaven proclaims For all the pious dead;
Sweet is the savor of their names, And soft their sleeping bed."
No. 24 .- Allen Brown, died July 10, 1840, in the 31st year of his age.
" I leave this world without a tear, Save for the friends I hold so dear;
To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend, And to the mourners prove a friend."
No. 25 .- Wealthy M., wife of Allen Brown, died June 29, 1840, in the 28th year of her age.
"Stop each fond parental tear, And each fraternal sigh,
She is freed from all her troubles here To dwell with God on high."
No. 26 .- Sylvia E., wife of Joseph Brown, died Jan. 10, 1857, aged 51.
" Go, peaceful spirit, rest, Secure from earth's alarms,
Go sleep upon the Saviour's breast, Encircled in His arms.
" We weep to see thee die, We mourn thy absence yet,
O may we meet thee in the sky, And there our tears forget."
No. 27 .- Calvin Brown, died Aug. 31, 1826, in the 35th year of his age.
" My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then burst the chains with sweet surprise And in my Saviour's image rise."
No. 28 .- John F. Brown, died May 18, 1827, in the 34th year of his age.
" Is this the lot that all must die ? Will death no ages spare ?
Then let us all to Jesus fly, And seek for refuge there."
No. 29 .- Squire Brown, died Dec. 18, 1829, aged 31.
" Dear companion, now in your bloom, Behold me mouldering in this dark tomb;
When God doth call us, all must go, Whether we are prepared or no."
No. 30 .- Esther Billings, consort of Mr. Isaac Bil- lings, died June 1, 1806, aged 64 years.
No. 31 .- Sarah Borsh, died April 1, 1852, aged 6 weeks.
No. 32 .- Edmund Beebe, died July 3, 1848, aged 40. " Weep not for me." .
No. 33 .- Lucinda C., wife of Edmund Beebe, died Nov. 7, 1855, aged 53.
" Dearest mother, thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel.
But 'tis God that hath bereft us ; He can all our sorrows heal."
No. 34 .- Charles E., died Nov. 3, 1836, aged 5} months ; Elthea Amelia, died March 3, 1846, aged 18 months, children of Edmund and Lucinda C. Beebe.
" Farewell, dear idol of our hearts, To thee short life was given,
Thy morning broke most sweetly here, Thy evening closed in Heaven."
No. 35 .- Jane M., daughter of Edmund and Lu- cinda C. Beebe, died Nov. 11, 1857, aged 16 years and 2 months.
" Friends nor physicians could not save, My mortal body from the grave,
Nor can the grave confine me here- When Jesus calls I must appear."
No. 36 .- Hannah C., wife of Stilman Buss, died Sept. 13, 1849, aged 37 years.
No. 37 .- Mary Jane, daughter of Stilman and Han- nah C. Buss, died April 11, 1852, aged 13 years.
" Farewell, dear Mary, thou art gone To join thy mother dear,
And left thy friends to mourn alone In this cold world so drear.
" But, Mary dear, we hope to meet, In that world above,
Where those dear friends have gone before, Where all is peace and love."
No. 38 .- Ferdinand, son of Stilman and Hannah C. Buss, died April 7, 1854, aged 9.
" Farewell, sweet one in Heaven, Where thou art shining now,
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I know that sin and sorrow Are banished from thy brow."
No. 39 .- Calvin Bragg, died March 1, 1810, aged 42 years.
No. 40 .- Sally, wife of Aaron Gary and former wife of Calvin Bragg, died Aug. 1, 1840, aged 62 years.
No. 41 .- Huldah Bragg, died Dec. 10, 1818, aged 18.
No. 42 .- Mary, daughter of Roswell and Rachel Bragg, died May 16, 1841, aged 8 years and 4 months.
No. 43 .- Eliza Bragg, died Sept. 29, 1872, aged 63 years 5 months 29 days.
" Gone but not forgotten."
No. 44 .- Wm. Britton (2d), died Jan. 28, 1836, aged 62 years. A native of Mansfield, Mass.
No. 45 .- Sarah S. Banks, died July 2, 1836, aged 26 years.
No. 46 .- Rosdelino, daughter of Theodore and Betsy Bolio, died July 3, 1854, aged 1 year and 12 days.
" Weep not ; to mourn it is not meet, For all that's earthly sure will fade ; Look then above and hope to greet Thy loved one now an angel made."
No. 47 .- Andrew H. Blodgett, died May 3, 1872, aged 58 years.
No. 48 .- Charles A. Bates, son of J. M. and Eliza Bates, died June 16, 1866, aged 11 years and two months.
" Dearest Charlie, thou hast left us."
No. 49 .- John Colony, died June 24, 1797, aged 67 years.
No. 50 .- Milly, wife of John Colony, died Jan. 24, 1811, aged 77 years.
No. 51 .- Timothy Colony, died Aug. 29, 1836, aged 72 years.
No. 52 .- Sarah, wife of Timothy Colony, died April 27, 1853, aged 82 years.
No. 53 .- Mary, daughter of Timothy and Sarah Colony, died Aug. 22, 1819, aged 26.
No. 54 .- George, son of Timothy and Sarah Colony, died Feb. 4, 1820, aged 9 years.
No. 55 .- Lockhart, son of Timothy and Sarah Col- ony, died December 23, 1823, aged 23 years.
No. 56 .- Lucy II., wife of Charles K. Colony, died April 21, 1856, aged 36 years.
" I go to my Father."
No. 57 .- Georgcett C., daughter of C. K. and L. HI. Colony, died July 16, 1846, aged 10 months.
" Beautiful and lovely, She was but given, A fair bud to earth, To bloom in Heaven."
No. 58 .- Roscoe C., son of C. K. and L. H. Colony, died April 8, 1848, aged 2 months.
"Thou art gone, dearest boy,
Love's bright cord riven,
Thou hast joined little sisters Now angels in Heaven.'
No. 59 .- In memory of Lovey, daughter of Jesse Clark, Jr., and Delano Clark, who died Jan. 22, 1800, aged 15 years and 8 months.
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