| 64 | BRIDGEWATER, |
[Transcribed by Dale H. Cook]
24. Memento mori. Daniel Edson, son of Josiah Edson, Esq., and Mary his wife, born July 27, 1747, died Mar. 3d, 1747.
Under this little hillock lies
My body of the smaller size;
I lived, I died within a year,
With grief my parents left me here;
From them one smiling look I got,
They looked again, but I was not.
25. Mrs. Experience, widow of Capt. Jonathan Cary, who died Mar. ye 25th, 1782, in ye 82d year of her age.
N. B. The above mentioned Capt. Jonathan Cary, died at Boston, Oct. ye 8, in the 51st year of his age.
26. In memory of Maj. Eliphalet Cary, who died Mar. 1, 1820, æ 87.
Why do we mourn departing friends,
Or shake at death's alarm;
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call us to his arms.
27. In memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Maj. Eliphalet Cary, who died Jan. 24, 1819, æ 79.
Peace to thy gentle shade,
Thy soul is free;
Death's but the gate
To immortality.
28. In memory of Miss Experience Cary, who died Aug. 10, 1828, æ 93.
29. Zedekiah S. Ames, died 20 Nov, 1806, aged 11 months. Son of Mr. John Ames.
30. Irany, daught. of Rev. Zedekiah Sanger and Irany his wife, born Oct. 19, 1789, died Oct. 26, 1789.
31. John and Martin, sons of Rev. Zedekiah Sanger and Irany his wife, born Nov. 22, 1798, died April 25, 1799.
32. George P., son of Rev. Zedekiah and Irany Sanger, died Aug. 24, 1818, æt 25.
33. Here lies interred the Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, thirty-two years minister in Bridgewater, who died Nov. 17, 1820, aged 72 years.
Also, Irene, wife of the Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, who died July 29, 1833, aged 77 years. (Marble slab, five feet nine inches by three feet; on a framed marble foundation.
34. Eliza Sanger, died Jan. 29, 1847, aged 50 years.
35. In memory of Mrs. Rachel B. Snelling, who died September 3, 1866, aged 76 years.
36. In memory of Mrs. Jane Lazell, who died Mar. 14, 1846, aged 85.
37. Lucy, daughter of Mr. Jacob Pierce; she died Oct. 6, 1805.
38. In memory of Mr. Jacob Peirce, who died Sept. 16, 1807, in his 79th year.
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