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lence m. Dr. Philip Bryant, father of Dr. Peter Bryant, of Cummington, who was the father of William Cullen Bryant, the poet).
The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust.
12. In memory of Mr. Joshua Howard, who died March ye 31st, 1780, in ye 29th year of his age.
13. In memory of Miss Charity Howard, who died Dec. 4, 1829, æ 82 years.
14. Here lies Mr. Jonathan Burr; he died January 24th, in the 66th year of his age.
Death, inexorable, hath laid in the dust
The man who was faithful, pious, and just;
From torments extreme, how happy the flight
From misery to joyfrom darkness to light.
15. In memory of Mrs. Martha, wife of Mr. Jonathan Burr, who died Dec. ye 12th, 1791, in ye 55th year of her age.
Our loving friend is gone,
No more to cheer her friends and children dear,
O certain fate, we view this teaching stone
And mourn thy death to meditate our own.
16. In memory of Mrs. Mary Hayward, the wife of Mr. Abner Hayward, who died Dec. 4, æ 1783, in the 65th year of her age.
Our life is ever on the wing,
And death is ever nigh;
The moments when our lives begin
We all begin to die.
Death is a debt to nature due
Which I have paid, and so must you.
17. In memory of Mrs. Susanna Hayward, who died March 25, 1800, in the 48th year of her age.
Here let you rest in peaceful dust
Till God in glory raise the dust.
18. In memory of Rev. John Burr, who died March the 16th, 1777, in ye 62d year of his age.
In memory of Mrs. Silence Burr, wife of Deac. John Burr, who died May 6, 1773, in ye 68 year of her age. (Dea. John Burr here means the Rev. John Burr above).
19. In memory of Ruth, daugh. of Mr. Jonathan Burr and Martha, his wife; she died Oct. 15, 1776, in the 2d year of her age.
20. John, son of Mr. Theophilus Howard and Susanna, his wife, born Sept. 30, 1750, died Mch. 1, 1752-3.
21. Kezia, wife of Mr. Thaddeus Howard, died May 26, 1811, in her 50 year.
22. In memory of Jerahmul, son of Jonathan Hayward and Mary, his wife; he died Aug. 28, 1774, in ye 3 year of his age.
23. In memory of Mr. Jonathan Hayward, who died April 30, 1824, in the 89th year of his age.
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