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 SOME OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE BURIAL PLACES.

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��The following is one of the largest — if not the largest — slate stones I ever

��saw, and is as fresh and free from moss as ago, although it was erected in 1776 : —

��though chiseled but a short time

��" IN

MEMORY OF

JOHN & M"^ ELIZABETH-

WHIDDEN "

��Here was date of birth and death of husband.

��Here was date of birth and death 0^ wife.

��" Friends and physicians could not fave Our moi'tal bodies from the grave, Korean the grave confine us liere When Christ shall call us to appear "

��The following inscription is on a stone bearing date of 1779

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��" Time was I ftood as thou doft now And viewed ve dead as thou doft me

Ere long, you'll lay as low as I And others stand gaze at thee."

��This next has the colifin and heart, and below is chiseled : —

" HERE LYES THE BODY OF

MR. JOSEPH RUSEL HE

DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE

23RD 1762 AGED 18 years"

There are two more like this, dated respectively 1759 and 1752.

In the following, I am unable to give the last syllable of the surname, as it has crumbled completely away. It is dated February, 1760, and the name is Mrs. Margaret Whit — —. By digging away the moss, I found the following inscription : —

" My body's turned into dust

My dust shall yet arise God, by his power, will raise the

To celebrate His praise "

There was no room on the stone for the last word of the third line, so it is just dropped. A very large stone bears date 1775 and the words, " memento Nwri," are chiseled at the top. One close by it warns the passer-by to " Re- member death !"

The following has a rudely sculptured head, and this inscription : —

"HERE LIES THE BODY OF JAMES CHAFE SON OF M"

JOSEPH CHAFE AND '

M^^ ELIZABETH HIS WIFE H DED SEPT Y^ 3° 1778 AGED 3 YEARS 3 MONTHS & 23 DAYS "

There is a flat stone on the ground, 7'ery old, with only the name, " Bixby," decipherable.

I studied long before a stone on which is chiseled " Joseph tufts," before I discovered it to be Joseph Tufts. I found a 'stone lying upon the 2

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