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The thirty-first pastor, and the last as we go to press, was Rev. GEORGE E. CROUSE, who began duty on the first of July, 1912, and preached his last sermon on the third Sunday in February, 1916. He also supplied the pulpit of the Congrega- tional society in Harrisville.
The first meetinghouse for the use of this society was built in the year 1797. It was built in the usual style of church architecture at that time. The main building was thirty feet by forty on the ground, with a porch at each end. It was built near the east end of lot 20, range 9, on the old hill road through Pottersville. It was then quite customary to locate meetinghouses on hills. In 1830, the porches were removed and the house was repaired. In 1840, the building was removed to its second location, which was on lot 21, range 9, in the north-east corner formed by the junction of the old road through the village of Pottersville with the later road leading to the present Chesham station. In 1867, the building was again moved to its third and present location, a few rods west of the second location, on the north side of the main street, a schoolhouse being situated between the meetinghouse and the junction of the roads just mentioned. About two years were spent in remodelling the edifice, and it was again dedicated, January 14, 1869. It was again repaired and remodelled in 1910, at an expense of over two thousand dollars. It is now a very attractive place of worship.
The present membership of the church is forty-one. We are indebted to Mr. Alfred W. Seaver for most of the facts respect- ing the later pastors of the church. The records are defective. The meetinghouse of this society has been in Harrisville since the division of Dublin in 1870.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
There had been a few Methodists in the north-west part of the town from an early date. They classed themselves with members of the same persuasion in Marlborough, and formed part of a circuit, holding their meetings for many years in pri- vate dwellings. In 1842, they erected a meetinghouse in Dub- lin, west of the site of P. W. Russell's mill in Pottersville, in
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the south-west corner formed by the junction of the old road over the hill and the new road to Marlborough.
Several of the persons who preached occasionally in this circuit in its early days became, in after years, distinguished and eminent men. We find among the number the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, whom Abel Stevens, LL.D., in his History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, calls a "right-hearted but wrong-headed man," who "labored like a Hercules, did some good, and had an energy of character which, with sounder faculties, would have rendered him as eminent as he was noted." We also find among the early preachers one then unknown to fame, who was afterwards Bishop Hedding. Martin Reuter also preached in this circuit in the olden time. He became a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The clergymen who were assigned to this circuit during the time that this Methodist meetinghouse stood in Dublin were the following: -
1. JOHN SMITH, 1842
2. SAMUEL S. DUDLEY, 1843-4
3. LORENZO DRAPER, 1845
4. EZRA WARDWELL, 1846
5. O. WATKINS, 1847
6. RUFUS TILTON & J. C. ALLEN, 1848
7. J. C. ALLEN, 1849
8. IRA CARTER, 1850-51
9. JOHN G. JOHNSON, 1852-3
10. G. W. BRYANT, 1854-5
11. JOHN CLOUGH, 1856-7
12. THOMAS L. FOWLER, 1858- 9-60
13. HIRAM A. MATTERSON, 1861-2
The years following the names indicate the dates of their appointments. They were appointed yearly at the spring con- ference, the term of service at each station beginning on the Sunday following the conference.
The services of this society, between 1842 and 1859, were wholly in this meetinghouse at the west end of Dublin (now Harrisville). In 1859, under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Fowler, an able and energetic preacher, the meetinghouse of the Baptist society in Marlborough village was procured for one half of the services. The Baptist society in that village was waning and was dissolved in 1862, on the twentieth of August. Shortly be- fore this, Mr. Fowler had secured a deed of this Baptist edifice for the Methodists and, from that time, the worship was wholly in that building. The meetinghouse in Dublin, which had been in use twenty years, was soon sold. The continuation of the society is to be found in the Methodist organization at Marl- borough and does not properly pertain to this history.
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SECOND ADVENTISM
During the years 1842 and 1843, some persons were aroused by that fanatical excitement which was called Millerism, from the name of the famous itinerant preacher who went about the country proclaiming the doctrine of the second coming of Jesus to the earth from the heavens. His statements were based on a literal interpretation of certain passages of the New Tes- tament which represented the thought of persons living in the first and second centuries. Although scientific reasoning puts a ban upon any assumptions of that character, there have not been wanting persons, through all the centuries, who bade de- fiance to science and insisted upon the literal fulfilment of the predictions concerning the second advent of Jesus. Certain times have been set for this reappearance. It is needless to say that such expectations have always been doomed to disap- pointment. The year 1843 had been fixed for such a reappear- ance of Jesus and the end of the world as it now is. In the pre- ceding year, as well as in that year, the Millerites held many meetings, exhorting men to repent and be ready for the impend- ing crisis. Many persons became insane as a result of the ex- citement. In an intelligent community like Dublin, it was not so easy to secure converts to such a doctrine. The inhabitants of this town, as a rule, were not persons who would readily become victims of such a delusion. A few meetings were held in the Baptist meetinghouse, but the excitement soon subsided and it is not known that there were any permanent adherents to the Second Advent doctrines in any part of the town.
MORMONISM
About the year 1844, there was a considerable demonstra- tion in the interest of Mormonism in Peterborough. The famous Elder Brigham Young and the less famous Elder Orson Pratt were there earnestly exhorting their hearers to espouse their views and go to join the colony of the "Latter Day Saints." During this excitement in Peterborough, several young men from that town and other places in this part of the state received ordination "under the hands of Elders Brigham Young and Orson Pratt" as preachers and exponents of the Mormon doctrines. As a rule, they were not educated men, and their teaching could have had but little influence among thinking persons. During this excitement, there were several other "elders" in Peterborough besides the two whom we have
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named. One of these, "Elder" McGinn, held two meetings in Dublin, the former in the Town Hall, the second in the First Congregational meetinghouse. His success in making converts to the Mormon cause was said to have been very small.
HARRISVILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
A Congregational church was organized at Harrisville, Sep- tember 22, 1840. The society built a brick meetinghouse which was located a few feet north of the line that then divided Dub- lin from Nelson. The great majority of the parishioners were Dublin persons, and the church should receive a brief notice in this work. The succession of pastors has been the following :---
1. OTIS C. WHITON, August 11, 1842, to October 17, 1845, date of his death
2. JEREMIAH POMEROY, 1846 to 1850
3. DANIEL H. BABCOCK, 1850 to 1851
4. WILLIAM G. TUTTLE, April 16, 1851, to August 22, 1860
5. LYMAN MARSHALL, April, 1864, to April, 1866
6. CHARLES M. PALMER, December 8, 1868, to March 30, 1871
7. AMOS HOLBROOK, November, 1871, to November, 1875
8. H. W. L. THURSTON, 1877 to 1878
9. GEORGE A. BECKWITH, 1879 to 1880
10. GEORGE H. DUNLAP, 1881 to 1885
11. BENJAMIN A. DIXON, 1886 to 1887
12. CHARLES F. GOLDSMITH, 1888 to 1890
13. MILLARD F. HARDY, 1891 to 1892
14. WILLIAM SCHOFIELD, 1893 to 1896
15. AMASA C. FAY, 1897 to 1899
16. WILLIAM L. B. COLLINS, 1901
17. LEONARD B. TENNEY, March 30, 1902, to October 16, 1904
18. EDWARD P. TENNEY, June 11, 1905, to October 1, 1906
19. WILLIAM O. CONRAD, October 6, 1907, to October 1, 1908 20. HENRY A. COOLIDGE, October 1, 1908, to June 6, 1909 21. E. O. HAM, June 13, 1909, to September 26, 1909
22. HENRY A. COOLIDGE, October 3, 1909, to July 1, 1910
23. PHILIP KING, July 1, 1910, to October 1, 1910
24. HENRY A. COOLIDGE, October 1, 1910, to July 1, 1911
25. GEORGE E. COREY of Boston, July 1, 1911, to September 17, 1911
26. FLORA S. SLOCUM (supply), October 22, to November 24, 1912
27. GEORGE E. CROUSE (Bap., of Chesham), December 1, 1913, to February 20, 1916
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Several of these preachers, especially the later ones, supplied other churches while doing duty in Harrisville. The most of the later supplies resided elsewhere. Mr. Coolidge resided in Dublin, Mr. Conrad in Nelson, and Mr. Crouse in Chesham. Messrs. Ham, King, and Corey were students who supplied in the summer months. Harrisville became a separate town in 1870. We continued the list of pastors to the present time for completeness.
MCKINLEY MEMORIAL MEETING
It is fitting to close this history of the Dublin churches with the account of a service in which all the pastors then settled in Dublin participated, including the priest who was ministering to the Roman Catholics of the town. The only church not rep- resented was the Trinitarian Congregational, which was with- out a settled pastor. The service was held to observe the day set apart for the funeral of President WILLIAM MCKINLEY. The meeting was called by the selectmen of the town and the exercises were held in the Town Hall, on Thursday, September 19, 1901, at two o'clock, P.M.
The chairman of the board of selectmen, Mr. CLIFFORD GOWING, presided, and with him were the other members of the board, Mr. JOHN H. MASON and Mr. FRED. A. PIERCE.
The following was the order of the proceedings: -
Hymn. "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
Scripture Reading. The Rev. FRANKLIN K. GIFFORD, Unita- rian Church, Dublin.
Hymn. "Lead, Kindly Light."
Prayer. The Rev. E. J. FURLONG, St. Peter's Church, East Jaffrey, who was then saying mass on Sunday mornings for the Roman Catholics of Dublin.
Hymn. "Abide with me."
Address. The Rev. REUBEN KIDNER, Emmanuel Church, Dublin.
Hymn. "America."
Benediction. The Rev. FRANKLIN K. GIFFORD.
The choir was composed of the following persons: -
Mrs. WILLIAM W. ANDREW, Soprano Mrs. CHARLES W. LEFFINGWELL, Alto Mr. W. W. SHAY, Tenor Mr. W. B. KIRK, Bass Mrs. CLIFFORD GOWING, Pianist
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This was probably a unique service, in that it was, so far as known, the only function of the kind in which all clergymen supplying local pulpits, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, participated. The address delivered by Mr. Kidner was pub- lished.
CHAPTER IX
CEMETERIES
THE OLD CEMETERY AT DUBLIN
TI HE ancient cemetery near the village of Dublin has been used for the burial of the dead from the first settlement of the town. In the former History of Dublin, we are informed that the Burial-field or Graveyard was not enclosed for many years after the settlement of the town. By a vote of the town, a substantial stone wall was built around it. After the new road was made south of the graveyard, the entrance to it was changed from the north side to the south-west corner. A tomb was prepared, by a vote and at the expense of the town, near the new entrance. It was designed and is used for a place of deposit for the dead in the winter. The bodies are taken out and interred in the spring. The burying-ground has been enlarged by extending it to the new road on the west end, and by a piece of land on the south side of the same. In May, 1840, a number of persons as- sembled, as previously agreed upon, bringing various kinds of trees, in setting out which they spent the afternoon. The whole of the ground was not ornamented with trees for want of time. The native growth of trees is left standing at the west end, and spots for new graves are mostly selected in that part of the field.
The ancient entrance, opposite the old first meetinghouse site, which is quite narrow, still remains, and another was provided, on the north side, in the western extension.
The tomb is now seldom used. The entrance is so small that some of the modern casket-boxes could not be passed through it. There is likewise a growing disposition to avoid a second scene of sadness at the interment. As a rule, at the present time, graves are dug in mid-winter, although there are many incon- veniences attending a burial at such a time, especially if the snow be deep or the temperature very low.
We here present a copy of the inscriptions in this ancient cemetery, which were taken from the headstones and monu- ments by Mrs. Rufus P. Pierce and Mrs. Charles R. Fiske, with some later inscriptions taken by Milton D. Mason, Esq.
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The inscriptions are here arranged in the alphabetical order of families, and those of the same family name, in the alpha- betical order of the heads of families.
A dagger, t, is placed before the notices of a few recent deaths of persons at whose graves headstones had not been placed when these pages went to the press.
Short space lines separate individual inscriptions. Long space lines divide family groups.
INSCRIPTIONS
ABEL ADAMS died May 27, 1865, Ae. 74 y'rs 3 m's & 17 d's.
SALLY, wife of ABEL ADAMS, died Dec. 17, 1868, Ae. 85 y'rs 3 m's & 13 d's.
ALBERT G. ADAMS Born Feb. 24, 1879 Died May 23, 1892
FRANK T. ADAMS Born Nov. 2, 1883 Died Apr. 2, 1899
MARY A. Dau. of FRED. and ETHEL ADAMS, Died, Dec. 20, 1911, Ae. 8 ms.
HENRY A. ADAMS died Feb. 19, 1881, Ae. 43 yrs. 2 ms.
ISAIAH ADAMS Died Nov. 26, 1865 Ae. 68 yrs. & 10 mos.
[Willow and urn.] Mr. JAMES ADAMS died 4 June 1810, aged 41 years. [Note. His widow, Abigail, married Gilbert Tuel, q. v., in these inscriptions.]
[Iron marker erected by the town.] Family of JOSEPH ADAMS
+ ALLEN N., son of LOREN W. ADAMS Born, Mar. 30, 1906; Died, Sept. 16, 1906.
[Willow and urn.] Capt. MOSES ADAMS died 4 June 1810 aged 84 years.
[Note. His son JAMES (3d preceding inscription) died the same day, of the same distemper.]
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[Willow and urn.] Mrs. MARY ADAMS, consort of Capt. MOSES ADAMS, died 10 Dec. 1808 aged 78 years.
[Note. Abigail, a daughter of Capt. Moses and Mary Adams, born, June 29, 1765; died, April 15, 1780. No head-stone.]
MOSES ADAMS died April 30, 1844, Ae. 75.
HANNAH, wife of MOSES ADAMS, died, Jan. 13, 1864, Ae. 91 yrs. & 7 mos.
MOSES ADAMS Died Nov. 7, 1873, Ae. 78 yrs.
SALLY, Wife of MOSES ADAMS, Died, May 11, 1881, Ae. 79 yrs.
[Willow and urn.] HARRIETT, Eldest Daughter of Capt. MOSES ADAMS, died, Oct. 1, 1833, Ae. 11 yrs. 6 mo. & 21 ds.
This earth was not for one to whom Nothing of earth was given: Nothing but a resting place, her tomb Between the world and heaven.
EMILY ADAMS died, June 11, 1903, Ae. 79 ys. 4 ms.
ELIZA ADAMS Died Sept. 4, 1907, Ae. 81 ys. 6 ms.
SAMUEL ADAMS died, July 26, 1887, Ae. 93 ys. 2 ms. 23 ds.
In memory of Mrs. ALMIRA ADAMS, wife of Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, who died, June 26, 1823, Aet. 28.
[Willow and urn.] In Memory of Mrs. MARTHA, Wife of Capt. SAMUEL ADAMS, who died, June 20, 1825, Aet. 33.
AZUBA S. wife of SAMUEL ADAMS died May 31, 1854, Aet. 60.
+ SAMUEL ADAMS, Jr. Born, Sept. 14, 1831; Died, July 23, 1914.
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[Willow.] In memory of Mr. TIMOTHY ADAMS who died Dec. 1, AD. 1818 Aged 68 years. This life is done, my spirit's fled, And I am numbered with the dead.
Also In memory of four Infant children of Mr. TIMOTHY and Mrs. MARY ADAMS, who died between the years 1774 & 1790.
Repose sweet babes in quiet rest; God took you home when he thought best.
[Willow and urn.] In memory of Mrs. MARY, widow of Mr. TIMOTHY ADAMS, who died, Feb. 24, 1825, aged 73.
[Head and wings.] Memento Mori. In memory of Mrs. SARAH ALLEN Wife of Mr. JOSIAH ALLEN, who departed this life Feby ye 3d, 1791; In ye 35 th year of her age.
Happy the company that's gone From cross to crown, from thrall to throne. How loud they sing upon the shore To which they sailed in heart before.
CAPT. ANDREW ALLISON died May 26, 1841, Ae. 87.
[Willow and urn.] In memory of Mrs. SARAH ALLISON, who died, July 2, 1801, in the 32 year of her age.
BETSEY, wife of Capt. ANDREW ALLISON, died Oct. 14, 1852, Ae. 80.
SALLY ALLISON died May 4, 1878, Ae. 91 ys., 1 mo., 21 ds. Ripe for Eternity.
ELI ALLISON, died Mar. 25, 1860, Ae. 68.
PERSIS, wife of ELI ALLISON, died Mar. 31, 1885, Ae. 87.
ANDREW, son of ELI & PERSIS ALLISON, died Jan. 17, 1850, Ae. 28
SARAH J. died, July 16, 1841, Ae. 6 yrs.
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PERSIS J. died, July 16, 1841, Ae. 3 yrs. Children of ELI & PERSIS ALLISON.
SAMUEL died, Dec. 10, 1834, Ae. 9 yrs. WEBSTER died, Dec. 21, 1834, Ae. 7 yrs. Children of ELI & PERSIS ALLISON.
JAMES ALLISON Died Mar. 31, 1914, Ae. 84 ys.
SARAH JANE, wife of JAMES ALLISON, died, May 1, 1878, Ae. 40 ys. 11 ms.
BESSIE M. wife of JAMES ALLISON, died July 10, 1880, Ae. 41 yrs. 2 mos.
WILLIE A. Son of JAMES & SARAH J. ALLISON, died Oct. 5, 1862, Ae. 7 ys. 5 ms.
In memory of Mr. STEPHEN AMES, who departed this life Feby 19th 1801, in the 91st year of his age.
Death from all death hath set me free. And will our gain forever be. Death burst the massy bars of woe, And let the joyful captive go.
[Willow and urn.] In memory of Mrs. JANE AMES, wife of Mr. STEPHEN AMES, who departed this life Feby 25th, 1800, in the 90th year of her age.
MARTIN, Son of C. F. & L. G. APPLETON, Born, Jan. 30, 1882, Died, Feb. 6, 1882.
DAVID APPLETON Died March 17, 1870, Aged 73 yrs. & 8 mos.
Dea. FRANCIS APPLETON Died July 16, 1849, Ae. 90.
[Willow and urn.] Mrs. MARY wife of Dea.
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FRANCIS APPLETON, died Aug. 1, 1840, Ae. 74.
Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish On the graves of those you love; Pain and death, and night, and anguish Enter not the world above.
ISAAC APPLETON Born June 16, 1762 Died Aug. 19, 1853.
SARAH wife of ISAAC APPLETON Born Jan. 9, 1768 Died Mar. 28, 1838.
JESSE R. APPLETON [April 25,] 1809-1904 [July 27] LOUISA MASON, his wife [Oct. 21,] 1807-1844 [Nov. 3] ABBIE S. MASON, his wife, [April 6,] 1825-1910 [Dec. 9] ELLEN REBECCA [Nov. 30,] 1853-1859 [Sept. 14]
[Former marker.] Mrs. LOUISA, wife of JESSE R. APPLETON, Died Nov. 3, 1844, Ae. 37.
[Former marker.] ELLEN REBECCA, daugh. of JESSE R. & ABBIE S. APPLETON, died, Sept. 14, 1859, Ae. 5 yrs. 9 ms. & 14 ds.
[Willow and urn.] JOSEPH APPLETON, Esq., Born, Dec. 5, 1791 Died, May 9, 1840.
[Willow and urn.] ISAAC HENRY CLAY Son of JOSEPH & HANNAH APPLETON, died Feb. 22, 1837, Ae. 2 yrs. & 6 ms.
[Willow and urn.] Erected In memory of ISAAC HENRY CLAY son of Mr. JOSEPH & Mrs. HANNAH APPLETON who died March 30, 1830: Ae. 2 yrs. 8 mo. & 10 days.
Farewell dear parents, brothers, sister too, You've seen the young, the lovely, pass away.
EBENEZER ATWOOD died April 12, 1863 Ae. 78. In God is my trust.
BETSEY F. wife of EBENEZER ATWOOD Died, June 24, 1864, Ae. 77. Ripe for eternity.
PRUDENCE ATWOOD died Aug. 24, 1870, Ae. 60 ys. 6 ms. 14 ds.
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MILAN ATWOOD died Aug. 18, 1879, Ae. 57 ys. 5 ms. 16 ds.
Rest, dear husband, thy troubles are o'er, The last fond look is given. Oh! may thy weary spirit rest, Sweetly rest, in heaven.
Ella S. Greenwood wife of L. C. BALDWIN Died, Apr. 23, 1884, Ae. 34 ys. 6 ms. 12 ds.
A. L. BALL June 4, 1840-Oct. 27, 1902.
[Iron marker.] FRANK O. BALL
[Iron marker.] Mrs. FRANK O. BALL.
CHARLOTTE SWEETSER, wife of JOHN BATCHELDER, Died July 11, 1882, Ae. 74 yrs.
LAWSON BELKNAP died Oct. 14, 1853, Ae. 54.
SALLY M., widow of LAWSON BELKNAP, died Dec. 26, 1865, Ae. 65.
LUKE BELKNAP Died Oct. 25, 1822, Aet. 35 yrs. POLLY BELKNAP, His wife, died in Clinton Nov. 13, 1875, Aet. 82 yrs. 6 mos. & 29 days.
NATHANIEL BELKNAP Died July 18, 1826, Ae. 77. He had been an inhabitant of Dublin 52 years.
REBECCA wife of NATHANIEL BELKNAP Died Sept. 21, 1866, Ae. 102 ys. 1 mo. & 23 ds.
[Note. She was the oldest person who has died in Dublin.]
SALLY BELKNAP died March 14, 1864, Ae. 59 y'rs.
ELVIRA E. CHAMBERLAIN wife of C. H. BEMIS, died Mar. 23, 1878, Ae. 40 ys. 6 ms.
JEREMIAH BEMIS Died Aug. 19, 1856, Ae. 91 yrs. 1 mo. 6 ds. My years have reached a span Beyond the common lot of man.
SARAH Wid. of JER. BEMIS, died, July 6, 1857, Ae. 91 yrs. 2 Mos. 20 Ds.
I leave this world and friends so dear To join my consort in another sphere.
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SIBEL, Wife of JOSIAH BEMIS, and daugh. of WILLIAM & MARY EMERY, died, Dec. 31, 1832, Ae. 38 ys. 8 ms. & 26 ds.
WILLIAM C. son of William & Emeline BETTS, died March 20, 1837, Ae. 4 y'rs. & 7 mo's.
SAMUEL son of NATHAN & MARTHA BIXBY died, Jan. 25, 1796, Ae. 11.
SYLVESTER W. BLODGETT died June 19, 1852, Ae. 44. In such an hour as ye think not, the son of man cometh.
SUSAN wife of TIMOTHY BLODGETT died March 18, 1869 Ae. 77 yrs. Stop here, my friends, and cast an eye; As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, so you must be, Prepare for death, and follow me.
MARY H. SNOW wife of SARGENT BOHONAN died Aug. 21, 1887, Ae. 67 yrs.
FATHER. FRANKLIN BOND Died July 8, 1882, Ae. 82 yrs.
MOTHER. MARY E. wife of FRANKLIN BOND Died May 7, 1876 Ae. 68 yrs. 3 ms. 17 ds.
BOND. GEO. F. BOND, [March 1] 1827-1894 [Aug. 8] EMELINE HAWKINS his wife, [Jan. 8,] 1832-1903 [Mar. 11]
[Willow and urn.] Erected In memory of Mr. JONAS BOND, who died, March 1, 1822, Aet. 63.
Let this vain world engage no more, Behold the gaping tomb; It bids us seize the present hour; To-morrow death may come.
[Willow and urn.] EDNAH wife of JONAS BOND, died Nov. 16, 1840, Ae. 76.
To Jesus, then, I turn for rest; He bade me cease to roam, And fly for refuge to his breast, And he'll conduct me home.
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[Willow and urn.] Sacred to the memory of JAMES BOWERS who died Jan. 24, 1850: aged 85.
Death is a foe from which no one can fly All sinned in Adam, and, like Adam, must die, But happy those, who, through the Sav- ior's blood, Indulge the hope to rise and reign with God.
[Willow.] LYDIA wife of JAMES BOWERS died June 11, 1840 Ae. 78.
LUTHER BOWERS died, July 31, 1865 Ae. 76 yrs. & 8 mos.
Sarah Bullard wife of LUTHER BOWERS died May 27, 1840, Ae. 57.
GEORGE S. BRICKER Born July 16, 1826, Died Dec. 18, 1897
G. WALTER BRICKER Born Nov. 12, 1852; Died Apr. 21, 1882.
JONAS BRIGHAM died Feb. 10, 1850 Ae. 91.
DORCAS BRIGHAM wife of JONAS BRIGHAM died Dec. 25, 1859, Ae. 91 yrs.
RUEL BRIGHAM died Dec. 10, 1873, Ae. 65 yrs. 6 mos.
PRUDENCE wife of RUEL BRIGHAM Died, Dec. 11, 1848, Ae. 36.
GEORGE FRANKLIN son of RUEL & PRUDENCE BRIGHAM died March 7, 1845, Ae. 1 y'r 5 mo's 21 ds.
[Willow and urn.] In memory of Miss SALLY BROAD who died Feb. 13, 1827 : Aet. 24.
JAMES son of JAMES & JULIA BROOKS died Mar. 20, 1846, Ae. 11 mos. 11 ds.
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He died to sin, he died to cares, But for a moment felt the rod. Such, mourner, such the Lord declares Such are the children of our God.
JOHN BROOKS died Apr. 7, 1885, Ae. 78 yrs. HARRIET CROMBIE his wife, died Nov. 30, 1895, Ae. 76 yrs. BROOKS.
[Iron marker.] JONAS BROOKS.
FATHER CEPHAS BROWN died Aug. 8, 1824, Ae. 33 yrs.
LUCY S. dau. of CEPHAS & MARY E. BROWN died Jan. 19, 1876, Ae. 53 yrs. Asleep in Jesus.
Alice Littlefield Infant daugh. of FREDK. A. & EMILY M. BROWN, Died, May 30, 1848.
Fredk. Augustus, son of FREDK. A. & EMILY M. BROWN, Died, Jan. 3, 1852, Ae. 3 mos. & 13 ds.
Clara H., daut. of FREDK. A. & EMILY M. BROWN, died July 6, 1866, Ae. 8 mos. 5 d'ys.
Ada. S. daut. of FREDK. A. & EMILY M. BROWN, died Aug. 27, 1869, Ae. 1 yr. & 1 mo.
LUCINDA L. wife of MOSES W. BROWN, Died July 2, 1860, Ae. 34 y's 4 m's.
LYDIA M. daugh. of MOSES W. & LUCINDA L. BROWN, Died Apr. 12, 1860, Ae. 4 yrs.
JOHN A. BRUCE died Mar. 17, 1866, Ae. 41 y'rs 8 mo's & 7 d'ys. We miss thee at home.
Lucy M. Howe, wife of JOHN A. BRUCE. Born, Jan. 25, 1824 Died, Mar. 12, 1907.
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HISTORY OF DUBLIN
JAMES BURNS Died Apr. 30, 1838 Ae. 77 HANNAH his wife Died Sept. 20, 1859, Ae. 84. JAMES BURNS, Jr., Died, Nov. 14, 1832, Ae. 26
The tender thought on thee shall dwell
[Willow and urn.] Mr. WILLIAM BURNS died May 14, 1842, Ae. 25. [Son of James and Hannah.]
Friend after friend departs Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end. Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
[Iron marker.] DAVID BURNS. [Son of James.]
ABBOTT BURPEE Died Aug. 21, 1879 Ae. 49 yrs. [Note. He was named Abbot Bowman Burpee, and was in his 49th yr.]
EBENEZER BURPEE Died Nov. 4, 1890, Ae. 89 yrs. DORCAS B. his wife, died,
Aug. 11, 1879, Ae. 77 yrs. Their Children: DORCAS A., Ae. 3 yrs. 6 ms. ASAPH, Ae. 1 yr.
[According to the First Church records, a child of Ebenezer Burpee was buried, Apr. 5 (probably died, Apr. 3), 1835, ae. 5 weeks. Another child of Mr. Burpee died in August. 1835, ae. 3 yrs. These are the ones which this stone commemo- rates.]
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