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- Alabama
CREER, Sam
Memorial inscription : Montgomery, Alabama
Stop, you
Stone Cutters,
Here lays
Sam Creer.
1855.
Source : Kippax 1877
SCHOCKLER, John
Memorial inscription : Montgomery, Alabama
Stop as you pass by my
Grave. Here, I
John Schockler, R....Ey.
rest my remains.
I was born in N. Orleans
the 22d of Nov. 1841,
was brought up by good
friends; not taking their
advice, was drowned,
in this City
in the Ala. River,
the 27th of May 1855;
Now I warn all young and old, to beware of the dangers of this River, see
how I am fixed in this watery grave; I have got but two friends to mourn.
Source : Kippax 1877
- California
COHEN, Jacob; known as Rodney Dangerfield
Comedian, actor
November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004
Buried : Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California
Rodney
Dangerfield
There goes the neighborhood.
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial # 9556754; wikipedia - Rodney Dangerfield
FRANK, Justin Arthur
Buried : Rose Garden, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
Smart
Humorous
Irreverent
Tormented
Justin Arthur Frank, M.D.
March 22, 1908 - January 20, 1986
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #7077710
GRIFFIN, Merv
Entertainer, businessman, TV show host.
Burial: Westwood Memorial Park. Los Angeles. Los Angeles County. California, USA
Merv
Griffin
I will not be right back
after this message
July 6, 1925 - August 12, 2007
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #20909851
HACKETT, Joan
Actress
Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Joan Hackett
1934 - 1983
Go away - I'm asleep
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #1447
- Connecticut
BARTHOLOMEW, Isaac
Buried at Cheshire, Connecticut
Here lies ye Body of Doct. Isaac Bartholomew,
He died August ye 25, 1710, in ye XI(?) year of his age.
He that was sweet to my Repose
Now is become a Stink under my Nose
this is said of me
So it will be said of thee.
Source : Kippax 1877
BEADLE, Lydia and her children Ansell Lothrop, Elizabeth, Lydia and Mary
Buried : Wethersfield, Connecticut
Here lies interred mrs. Lydia Beadle, aged 32 years, Ansell Lothrop,
Elizabeth, Lydia, and Mary Beadle, her children, the eldest aged 11
and the youngest 6 years, who on the morning of the 11 of December,
A. D. 1782, fell by the hands of William Beadle, an infatuated man,
who closed the horrid sacrifice of his wife and children with his
own destruction.
Pale round their grassy tomb bedew'd with tears,
Flit the thin forms of sorrows and of fears,
Soft sighs responsive swell the plaintive chords,
And indignations half unsheath their swords.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
BUEL, Mary
Memorial inscription : Litchfield, Connecticut
Here Lies the body of Mrs. Mary, wife of Dr. John Buel, Esq.
She died Nov. 4 1778, Ætat 90, having had 13 children, 101 grand-
children, 274 great-grandchildren, 22 great-great-grandchildren; total
410; surviving, 336.
Source : Kippax 1877
DAVIS, Nathan and Elizabeth
Norfolk, Connecticut
Lieut. Nathan Davis
Died in 1781
Death is a debt that's justly due,
That I have paid and so must you.
Elizabeth, wife of Nathan Davis
Died in 1786
This debt I owe is justly due,
And I am come to sleep with you.
Source : Safford 1900
FOWLER, Mary
Burial : Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Sacred to the Memory
of Miss Mary Fowler
daughter to Mr. Wil
liam & Mrs. Eunice
Fowler who Died
Feby. 1st AD 1792 in the
24th Year of her age.
Molly tho pleasant in her day
Was sudd'nly siezed and sent away
How soon shes ripe how soon shes rottin
Sent to her grave & soon for gottin.
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 6393238
TUTE, Jonathan
Buried : Mystic, Connecticut
Here lies, cut down like unripe fruit,
A son of Mr. Amos Tute,
And Mrs. Jemima Tute, his wife -
Called Jonathan, of whose frail life
The days all summed, how short the account,
Scarcely to fourteen years amount.
Born on the twelfth of May was he,
In seventeen hundred sixty-three;
To death he fell a helpless prey,
April the five and twentieth day,
In seventeen hundred seventy-seven,
Quitting this world, we hope, for heaven.
But tho' his spirit's fled on high.
This body mouldering here must lie;
Behold the amazing alteration
Effected by inoculation -
The means employed his life to save
Hurried him headlong to the grave.
Source : The New York Times, June 27, 1897
- Delaware
MILLER, James
From Dover, Delaware
Buried in South Carolina
To the memory of James Miller, A. M. student of law, yougest son of the
late reverend mr. John Miller of Dover, state of Delaware. He died, under
the hospitable roof of doctor Richard Waring, 15 April, 1795, aged 22 years.
Affected with pulmonary consumption, he had left his relatives and
native home, and was travelling abroad for the recovery of health;
when he was arrested by death, in a land of strangers, whose sympathetick
tenderness embraced all the duties of kindred and friends.
This stone was created by his brothers and sisters, not only to point
out the spot, where his ashes repose; and to commemorate the virtues
and talents of an amiable young man, and the loss of a beloved brother;
but also to express their affectionate gratitude, for the kindness and
friendship, with which he was treated in South Carolina.
Source : Alden 1814 v.5
WILEY, Robert
Monument in Newcastle, Delaware
Sacred to the memory of Robert Wiley, who departed this life, the 4 day
of June, 1801, aged 21 years, 6 months, and 27 days. View this monument,
ye young and careless, and boast no more of tomorrow.
Source : Alden 1814 v.5
- Florida
ROBERTS, B.P.
Burial: Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
I told you I was sick
B. P. Roberts
May 17, 1929
June 18, 1979
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #15820582
- Iowa
GANN Family
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Edward Russell Gann, M.D.
July 19, 1917 - Nov. 10, 1983
“I'd rather be in Acapulco”
Jeanne S. Gann
Dec. 11, 1916
Son
Peter Mason Gann
Jan. 28, 1951 - May 7, 1995
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #48334970
WILLIAMS, Gabriel Jamie
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Front:
Gabriel Jamie
“Gabe”
Williams
Dec. 10, 1975 - July 2, 1992
Son of Nancy & Rick
Brother & friend of Angie
Gymnast & friend to many
Angus Geddy Yahoo Dweezil Beethoven forever
Back:
For those who are about to rock;
Gabe salutes you form heaven
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #7677204
- Kentucky
DUNN, Rhoda I. (nee FLIPPIN)
Fraim Cemetery, Flippin, Monroe County, Kentucky
Rhoda I.
Wife of
H.B. Dunn
and dau'r of
James & Isabel
Flippin
Born
Aug. 18, 1826
Died
Sept. 17, 1863
Three children on
the North side one
on the South
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 61416173
- Louisiana
SCHOCKLER, John
Born in New Orleans
Memorial inscription : Montgomery, Alabama
Stop as you pass by my
Grave. Here, I
John Schockler, R....Ey.
rest my remains.
I was born in N. Orleans
the 22d of Nov. 1841,
was brought up by good
friends; not taking their
advice, was drowned,
in this City
in the Ala. River,
the 27th of May 1855;
Now I warn all young and old, to beware of the dangers of this River, see
how I am fixed in this watery grave; I have got but two friends to mourn.
Source : Kippax 1877
- Maine
LITTLE, Daniel
Buried in Kennebunk, Maine
Rev. Daniel Little, 1801
Memento Mori! preached his ardent youth,
Memento Mori! spoke maturer years;
Memento Mori! sighed his latest breath,
Memento Mori! now this stone declares.
Source : Kippax 1877
MOUND, John
Winslow, Maine
Here lies the body of John Mound
Lost at sea and never found.
Source : Safford 1900
MOODY, Samuel (Rev.)
Memorial inscription, York, Maine
Here lies buried the body of the rev. Samuel Moody, A. M. the zealous,
faithful, and successful pastor of the first church of Christ in York;
was born, in Newbury, 4 january, 1675; graduated, 1697; came hither in
May, 1698; ordained in December, 1700; and died here, 13 November 1747.
For his further character you may read 2 Cor. the six first chapters.
Source : Alden 1814 v.2
SEWALL, Samuel (Esq.)
Memorial inscription, York, Maine
In memory of Samuel Sewall, esq. four generations, in lineal descent
distant, from Henry Sewall, esq. some time mayor of Coventry in Old
England, whose grand-father, Henry, first came to New-England, 1634.
For penetration, sound judgment, and wisdom, remarkable; given to
hospitability; the widow and fatherless he relieved and protected;
pious, exemplary, and devout without superstition. Various offices,
civil, military, and ecclesiastical, with honour and reputation, he
sustained. On the 23 day of April, A. D. 1769, aged 31, he died. His
seven surviving sons, with the approbation of his four daughters this
stone erected. Let brotherly love continue.
Source : Alden 1814 v.2
See also : Samuel Sewall (c. 1738-1769) Epitaph and Genealogy.
THOMAS, Richard
Burial : Fort Hill Cemetery, Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Here lies the body of Richard Thomas,
an inglishman by birth
A Whig of '76.
By occupation a cooper
Now food for worms.
Like an old rum puncheon
Marked, numbered and shooked.
He will be raised again
and finished by his creator.
He died Sept. 28, 1824; aged 75.
America my adopted country
My best advice to you is this
take care of your liberties.
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #55584147
- Maryland Epitaphs are listed on a separate page
- Massachusetts Epitaphs are listed on a separate page
- Mississippi
MORRISSEY, Thomas M.
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA
Thomas M. Morrisey
May 4, 1929
Mar. 14, 1985
Adverse to the plow
Prone to the fiddle and jug
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 48529686
- Missouri
McKEE, John P.
Burial: Sallee Cemetery, Ozark County, Missouri, USA
John P. McKee
Dec 16 1913
Oct 7 1989
Cause of death
Reaganomics
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 39994826
- New Hampshire
JENKINS, Richard
Memorial inscription in New Hampshire
Richard Jenkins here doth lay
(Lately removed from over the way)
His body's here - his soul's in heaven
1767
Source : Kippax 1877
SHEAFE, George Meserve
Residence : Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Buried : Island of Madeira, Portugal
Sacred to the memory of George Meserve Sheafe, of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, a youth singularly amiable, unassuming, and beloved. He
had a mind cultivated by a liberal education and a heart overflowing
with benevolence and affection. It pleased God to afflict him with
a lingering and distressing illness, which he bore with truly christian
patience. He visited this island in the hope of obaining relief; but,
with the fairest prospect of usefulness and respectability, neither
the prayers of an affectionate father nor the unremitting attention
of friendship could preserve him from an early grave. He died on the
14 of February, A. D. 1804, aged 20 years.
Source : Alden 1814 v.2
- New Jersey
CALDWELL, James and Hannah
Buried in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Sacred to the memory of the rev. James Caldwell and Hannah, his wife,
who fell victims to their country's cause, in the years, 1780 and 1781.
He was the zealous and faithful pastor of the presbyterian church in
this town, where, by his evangelical labours in the gospel vineyard,
and his early attachment to the civil liberties of his country, he has
left, in the harts of his people, a better monument, than brass or marble.
Stop, passenger,
here also lie the remains of a woman, who exhibited to the world a
bright constellation of the female virtues. On that memorable day, never
to be forgotten, when a British foe invaded this fair village, and fired
even the temple of the Deity, this peaceful daughter of Heaven retired
to her hallowed apartment, imploring Heaven for the pardon of her
enemies. In that sacred moment, she was, by the bloody hand of a British
ruffian, dispatched, like her divine Redeemer, through a path of blood,
to her long-wished for native skies.
Source : Alden 1814 v.1
EGAN, Eugene L. and Leona J.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Front side of the monument:
EGAN
Eugene L. Aug. 17, 1925 - Oct. 28, 1993
Leona J. Mar. 30, 1924 - Oct. 5, 2007
Back side of the monument:
“Thanks for stopping by”
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 60192084
HAHN, William H.
Burial: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
William H. Hahn Jr.
1905 - 1980
I told you I was sick
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #7968130
HEDDEN, Joseph
Buried in Newark, New Jersey
This monument is sacred to the memory of Joseph Hedden esq who departed
this life, the 27 of September, 1780 in the 52 year of his age. He was
a firm friend to his country in the darkest times, zealous for American
liberty in opposition to British tyranny, and, at last, fell a victim
to British cruelty.
Source : Alden 1814 v.1
OGDEN, Mary
Buried Newark, New Jersey
Mary the wife of Isaac Ogden, esq. here rested from the hurry of life, on
the 15 of March 1772, aged 26 years. Could the softness and elegance which
adorned, could the piety and benevolence, which endeared human nature, could
tenderest friendship or purest love disarm the king of terrors, she had not died.
When every pain and every joy is o'er,
When fortune, age, disease, can wound no more;
Virtues like hers, with radiant lustre glow,
An breathe refulgent through the clouds of wo;
Kind spirit sooth the pangs of parting breath,
And strew with softest down the bed of death.
Source : Alden 1814 v.1
STURGE, Benjamin; WOODRUFF, Hezekiah
Springfield, New Jersey, USA
Beneath this stone lie deposited the mortal parts of Benjamin Sturge,
aged 20, and Hezekiah Woodruff, aged 17 years, who were, on the 18
day of August, 1798, instantly snatched from time to eternity by a
stroke of lightning.
Stop, heedless youth, and read their awful doom,
By heaven's own fire hasten'd to the tomb.
The unerring shaft glides rapid through the air,
And leaves no time for penitence or prayer.
Oh, hear the warning voice of their decease,
This moment fly to God and mke your peace.
No longer dare provoke th' almighty frown,
which on your heads will call his thunder down.
Source : Alden 1814 v.5
- New York
COCHRANE, Isabella Maccomb
From New York, United States
Monumental inscription : St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
This tablet records the deaths (within a space of two months) of a
father and mother whose beloved memory seven orphan children cherish
and revere. Rupert John Cochrane, Esq., of Halifax, N.S., died in
London, 28th June 1851, aged 50 years; and was buried at Battersea.
Isabella Maccomb Cochrane, of New York, United States, America, died
in Edinburgh, 3rd September, 1851, aged 42 years; and was buried in
the Dormitory attached to this chapel.
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the name of
the Lord - Job i. 21.
Source : Rogers 1871 v.1
HALLIBURTON, Hamilton Douglas; CHAMPION, James; JOHNSTONE, Alexander;
PADDY, George; HAYWOOD, Robert; GASCOIGNE, Charles; HAMILTON, Andrew;
SCOTT, William; REDDIE, David; TOMLINSON, William; SPRY, William;
M'CHAIN, John; WOOD, Robert; TOWERS, George.
Monumental inscription in New York, New York
At Sandy Hook lie interred the remains of the honourable Hamilton Douglas
Halliburton, son of Sholto Charles, earl of Morton, and heir of the
ancient family fo Halliburton, of Pitcurr, in Scotland, who perished on
this coast, with twelve more young gentlemen and one common seaman, in
the spirited discharge of duty, on the 30 or 31 of December, 1783, born,
the 10 of October, 1763, a youth, who in contempt of hardship or danger,
though possessed of an ample fortune, served seven years in the British
navy, with manly courage, and seemed to deserve a better fate. This
plain monumental stone is erected by his unhappy mother, Katharine,
countess dowager of Morton, to his dear memory and that of his unfortunate
companions, James Champion, lieutenant of marines; Alexander Johnstone,
George Paddy, Robert Haywood, midshipman; Charles Gascoigne, Andrew
Hamilton, William Scott, David Reddie, William Tomlinson, William Spry,
John M'Chain, Robert Wood, young gentlemen; George Towers, common seaman;
cast away, all found dead and frozen, and buried in one grave.
Source : Alden 1814 v.1
KENESTON, Isabelle H.
Burial: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Isabelle H. Keneston
I'd rather be at the mall
Mar 3 1923 - Jan 11 2002
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #13352606
SHARPE, Ann Jean
Burial: Saint Lawrence O'Toole Cemetery, Brewster, Putnam County, New York, USA
Ann Jean Sharpe
1910 - 1973
Why look ye here?
I'am way up there!
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 28833940
SIMMONS, Elizabeth J., MOUNT, Marietta Clara
Memorial inscription : New York State
In memory of
Elizabeth J. Simmons
wife of
J. E. Mount
Born October 26, 1818
Died October 26, 1852.
Also their daughter,
Marietta Clara
Died March 28, 1853.
Death claimed the lovely flower,
Nor spared the tender bud.
Tombstone of Italy! thou hast engraven upon thy sculptured
marble the name and age of her whose immaculate spirit, exalted
virtues, and noble soul were the joy of him whose heart is left
desolate. Cherub of beauty - sweet flower of innocence - last rosy
ray of hope of thy heart-stricken father! thou didst take thy flight
with all thy loveliness whilst thy blessed mother was in Heaven,
thy father far from thee; but the kind father of thy dear departed
mother, did, with an agonizing heart, see that thy obsequies were
properly performed.
Source : Kippax 1877
SPRAGUE, Ruth
Buried near Hoosick Falls, New York
Ruth Sprague, Daughter of Gibson and Elizabeth Sprague.
Died June 11, 1846, aged 9 years, 4 months, and 3 days.
She was stolen from the grave by Roderick R. Clow, dissected at Dr. P. M. Armstrong's office in Hoosick, N. Y., from which place her mutilated remains were obtained and deposited here.
Her body dissected by fiendish man,
Her bones anatomized,
Her soul, we trust, has risen to God,
Where few physicians rise.
Source : Eaton 1900
TAYLOR, John
Tombstone in front of Christ Church on Academy Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
In this spot
was interred
John Taylor
Attorney at Law
the eldest son
of Doctor John Taylor
of Bolton le Moors, England.
who died of the yellow fever
Sept. 11th, 1805
Aged 36 years
Far from his kindred friends and native skies
Here mouldering in the dust poor Taylor lies.
Firm was his mind, and fraught with various lore
And his warm heart was never cold before.
He lov'd his country, lov'd that spot of earth,
Which gave a Hampden, Milton, Bradshaw birth,
But when that country, dead to all but gain,
Bowed her base neck and hugged the oppressor's chain.
Loathing the abject scene he drooped and sighed.
Crossed the wide wave and here untimely died.
Stranger whate'er thy country's creed or hue,
Go and like him the moral path pursue;
Go, and for Freedom every peril brave.
And nobly scorn to be or hold a slave.
Source : The New York Times, January 5, 1896
WILKINS, Isaac
An American Loyalist, written by himself.
Memorial inscription : Westchester County, New York.
Sacred
To the memory of
The Reverend Isaac Wilkins, D. D.
who for thirty-one years, was the
diligent and faithful minister
of this parish,
placed here, as he believed, by his Redeemer.
He remained satisfied with the
pittance allowed him rejoicing that even in that
he was no burden to his
parishioners;
Nor ever wished nor ever went forth
to seek a better living.
Source : Kippax 1877
- North Carolina
OLIVER, E. Pluribus Unum
Stone erected in North Carolina
Died November 30, 1860, aged 1 year, 10 months, and 9 days.
Farewell thou charming little son,
We never shall hear thy voice again
Farewell little E. Pluribus Unum
May we together in heaven rich blessings share.
Source : Kippax 1877
- Ohio
HOWELLS, J. A.
Buried : Jefferson, Ohio
Veteran editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel.
Gravestone placed in the Jefferson, Ohio cemetery on July 19, 1913.
The gravestone consist of the “make-up” stone used by Mr. Howells for fifty years, during his successive evolutions as printer's devil, printer, and editor. It is inscribed with these lines written by William Dean Howells, a brother of the editor :
Stone, upon which with hands of boy and man,
He framed the history of his time untill,
Week after week, the varying record ran.
To its half-centuried tale of well and ill.
Remember now how true through all those days
He was - friend, brother, husband, son -
Fill the whole limit of your space with praise.
There needs no room for blame - blame there was none.
Source : The New York Times, July 20, 1913
ORSE, Joseph Pasty
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Clermont County, Ohio, USA
Joseph Pasty Orse
He died because of his wife
9 - 16 - 73
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #63700189
- Pennsylvania Epitaphs are listed on a separate page
- Rhode Island
CLARKE, Stephen Hopkins
Memorial in North Providence, Rhode Island
This frail monument is erected as a memorial of Stephen Hopkins Clarke,
son of doctor John Clarke and Amey, his wife, who died at sea, on the
2 day of November, A. D. 1795, in the 18 year of his age.
Ingulph'd in ocean, buried in the wave
No friendly hand could rescue or could save
Thy mortal part, which was but born to try
The lot of man, to suffer and to die.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
DENBY, John; John H.; Maurice A. Dorothy S.; DANIELS, Bertha; BLACKINGTON, Gail A.
South Burial Ground, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
1870 John Denby D.D.S. 1927
His wife
1873 Bertha Daniels 1949
1901 John H. Denby 1958
1903 Maurice A. Denby D.M.D. 1964
1939 Gail A. Blackington 1970
1913 Dorothy S. Denby 1979
I'm filling my last cavity
Me too
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 12139138
ELLERY, Christopher
Tombstone : Newport, Rhode Island
The Human Form respected for its honesty and known for fifty-three
years by the appellation of Christopher Ellery, began to dissolve in
the month of February, 1789.
If tears, alas, could speak a husband's woe
My verse should straight in plaintive numbers flow;
But since thy well-known piety demands
A public monument at thy George's hands,
O Abigail! I dedicate this tomb to thee,
Thou dearest half of poor forsaken me.
Source : Kippax 1877
FISKE, Elizabeth
Buried : Scituate, Rhode Island
Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Fiske, wife of John Fiske, esq. who
departed this life, 24 Sept. A. D. 1766, aged 56 years. She descended,
in a direct line, from the venerable Roger Williams, the pious founder
of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In her character shone with
lustre all the christian, moral, and social virtues.
Celestial powers, that piety regard,
From you my labours wait their last reward.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
HITCHCOCK, Jonathan P.
Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island
Sacred to the memory of mr. Jonathan P. Hitchcock, who died at sea,
10 January, 1803, aetatis 25. Erected by his widow Elizabeth, who claims
This sacred spot and consecrated keeps
To him, who in the ocean's bosom sleeps;
Yet, though his body sinks, beneath the wave,
An early victim to a wat'ry grave,
His soul aloft will yon bright realms explore
Where storms ne'er rise, nor angry billows roar.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
HOWE, Mark Anthony De Wolfe, William, and James
Memorial in Bristol, Rhode Island
This pyramid is erected to perpetuate the memory of three promising
youths, sons of mr. Perley Howe and Abigail, his wife; Mark Anthony
De Wolfe Howe, born, 29 April, 1777, William Howe, born, 4 November,
1778, and James Howe, born, 2 May, 1781. Returning from a voyage
around the world, they were, probably, wrecked on this coast, in
the winter of 1802.
One fate surpris'd them,
And one grave receiv'd them.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
MATHEWSON, Thomas
Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island
Sacred to the memory of captain Thomas Mathewson, youngest son of col.
John Mathewson and Sarah, his wife, who commanded the schooner, Roger
Williams, and, whilst riding at anchor at Turk's Island, was precipitately
forced to sea, on the 11 of Sept. 1806, by a tremendous hurricane. Since
that disastrous day no tidings of this interesting, virtuous young man,
then in the 28 year of his age, nor of the hapless companions of his
voyage have greeted the anxious ear of affection, whence it is presumed,
they were all ingulphed in ocean's vast abyss. Thus, in a moment, were
parental hopes blasted, conjugal love agonized, and all the relative
ties of affinity and affection rent in sunder.
What though short thy date,
Virtue, not rolling suns, the mind matures.
Source : Alden 1814 v.4
- South Carolina
MILLER, James
From Dover, Delaware
Buried in South Carolina
To the memory of James Miller, A. M. student of law, yougest son of the
late reverend mr. John Miller of Dover, state of Delaware. He died, under
the hospitable roof of doctor Richard Waring, 15 April, 1795, aged 22 years.
Affected with pulmonary consumption, he had left his relatives and
native home, and was travelling abroad for the recovery of health;
when he was arrested by death, in a land of strangers, whose sympathetick
tenderness embraced all the duties of kindred and friends.
This stone was created by his brothers and sisters, not only to point
out the spot, where his ashes repose; and to commemorate the virtues
and talents of an amiable young man, and the loss of a beloved brother;
but also to express their affectionate gratitude, for the kindness and
friendship, with which he was treated in South Carolina.
Source : Alden 1814 v.5
- Texas
CROSS, Ricky W.
Buried : American Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas
Ricky W. Cross
Oct. 31. 1950
Nov. 20. 1994
Died in America
Land of the homeless
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial# 55719565
HEAPS, Earl Lee
Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Daddy - Papa
Earl Lee Heaps
Oct. 16, 1915
Sept. 29, 1984
“I told you I was sick”
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #18147326
TOWELL, Ike
Died in February 21, 1934
Burial: Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, USA
Here rests
Ike Towell
An infidel who had
No hope of heaven
Nor fear of hell
Was free of superstition
To do right and love
Justice was his religion
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #61028414
- Utah
LARSEN, Russell James
Burial: Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Headstone : Front
Russell J. Larsen
Dec. 16, 1921
Jan. 26, 1983
World War 2 U.S. Navy 1942 to 1946
Headstone : Back
Two things I love most,
good horses and beautiful
women, and when I die I hope
they tan this old hide of mine
and make it into a ladies riding
saddle so I can rest in peace
between the two things I love
most.
Source : findagrave.com, Memorial #16419524
- Vermont
CARPENTER, Benjamin
Buried at Guilford old cemetery, Vermont.
Sacred to the memory of the
Hon. Benjamin Carpenter, Esq.
Born in Rehoboth, Mass., A. D. 1764.
A public teacher of righteousness,
An able advocate lost for democracy,
And the equal rights of men.
Removed to this town A. D. 1770. Was a field officer in the revolutionary war.
A founder of the first Constitution and Government of Vermont.
A Councilor of Censors in A. D. 1783.
A Member of the Council and Lieutenant-Governor of the State in A. D. 1779.
A firm professor in Christianity in the Baptist Church 50 years.
Left this world and 146 persons of lineal posterity
March 29, 1804, aged 78 years 10 months and 12 days,
with a strong mind and full faith of a more glorious state hereafter.
Stature about 6 feet, weight 200.
Death had no terror.
Source : The New York Times, April 20, 1884
DEWEY, Jedidiah
Buried in Bennington, Vermont
In memory of the rev. mr. Jedidiah Dewey, first pastor of the church in Bennington,
who, after a laborious life in the gospel ministry, risigned his office in God's temple
for the sublime employment of immortality, 21 December, 1778, in the 65 year of his age.
Of comfort no man speak!
Let's talk of graves, and worms, and epitaphs,
Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes,
Write sorrow in the bosom of the earth.
Source : Alden 1814 v.2
PARK, Thomas K. and Rebecca
Buried in an old graveyard in Grafton, Vermont.
Thomas K. Park, Jr., and 14 children of Thos. K. and Rebecca Park.
Youth, behold and shed a tear,
See fourteen children slumber here;
See their image how they shine
Like flowers of a fruitful vine.
In memory of Rebecca, wife of Mr. Thomas K. Park, who died
Sept 23, 1803, in the 40th year of her age.
Behold and see as you pass by
My fourteen children with me lie,
Old and young you soon must die
And turn to dust as well as I.
Source : Kippax 1877
- Virginia
Name unknown
Buried in Alexandria, Virginia
To the memory of a female stranger whoes mortal sufferings ended Oct. 14th 1816.
How valued, how loved once, avails thee not
To whom related, or by whom begot.
A heap of dust alone remains of thee,
Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be.
Source : Safford 1900
CUSTIS, John
Died shortly after 14 November 1749
Buried at Arlington plantation, Virginia
Beneath This Marble Tomb Lies ye Body
of the Honorable John Custis, Esquire,
of the City of Williamsburg and Parish of Boston,
Formerly of Hungars Parish, on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia and the County of
Northampton, the Place
of His Nativity.
Aged 71 Years, and Yet Lived but Seven
Years, Which Was the Space of Time He
Kept a Bachelor's House at
Arlington, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
The foregoing inscription was placed on this stone by the direction of the deceased.
Sources : The New York Times, December 20, 1891; Wikipedia - John Custis
ROSE, Alexander
Residence : parish of Vere, Jamaica
Buried in Fredericksburg, Virginia
In memory of Alexander Rose of the parish of Vere, in the island of
Jamaica, merchant, and a native of North Britain, who visited the
United States of America for the recovery of his health and departed
this life, at Fredericksburg, in Virginia, on the 28 day November, 1800.
This stone is placed over his remains, in testimony of affectionate and
fraternal regard, by his brother, William Rose, of the said island.
Source : Alden 1814 v.5
- Wisconsin
DAVIS, Basil
Memorial inscription : Bayfield, Wisconsin
Basil, child of Jos. Davis
& Fleuvis Davis. Died
On August, 1864, aged 4 years, & 4 mths & 18 days.
Struck
by
Thunder
Source : Kippax 1877
FOSTER, Susan P., wife of Lewis Knapp
Two tombstones in Kenosha cemetery, Wisconsin
Susan P. Foster
wife of
Lewis Knapp
My dear and loving wife, meet me, with our spirit friends, at the
gate of the Elysian Fields of Paradise, where I am coming by
Nature's fast express. Until there we meet, a loving adieu.
P.S. - Our friends W. and A. will soon join us there.
Lew.
Happy! Happy day! Hallelujah!
Amen!
Old Broadguage
Lewis Knapp,
Aged __ years,
Emigrated ____
to join his wife and other friends in the Celestial Fields of Paradise,
thanking God for sense enough to die as He had lived for thirty
years, thoroughly infidel to all ancient and modern humbug-myths
as taught for fine clothes and place, at others' cost, by an indolent,
egotistic, self-elected Priestly Crew.
The fear of the Right Reverend Doctors of Divinity, thological
scare-crow of Hellfire and Damnation to all who refuse to pay tithes
to their support, had no force or effect on Lewis Knapp.
Source : Kippax 1877
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