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96. Mr. ELI | CUNNINGHAM, | died | June 5,

1837, | Æt. 44.

What though affliction here would heave a sigh,
That one so loved and so revered should die;

Calm resignation clasps a Saviour's cross,

And mourns, but does not murmur at the loss.

Footstone: E. C.

Davis.

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97. HANNAH, | daughter of | Mr. Eliphaz & | Mrs. Hannah Davis | died | June 12, 1816, | Æt. 5 months.

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Footstone: H. D.

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98. In memory of Mrs. HANNAH, | wife of Mr. Eliphaz Davis, | who died | Aug. 9, 1817: | Æt. 25.

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99. In Memory of MARY; | Daugh'. of M'. Jofiah & | M". Mary Fay. | & Grand daughter of | M'. Peter, & M". Mary | Bent. she died Jan'. |

1773: in the 15th | Year of her | Age.

How lov'd how Valu'd Once,

Avails me not;

To Whom Related,

Or by whom forgot.

Footstone: Mary Fay 1773.

€ 22.

100. In

Felton.

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Memory of Mr. AZADIAH | FELTON, | who died | Feb. 25, 1819. | Æt. 93 years | & II'

months.

Footstone: A. F.

My Saviour calls and I must go
And leave you here my friends below;
But soon my God will call for thee,
Prepare for Death to follow me.

[She was the widow of Jacob Felton, whose inscription follows, and a daughter of Ephraim Howe.

Her first name is commonly written

Hazadiah. The prefix of Mr. cut on the stone was an error.

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ΙΟΙ.

In memory of

M'. JACOB FELTON,

who

of his

died November 20th. | 1789. in the 77th year

age.

Why do we mourn departing friends,

Or fhake at Death's alarms;

'Tis but the voice which Jefus fends,
To call them to his arms.

Footstone: Mr. | Jacob Felton.

102.

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Mrs. LEVINAH | wife of | Mr. Stephen Felton,

| died | March 6, 1842 | Æt. 87.

Footstone: L. F.

Farewell, dear friends and children too

For Christ has called me home,

In a short time he'll call for you,

Prepare yourselves to come.

[She was a daughter of David Stowe.]

103. LUCRETIA | Wife of | Silas Felton Esq. | Died July 17, 1862. | Aged 84 ys. 4 Mo.

Mother we have no cause to mourn

For Jesus was thy hope, thy trust.

On angels wings thy spirit borne

Has gone to its eternal rest

[A daughter of Levi Fay. After the death of Silas Felton (No. 106) she married April 13, 1831, Col. Lovell Barnes, who died the following August. Her name was again changed to Felton in 1844.]

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104. In memory of SALLY FELTON,

daught' of

Mr. Joel & Susanna Felton, | who died Sep'. 26. | 1804. Aged 3 years | & 11 months | & 8 days.

A morning plant a garding flower
Cut down and witherd in an hour.

Footstone:+Sally Felton

[Her parents are buried in the Brigham Cemetery.]

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105.

In memory of

M'. SILAS FELTON, | Son of

M'. Jacob & Hezediah Felton. | who died Sept'. 4th

1775: in the

21st of his age.

year

Virtue, not rolling funs the mind matures;

That life is long which answers life's great end.

Footstone: Mr Silas Felton.

106. SILAS FELTON Esq. | Died in | Feltonville, | Aug. 16, 1828, | Aged 52 y's. 6 Mo.

Low where the husband father Christian lies,

Wept by the wife the child the Neighbours eyes.
Reader reflect, pursue the path he trod,

The path of duty leading up to god.

107. Erected

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in Memory of

Mr. STEPHEN

FELTON who died | Nov. 3, 1827, | Æt. 75.

How still and peaceful is the grave,

Where life's vain tumults past:

Th' appointed house, by heaven's decree,
Receives us all at last.

Footstone: S. F. [This grave has a Revolutionary marker.]

Gates.

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108. In memory of Mrs. ELIZABETH GATES, |

Relict of Capt. Silas Gates, who died March 20, 1806 | Æt. 74

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Friend nor physician could not save,
My mortal body from the grave,
Nor can the grave confine me here,

When Christ shall call me to appear.

Footstone: Mrs. | E. Gates

[She was a daughter of Ebenezer Bragg, who moved from Marlborough to Shrewsbury.]

109.

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In memory [of] | Captain SILAS G[ATES] | who died August 2 [5, 1793,] | Ætatis 66.

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Vain man, thy fond purfu [it forbear,]

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Death at the fartheft can't [be far,]

O think before you die.

Footstone: Capt. |

Silas Gates.

[One side of the headstone has

been broken off, as indicated by the brackets. The grave has a Revo

lutionary marker.]

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IIO. In Memory of | WILLIAM GATES, | Son of | Capt. William & Mrs. | Elizabeth Gates, | who died | Sept. 26, 1806, | in the 14 year of | his age.

Footstone: William G.

III.

Gibbon.

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This Monument is Erected In Memory of Mrs. ABIGAIL GIBBON, Confort of M'. Samuel who departed this life the 19th

Gibbon,

1787. in the 26th | year of her age.

Could gratefull love recall the fleeting breath,

Or fond affection foothe relentless death;

Then had this ftone ne'er claim'd a focial tear,

Nor read to thoughtless man a lesson here.

Footstone: Mrs. | Abigail Gibbon

of July,

[She was a daughter of Isaac and Hepzibah Colburn of Dedham, and came to Marlborough from that town with her husband soon after her marriage.]

I12.

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This Monument is | Erected in memory |

of Mrs. ABIGAIL GIBBON, Consort of | Samuel Gibbon, Esq. | who departed this life | March 31,

1826. Æt. 50.

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[Lines as in No. 111.] Footstone: A. G.

[She was the third wife of Samuel Gibbon. Her maiden name was Cogswell.]

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113. Sacred to the memory of | Mrs. | ELIZABETH GIBBON, Wife of | Mr. Samuel Gibbon, | who departed this life | April 29, 1800, | aged 32 years.

[Lines as in Nos. 111, 112.]

[She was the second wife of Samuel Gibbon. Her maiden name was Perkins.]

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114-115. Erected | In memory of | two children | of Samuel and | Abigail Gibbon: | HENRY | died Dec. 25, 1825; | Et. 20. | WILLIAM | died March 22, I8o3; | Æt. 9 mo.

Footstone: H. G. W. G.

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116. In memory of SAMUEL GIBBON,

Son of

Samuel & Abigail | Gibbon, who died July 7th: | 1787. aged 4 months & 19 days.

Death, which doth fin & forrow thus prevent,

Is the next bleffing to a life well spent.

Footstone: Samuel | Gibbon

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died

117-119. Erected | In memory of three children | of Samuel and | Elizabeth Gibbon : | SAMUEL at Charleston | S. C. Dec. 2, 1816. | Æt. 25. |

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