Donald VanHoosier Donald V.H. Iva M.
LAWSON 1908 1974 1913 1991
1908 1974 LAWSON
Original Marker Replacement Marker
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR
Section 20 Block 8 Grave 5.
MOTHER
LUCY JANE LAWSON
LAWSON 1868 James M. 1958
1871 - 1951
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King Co., WA
S9 N12 E1/2 of Lot 943 - Adjacent graves.
FREEMAN
ARETUS E. FREEMAN MINNIE E. FREEMAN ARETUS E. MINNIE E.
1879 - 1946 1877 - 1959 1879 - 1946 1877 - 1959
Original markers Replacement - 1988
Evergreen Cemetery, Seattle, King Co., WA.
MORDECAI
S.
LAWSON
Born
Sep. 11, 1841
Died
June 23
1895
Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK.
E. Carrie, wife of
M. S. Lawson
Jan. 8, 1846 -- Oct. 26, 1914
Another link is broken in our household band,
but its chain is forming in a better land.
MOTHER
LAWSON
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pottawatomie Co., OK
Sixteenth row.
SCOTT C. MALINDA MARGARET
FEB. 23, 1848 FREEMAN
MAR. 21, 1920 1854 --- 1947
FREEMAN
Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK
Block 30 Lot 28
Adjacent graves.
GEORGE R. SUSANNA CARPENTER
FREEMAN WIFE OF
BORN GEORGE R. FREEMAN
Nov. 1, 1850 JAN. 14, 1856
DIED FEB. 10, 1942
Feb. 12, 1901
Red Lick Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX
Inscriptions on adjacent sides of oblisk monument.
W. C. MOREY Mrs. MELVINA MOREY
JAN. 12, 1840 SEPT. 7, 1843
DEC. 2, 1912 JAN. 2, 1926
MOREY
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
Block 100 Lot 26 Spaces 1 & 2
Adjacent graves.
C. M. Lawson
Probably in Itawamba Co., MS
SARAH
wife of
C. M. LAWSON
Died
April 27, 1885
AGED
71 yrs. 3 mo. 18 dys.
Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK
Relocated from Old City Cemetery.
John C. Turman
BORN
Oct. 15, 1802
Married Mary A. Neely
Feb. 29, 1829
DIED
May 4, 1881
McGlamery Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN
Data from photocopy of marker
(Marriage was on Feb. 19, 1829)
Mary A.
Wife of
JOHN C. TURMAN
Born 1811
DIED
June 11, 1858
McGlamery Cemetery, Wayne Co., TN
Data from photocopy of marker
James Freeman
died Aug. 25, 1892
age 72 years 4 months 15 days
Hornback Cemetery, Derry Township, Pike Co., IL
Data from published list
LUCY J.
wife of
J. H. FREEMAN
DIED
Jan. 20, 1865
Aged 40 yrs
4 mo . 9 ds
Hazelrigg Burial Plot, Hadley Township, Pike Co., IL.
Chesly Sears
and
Elizabeth C. Sears
Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, Vernon Co., MO
WILKERSON B. FREEMAN MARGARET LUCILLA
wife of
BORN W. B. FREEMAN
Sept. 26, 1822 BORN
August 9, 1830
DIED DIED
Sept. 17, 1888 March 6, 1887
aged 65 yrs. 11 mos. 21 d. AE 56 yrs. 6 mos.
27 days.
How desolate our home bereft
of the loved ones gone before [Faint 4 line verse]
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC
Adjacent graves.
J. H. CARPENTER MARY his wife
FEB. 29 1808 OCT. 12 1820
FEB. 24 1887 JULY 8 1906
How desolate our home bereft of thee.
Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC
Inscriptions on same marker.
Elijah Morey
Died Aug 13th, 1850
Age 35 years,
2 months 11 days
Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI
Lot 39 (Old No. 153) Grave 9
Last line from Sexton's Report - marker repaired.
ELIZABETH M. MOREY
wife of
PHILO TUPPER
DIED
DEC. 5, 1865
AE 45 Y'S. 4 M. 27 D'S.
Elton Cemetery, Cattaraugus Co., NY.
Henry L. and Harriet (Holcomb) Andrews
Probably in Wyoming Co., NY
Mordecai Lawson
Probably in Itawamba Co., MS
Frances Lawson
Oct. 22, 1798 - Jan. 3, 1868
Birmingham Cemetery, Lee Co., MS
Data from published list
Robert Sims
Brown Cemetery, near Hutton Hollow, Wayne Co., TN
Frances Howard Sims
Sims Graveyard, Wayne Co., TN
SALLIE McGILL
BORN April 10, 1791
DIED Oct. 27, 1884
AGED 93. YS. 5 MO.
17 DS.
Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford Co., TN
Wm. R. FREEMAN MARY
wife of
DIED Wm. R. FREEMAN
DIED
Mar. 16, 1871 Sept. 16, 1867
Taylor-Martin Cemetery, Derry Township, Pike Co., IL.
CHARLES HAZELRIGG LUCINDA,
WIFE OF
DIED CHARLES HAZELRIGG
Dec. 5, 1876 DIED
AGED Feb. 12, 1865
78 Yrs. 9 Mos. 9 Dys. AGED
67 Ys. 3 Ms.
Green Pond Cemetery Hazelrigg Burial Plot
Pike Co., IL Hadley Township, Pike Co., IL
With four line verse. Concrete vault above ground.
JOHN FREEMAN Sen.
DIED
March 26th, 1855
Aged __[illegible]__
Brittain Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC.
J. S. WALLACE BATHSHABA
WIFE OF
BORN 1797, J. S. WALLACE
BORN 1791,
DIED DIED
Apr. 1st, 1869, Aug. 20, 1869,
AGED AGED
72 Years 78 Years
Brittain Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC.
IN IN memory of
memory of ELIZABETH CARPENTER
Joseph Carpenter Consort of Joseph Carpenter
Died Oct. 28 3rd Daughter of Daniel
1853 aged 85 years Johnson of Va., was born
5 months 18 days Oct. 10th, 1780. Maried Dec. 11th
[Faint 4 line verse] [Rest of marker is broken]
Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC.
ELI MOREY,
Aged
71 ys: 10 ms.
Inlet Grove Cemetery, Lee Co., IL
Marker broken, central portion illegible.
ALLEN MERRILL TAMMA
Died wife of
March 25, ALLEN MERRILLS
1847 DIED
in his 75th JUNE 22, 1848
year AGED
68 Ys & 6 Ms
Stark Street Cemetery Elton Cemetery
Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY. Elton, Cattaraugus Co., NY.
IN MEMORY OF PARISS SIMS
OF IRELAND AND NORTH CAROLINA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER AND
PIONEER SETTLER IN GILES COUNTY
1750 --- 1833
AND HIS BELOVED WIFE
KEZIAH ROYSTER SIMS
1762 --- 1833
English Cemetery, Campbellsville, Giles Co., TN
Memorial erected in May 1974.
PARKER
Captain Elijah Parker
1768-1853
State of North Carolina
To Elijah Parker Greeting
We reposing special Trust and Confidence in your
Patriotism, valour, conduct and abilities, do, by these
presents, constitute and appoint you Captain in the Duch
District. Witness Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esquire, our
Captain-General and Commander in Chief, under his hand
and seal which he has caused to be hereto affixed, at
New Bern on the 10th day of Dec. A.D. 1793, and in the
15th year of our Independence.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford Co., TN
In Memory Of
Soldiers Of The
American Revolution
Buried In Dickson County
Paul Abney, Va. John Nesbitt, S.C.
Gideon Carr, Va. Robert Nesbitt, S.C.
George Clark, N.C. David Passmore, N.C.
Benjamin Darrow, Conn. Gustavus Rape, N.C.
George Davidson, S.C. John Reynolds, N.C.
Joseph Dickson, N.C. William Reynolds, N.C.
Sgt. Richard Eppes, Va. Christopher Strong, S.C.
Howell Freeman, N.C. John Tatum, N.C.
Abraham Hogins, N.C. William Tatum, N.C.
Morgan Hood, N.C. Charles Thompson, Va.
William Hudson, Va. Edmond Tidwell, S.C.
Aaron James, Pa. George Tubb, S.C.
John Larkin, N.C. John Turner, N.C.
John Mabin, N.C. Isaac Walker, N.C.
John Maybourn, S.C. Benjamin C. Waters, Va.
William Morrison, S.C. Lt. William Wiley, N.C.
Capt. Richard Napier, Va. Capt. Daniel Williams, N.C.
Erected By
Gideon Carr Chapter DAR
1976
American Revolution Bicentenniel
Monument in front of County Courthouse,
Charlotte, Dickson Co., TN
Thomas Massie
Died
Aug. 19, 1835
Aged
75 yrs. 7 mo.
24 dys
(age difficult to read)
Morgan Cemetery, Sangamon Co., IL.
JOHN HOLLOWAY MILLIE, wife of
John Holloway
Born Jan. 17, 1764 Born Oct. 19, 1771
Died Sept. 11, 1844 Died Aug. 28, 1851
Holloway Cemetery, Winchester, Scott Co., IL.
Asa Kerby
Randolph Co., MO
IN
memory of
George Panther E PA
who died May 15
1839 1824
aged 81 years
[Faint 4 line verse]
Brittain Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rutherford Co., NC.
Peter and Barbara Zimmerman
Big Gullies Cemetery, Lincoln Co., NC
In Memory of Mrs. Sarah Mason
Wife of Elijah Mason, Esqr.
who departed this life November 19, A. D. 1800
in the 49th yr. of her life.
Friend nor physician couldn't save
My mortal body from the grave.
Neither the grave confine here
When Christ in Judgment doth appear.
Old Cemetery, Preble, Cortland Co., NY
Thomas and Sarah Highsmith
Abner Lindsay farm, Montgomery Township, Crawford Co., IL
SAMUEL KELSO SUSANNAH KELSO
Mother of John Kelso
Died Aug. 16, 1796 Died Sept. 12, 1804
aged 76 years in her 83rd year
Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester Co., SC
Adjacent graves - row 11. Data from published list
Here lies the
Body of Mrs.
MARY MERRILL,
the wife of Mr. Gideon Merrill
who died March
the 9th 1749/50
in the 29th year
of her age.
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscription as it appears in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
In Memory of In Memory of
Capt. Eleazer Daniels Mary Daniels
who Died March wife of Capt.
28th, 1772 Eleazer Daniels
in ye 92nd who Died March
Year of his 11th, 1759 in ye 71st
Age Year of her
Age
Pine Hill Cemetery, Mendon, MA.
Inscriptions adjacent on the same marker.
Photo by Dave Daniels.
Here lyes interred ye Body of Here lyes ye Body of
Joseph Mason, Esq. late Deacon Mrs. Mary Mason, Relict
of Ye Church of Christ in Watertown of Joseph Mason, Esqr.
He was a prudent loving Husband She departed this Life
a tender Father, & an excellent Christian on ye 22nd Day of April 1763
He was a Man very Usful in this town Age 72 Years.
& when he had served his Generation They that sleep in Jesus
by ye will of God he fell a Sleep July will God bring with Him
ye 6, 1755, in ye 67th Year of His age. The sweet Remembrance
1, Thess. 4-14, For if we believe that Jesus of the Just
died & Rose again, even so them also which Shall flourish when they
sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. Sleep in dust.
Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA.
Published inscription corrected with photo.
[with text format slightly edited for space.]
Here lyes Buried the Spectator Remember Death
Body of Mr. Jonathan In Memory of Mrs.
Brown Who Departed Elizabeth Brown Wife to
this Life July ye 25th Mr. Jonathan Brown, Dec.
1758 in ye 65th Year she died August ye 6th
of His Age AD 1765 in ye 68th Year
He was a lover of of her Age.
Steady good men he
Remained Steady in ye
Christian duties through
his Life, & we trust
Died their Death.
Watertown Burying Ground, Waltham, MA.
John and Abigail Child
Bungay Yard, Woodstock, CT
Here Lyeth the
Body of Mrs. Hannah Merells, the wife
of Mr. Wilturton Merells who dyed May
ye 8th 1730 In the 49th
year of her age.
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscription as it appears in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
Here lyes Buried ye Body of Here Lyes Buried ye Body of
Capt. Abraham Brown Mrs. Mary Brown, Wife to Capt.
Who Departed this Life <balance illegible>
Novembr ye 27 Anna Domni 1729
in ye 69th Year of His Age
Watertown Burying Ground, Waltham, MA.
Here
Lieth the
Body of Beave
l Waters who
died February 14
in the 97 year of
his age. 1729
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscription as it appears in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
In Memory of JONATHAN BIGELOW
who died Jan. 10th, 1710
aged 62 years.
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscription as it appears in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
Here lies Interrd
the Body of Mrs
Dorothy Belding
Relic to Mr John
Belding who died
February 28 1754
In the 91 year of
her Age
Ancient Burying Ground, Wetherfield, CT
John Owen
aged 76 years
dyed February ye 18th: 1698
Congregational Church Cemetery, Windsor, CT
Isaac Hathaway
Fox Cemetery, Berkley, MA
Thomas Lewis and Hannah Lewis
Bristol, Bristol Co., RI
Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Mrs Mary
Brown Relict of Mr
Jonathan Brown.
Who Departed this
Life October ye 23
A. D. 1732 in ye
[balance in ground]
Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, CT
Inscription from photo in The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, Part I, by Dean Crawford Smith (1996 Boston)
Capt. Hugh Mason 1678 Mr. Hugh Mason
Capt. of ye Train Band
Here Lieth ye Body of In this Town Aged
Capt. Hugh Mason Who 73 Years Died October
Deceased October ye Xth The Xth 1678. He Or
1678 Anno Aetatis 73 He Yt Looks Here On
He that thus thought of Death Live for to Learne
In Lifes Uncertaintie That Die Thou Must,
Hath Doubtless Now a Life And After Come
That bringeth Eternity. To Judgement Just.
Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA
Marker, headstone and footstone.
Henry Bowen
Woodstock Hill graveyard, Woodstock, CT
To perpetuate the memory of
WILLIAM SHATTUCK,
who died in Watertown,
Aug. 14, 1672, aged 50;
The progenitor of
the families that have borne his name
in America.
* * *
This simple memorial
was erected in 1853, by
Lemuel Shattuck,
who holds in greatful veneration
the character of
the Puritan Fathers of
New England.Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA.
Here Lyes ye Body of Here Lyes ye Body of
John COOLIDG Senio'r Mary COOLIDGE
Wife to John COOLIDGE Sen'r
Aged 88 Years Aged 88 Years
Died The 7 of May 1691 Died the 22 of August 1691
Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA
Inscriptions from Epitaphs From The Old Burying Ground In Watertown,
by William Thaddeus Harris (1869 Boston)
In memory of FRANCES
THOMAS HOSMER the wife of
who come from THOMAS HOSMER
Hawkhurst in the aged 73 years
County of Kent, England dyed Febr. 15,
& was one of the original ANO 1675
settlers of Hartford.
He died in Northampton, Mass.
April 12, 1687 & was buried
there aged 83 years.
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscriptions appear in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
OLMSTED MAPLE
(ACER PLATANOIDES OLMSTED)
GIFT OF
OLMSTE(A)D FAMILY ASSOCIATION
IN MEMORIAM JULY 1986
JAMES & RICHARD OLMSTED
& FAMILIES
OF FAIRSTED, ESSEX, ENGLAND - 1632 A.D.
FOUNDERS OF HARTFORD, CT - JUNE 1636 A.D.
Center Church Cemetery (Ancient Burying Ground), Hartford, CT
Inscription as it appears in By Their Markers Ye Shall Know Them, by Hosley and Holcombe (1994 Hartford)
THOMAS HOLCOMB, born in England, died Oct. 1657
JOSHUA HOLCOMB THOMAS, his son, died 1736 ELIZABETH PETTEBONE, his wife, died 1730
DANIEL, their son, died 1760
ESTHER BUEL, his wife, died 1765
DANIEL, their only son, died Oct. 12, 1829, AE 85
SARAH, his wife, died Sept. 5, 1835, AE 85
DANIEL, their only son, died June 5, 1836, AE 54
HEPSABETH GRISWOLD, his wife, died July 11, 1814, AE 33
GAYLORD G., their 2nd son, drowned July 4, 1844, AE 50
Granby Street Cemetery, Simsbury, CT
Memorial erected about 1934, errors corrected.
Thomas Holcomb was buried at Windsor, CT,
but his remains MAY have been moved to Simsbury
ELDER JOHN STRONG
DIED 1699
HIS WIFE
ABIGAIL FORD STRONG
DIED 1668
HER FATHER
THOMAS FORD
DIED 1676
Memorial plaque on boulder
Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA.
Data from photograph of memorial
Erected to the memory of
Lt. Walter Fyler,
died Dec. 12, 1683,
and his wife,
Jane Irving Fyler,
died Sept. 11, 1690.
Erected July 1969 by the
Fyler Family Assn. Inc.
Old Burying Ground, Windsor, CT
Data from published source
In Memory of
EDWARD GRISWOLD
1607-1690
and his wife
MARGARET
DIED 1670
Settled at Windsor
1639
Founder at Killingworth
1663
First Deputy to General Court
First Deacon of First Church
ERECTED BY
THE GRISWOLD FAMILY ASSOCIATION
1990
Indian River Cemetery, Killingworth, CT
Inscription from photo
Modified: 11/14/04