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West Burying Ground

Description:
While this cemetery was once near one of Marlow's centers, Baker Corner, which offered a store and the services of Dr. Baker, it is now in wooded land remote from the center of settlement, though many Marlow residents live tucked away in the area. The cemetery, surrounded by a stone wall, is on a steeply-pitched hill, and many of the stones are likewise pitched by the frost, but most are upright and still legible.

Although some of our earliest settlers are buried in unmarked graves at a burial ground on private property which we now call "The Old Settler's Cemetery" and many of our early settlers lived long enough to be buried in the Village Cemetery on Church Street, this grave yard holds the remains of many who were buried in Marlow from the early to mid nineteenth century. Many of the stones are unadorned, but there are those which have designs typical of the well-known motifs of the period such as the angel and the weeping willow. Those which have verses well-express the beilefs and expectations of these brave, hard-working people and some hint at the Free Will Baptist spirit they brought with them to these hills.

Those of you who are following the eighteenth century Connecticut River and ox cart trek of your ancestors from Lyme, CT to the north woods will find that many of them came to Marlow, and they and their children rest on this hill. Are some of your ancestors memorialized here? If that be the case, do post a message on this forum. The chances are we will have more information to share with you.

Location of West Burying Ground:
On the right at the intersection of Gustin Pond Rd. and Jay Allen Road in Marlow

Source:
These inscriptions from Marlow, New Hampshire's West Burying Ground were compiled in 1989 by Susan Ronayne, Marlow, New Hampshire and are included in her monograph Some New England Gravestone Inscriptions in West Burying Ground, Marlow New Hampshire and Washington Street Cemetery, Keene, New Hampshire.

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LOUISA P.
dau. of Amasa &

Lucy MACK. died
Sept. 16, 1839
AEt. 7

AMASA MACK
Died
[O]ct [9] 1870
AE (--]
LUCY B. wife of

Amasa MACK Esq.
Died
Nov. 1, 1861
AE. 67 yrs.

JOHN MACK
Died
Sept. 15, 1858
AE. 75 yrs.
7 ms. 10 ds
He has gone home

Mrs. A S

SILAS MACK, ESQ.
died,
April 14, 1836,
AE. 84.

MARY
wife of
Silas MACK Esq.
died
Sept. 20, 1843
Aged 86

In Memory of Mrs.
PHEBE
Wife of Mr.
Zophar MACK,
who died January 29th
1777 aged 28 years

In memory of Mrs.
ABIGALE, wife of Rev.
Ebenezar MACK, who
died 9, March 1788
in the 74, year of
her age

In memory of DANIEL
son of Silas MACK, Esq.
& Polly his wife he
died Feb 26, 1798 aged
12 years 3 months
12 days

Mr. NATHAN
HUNTLEY JR.
died
Sept. 20, 1798.
AE. 45

Mrs. MARY
wife of
Mr. Nathan HUNTLEY
died
Sept. 15, 1790 AE. 35

DANIEL WHEELER
died Nov. 22, 1830,
AE. 65.

Widow
CHLOE WHEELER
Died
March 3d. 1852,
AE. 80.

ELEAZAR MILLER
died
Oct. 18, 1814.
in the 48, year of
his age

FREELOVE,
wife of
Eleazar MILLER
died
Nov. 19, 1807 in the
35, year of her age

TRUMAN MILLER,
died
March 31, 1842.
AE. 64.

This languishing head is at rest
His thinking and acheiving are o'er
This quiet immoveable breast
Is heav'd by affliction no more

LYDIA,
wife of
Truman MILLER,
Died
Mar. 4, 1865,
AE. 78

DURIEN TINKER
Died
Oct 8, 1861,
AE. 89 yrs 7 mo's
& 2 d'ys

Parted Below United Above
BETSEY,
wife of Duren TINKER
Died Oct 6, 1856,
AEt. 72 yrs, 8 mo.
20 days.

In memory of
POLLY TINKER,
who died
Oct. 6, 1820,
aged 49
wife of
Durien Tinker

Death is a debt by nature due,
Which I have paid & so must you.
My body's mouldering in the dust
My soul's with God I hope & t.rust

In memory of
Mr. RICHARD
LANPHERE,
who died Feb'ry -- --
1782, aged
33 years

ELIZABETH LAMPHIR,
wife of
Richard Lamphir
died Dec. 10, 1813
in the 66th year of
her age

In memory of ESTHER
And SARAH Daughters of
Capt Sam'l CANFIELD &
Lucy his wife they was
Burnt to death in their
Fathers house June 18th
1789 Sarah 10 & Esther 12
years old.

In memory of LUCY Daugh
ter to Capt Samuel CANFIELD
& Lucy his wife. Who died
March 10th 1779 aged 9
years & 10 months.

Behold all you as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me

In memory of
POLLY Daughtr
of Mr. Elisha
GUSTIN & Mrs. Mary
his wife. She dec'd
Sept ye 17, 1777 in ye
-- year of her age

In memory of Mrs.
SARAH, wife of Mr.
Isaac KENT who died
Nov. 30th 1779 in
the 28th year of her
Age & 2 Daughters
At her right hand

LYDIA
wife of
Abisha GEE.
died
Aug. 23, 1836
AE. 62

In memory of
RHODA, Daughter of
Capt Stephen GILMAN
and Anna his first wife
who died June -- --
1787 aged 4 years

ABNER GEE
age 62 yrs 8 mo
dyed Sept. -- ----

In memory of
LT. SOLOMON GEE
Who died Aug. 13th
1804 in the 68th
Year of his age

My God hath called & I obeyed
My body in the dust is laid
There for to rest till the last day
For God hath called my soul away

WIDOW MARTHA GEE
died
Nov. 15, 1898
in the 89, year
of her age

In memory of
WID'W MARY CUMSTOCK
Who died Oct. 23'd
1801 in the 99d
Year of her age

WILLIAM WHEELER
Died
March 7th, 1853,
AE. 56 yrs. & 6
Mos.

SALLY WHEELER
Died
Aug. 12, 1845,
AE. 44.

ARTEMUS MESSER
Died
Nov. 5, 1847.

AE. 66

NATHANIEL MESSER
Died
July 2, 1824.
AE. 74

RUTH,
wife of
Nathaniel MESSER
Died
Mar. 14, 1823
AE. 69

LYDIA, daug. of
Eleazer MILLER, &
Freelove his wife,
died June 17, 1816,
in the 25, year
of her age

SERENA, daug. of
Eleazer MILLER &
Freelove his wife died
April 6, 1814
in the 15th year
of her age

ELMINA
Daug'r of Truman
& Lydia MILLER, died
March 4, 1835.
In her 19 year

MARY M.
dau. of
Durien &
Betsey TINKER
died
June 28, 1829

Parted Below, United Above
DURIEN S. TINKER
Died
Dec. 12, 1858
AE. 33 ys. 8 ms. & 3 ds.
My husband

Sleep on dear one. Thy rest has come.
'Tis for myself I mourn.
And for those precious babes to whom
Thou never can'st return.

Lone are my paths and sad the hours,
Now thy sweet smile is gone.
But OJ a brighter home than ours
In heaven is now thine own.

MEHITABEL
Wife of John Smith,
died Nov. 6, 1820
AE. 67
Virtue liveth beyond
the grave.

LIEUT. JAMES MUNSEL, [sic] Muncil or Munsel
died
March 31, 1821
AE. 81

We now commit thee to the grave,
The house appointed for the dead,
And trust in Christ thy soul to save
From misery woe and future dread.

ESTER, wife of
Lieut. James MUNSEL
Died May 21,
1820, AE. 89

Revolving years & days have past,
& brought me to the grave at last.
Here I must rest till Christ shall come,
& take his weary pilgrims home.

DUDLEY LEWIS ESQ.
Died
---- 8, 1859,
AE. 72 Ys. &
2 Mos.

EIRLEY,
Wife of
Dudley LEWIS Esq.
Died
July 1, 1850

FRED B.T. MILLER.
Died
July 5, 1860,
AE. 64 y'rs 10 mo's
& 28 d's

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Wife of
Fred B.T. MILLER
died Mar. 30, 1870.
AE. 75

Hon. ELISHA HUNTLEY
died Jan. 17, 1835.
aged 74

Friends and physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave;
Go home my friends, dry up your tears
I must be here til Christ appears.

CLARISSA,
widow of the late
Hon. Elisha HUNTLEY,
Died Sept. 23, 1850,
AE. 86 yrs. 4 ms.

Erected to the Memory
of, Mr. NATHAN HUN
TLEY who died
April 31 1798 in
the 72 year of his
Age

LUCY, wife of
Nathan HUNTLY
died March 25,
1802 in the 75
year of her age

Cap. RUFUS HUNTLY,
died April 27, 1802.
in the 5(9) year of his age.
He died in full belief of the
Doctrine of a final restoration

Mrs. ESTHER,
wife of
Rufus HUNTLY
died
March 22, 1817,
in the 69. year
of her age.

Whilst here below she knew the Lord,
Sanctified in God the word;
In her his spirit now will dwell,
A conqueror o'er death and hell.

CLARISA GEE Died
Apr. 14, 1842.
AEt. 45

Capt.
CHRISTOPHER WAY
died May 11, 1842,
AE. 70.

Without a moments premonition given,
Death came and bore him to his final rest,
On angels wings his spirit rose to heaven,
To dwell forever with the pure and blest.

CHARLOTTE
wife of Cap.
Christopher WAY,
died Jan. 27,
1808, aged 33
years & 18 days

LEMUEL MILLER.
died
Dec. 1, 1822 in the
82, year of
his age

Now he's come to realms above
Whare saints and angels meet
To realize his Saviour's love
And worship at his feet

MARY MILLER
died
June 23, 1823.
AE. 79
Relict of
Lemuel Miller

Her pains and groans are now all o'er
She's gone to God on high
Her wishful eyes shall weep no more
No more her spirit sigh.

DEXTER, son of Eli
and Nancy WASHB-
URN, died Feb. 18, 1839
AE. 6 years & 11 mo.

Here my little body lies
Upon this bed of clay
Until the morning of
The Resurrection day.

ELI WASHBURN
died
Mar. 15, 1877.
AE. 84 yrs. 1. mo.
& 23 ds.

Dearest husband thou hast left me.
And thy loss I deeply feel
But tis God that hath bereft me.
He can all my sorrow heal.

NANCY wife of
Eli WASHBURN
Died
Nov. 17, 1880,
AE. 86 y'rs

Sleep, mother, sleep with your hand on your breast
Poor weary hands that needed their rest.
Well have we loved you, but God loved you best.
Dear mother He's given you rest.

In memory of Mrs.
SARAH, wife to Mr.
Abner BINGHAM who
died June 14th 1799
Aged 64.

ANNA, wife of
Aaron BROWN,
Died
June 22, 1851,
AE. 87

Mr. STEPHEN GEE
died
Oct. 15, 1808.
AE. 78 years.

Mrs.
EUNICE, wife of
Stephen GEE, died
March 29, 1828.
AE 85

Mr. ASA GEE
died Nov. 6, 1838,
AE. 72

Here lies a parent kind and good,
His pains and groans, no more are heard
His language was, I must be gone,
To my eternal, happy, home

RHODA,
wife of Asa GEE,
died Dec. 7, 1838,
AE. 68.

Her pains and groans are now all o're,
She's gone to God on high,
Her wishful eye, shall weep no more,
No more her spirit sigh.

WILBUR F. BROWN Died
Oct. 7, 1864,
AE. 32 y'rs 5 mo's

JONATHAN BROWN Died
May 1, 1868.
Aged 79.

ELIZA,
wife of
Jonathan BROWN,
Died
Mar. 31, 1860,
AE. 56 y'rs.

In memory of
JONATHAN BROWN
who died
Oct. 27. 1824.
AE 30.

MARY BROWN
Died
July 17, 1872,
Aged 45.

GARDNER BROWN Died
Sept. 23, 1861,
Aged 87
--- --- --- --- --- ---
sweet smile is gone
-- a brighter horne
---- is now ---- ----

VILATTA P. BRAGG,
Wife of
Gardner BROWN,
Died
July 2, 1863,
Aged 28.

Mr. DAN TUBBS
died Oct. 30, 1837,
AE. 76.

Mrs. MOLLEY,
wife of
Liet. Dan TUBBES,
died
March 7, 1812. in the
49, year of her age

Sacred
to
the memory of
Mr. BETHUEL MILLER,
who departed this life
Nov. 16, 1821.
in the 64, year of his age.

Here lies a father good and kind,
Nine precious children left behind,
a may they all prepare to meet,
Their father, in the golden street.
Come fellow sinners, one and all
Who live upon this earthly ball
Some glorious news I have to tell
How all at last in bliss shall dwell.

JEMIMA,
widow of
Bethuel MILLER,
Died
Jan. 27, 1849,
AE. 87.

Here lies Buried
Capt. NICODEMUS
MILLER who died
June 14th 1781
In the 67th
year of his age

In memory of
the Widow PHEBE
MILLER, who died
in the year 1797
Aged 77

POLLY, daug. of
the
Hon. Elisha HUNTLEY Esq.
& Clarina his wife,
died
Aug. 22, 1814, in the
19, year of
her age

And must this body die?
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs
of mine
Be mouldering in the clay?

RUSSEL HUNTLY
died March 9,
1808, aged
49 years

Then mourn not o'er this lifeless clay,
But wait the Ressurection Day,
When Christ the Saviour shall appear
And he corne with him in the [air]

Mrs.
AMY, wife of
Russell HUNTLEY,
died June 1, 1829.
AEt 67 years

How wide the torrent rolls,
That wafts us to the tomb;
Which ends our toils &
sorrows here
And bears our spirits horne.

Capt. GEORGE LEWIS
Died
Sept. 11, 1868
Aged 63.

MEHETABEL W.
wife of
George LEWIS.
died Sept. 26. 1848.
Aged 46

SARDIS MILLER,
died
Dec. 26, 1818 AE.
48 years.

Mourn not for me nor thus reflect
But all your sighs & tears suppress.
Since God has promised to protect
The widow & the fatherless.

MEHITABEL MILLER,
Relict of
Sardis Miller,
Died
Dec. 21, 1842.
Aged 74.

In memory of
ISAIAH MILLER who died
August 30, 1819.
in the 37, year of his age.

Why do we mourn departing friends?
Or shake at death's alarms
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.

GURDEN HUNTLEY.
Died
July 31, 1860 AE.
79 ys.

ESTHER,
wife of Gurden HUNTLEY,
died March 16, 1840,
AE. 54.
AE. 2 ys 3 mos

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----
SARAH
Died
Aug. 16, 186 --
AE. 1 y'r 1 mo.
Children of Wilbur F. & Ann
BROWN

POLLY
wife of
Stephen GEE,
died
Apr. 1-, 1860,
AE. 83

STEPHEN GEE
Died
June 4, 1845.
AE. 74

Col. JAMES MATHER
died
Dec. 30, 1845
AE. 62
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.

RHODA, wife of
James MATHER, Died
June 13, 1857,
AE. 71
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
see God.

Sacred to
the memory of
ABNER SMITH,
died Nov. 23, 1838:
aged 81.

Mrs. ANNA,
wife of
Mr. Abner SMITH.
died 5, May 1790.
AE. 32 years.

LOVINA,
Relict of
Abner SMITH,
died
Oct. 29, 1839.
aged 76 years

Laurels may flourish round the conquerors tomb
But happier they who win the world to come
The Christian has [a] silent field to fight
And his empires are veiled from human sight.

In memory of CLARINDA
daughter of Lieut. Dan
TUBES, & Molly, his wife.
she died 8, Sept. 1795.
AE 9 years & 3 months.

In memory
of two children
of Lieut. Dan TUBES &
[Patty] his second wife
(One] who died ---- 28,
1814
The other June 7, 1815

In
Memory of
Miss EUNICE.
Daug'r of
Nicodemeus MILLER
& Phebe his wife.
who died
June 1, 1821.
AE. 68.

In memory of Mrs.
MARIUM wife of Mr.
Daniel BECKWITH who
died 17, March 1809
aged 88

Reverent ELEAZER
BECKWITH,
died 16, April 1808.
AE 67, years.

Here lies a neighbor kind indeed,
To all mankind that stood in need,
But, friendly acts can never save,
From death arrest nor from the grave.
He on a sudden ceas'd and gone,
And left his friends behind to mourn.
But while they mourn they hope and trust,
He's gone to reign with God most just.

In memory of
HANNAH BECKWITH,
who died
August 16, 1823.
aged 80,
Relict of
Rev. Eleazer Beckwith

Though drear afflictions long she bore
Yet she the robe of patience wore
From virtues path she never stray'd
Or duty to her God delay'd

In memory of Mrs.
MARY wife of Mr.
Samuel GUSTIN who
died June 9, 180[4]
aged 86

LYDIA,
wife of
JOHN GUSTIN
died July 20, 1847,
AE. 101.

Mr. JOHN GUSTIN
died
June 30, 1815.
AE. 71 years

Tis finish'd, tis done,
the spirit is fled,
The pris'ner is gone,
the christian is dead,
The christian is living
thro'gh Jesus' love,
And gladly receiving a kingdom above.

CHARLOTTE,
wife of Abijah GUSTIN,
Died
Jan. 17, 1855
AEt. 69.

In memory of
Mrs. ARLEY GUSTIN
wife of
Mr. Abijah Gustin
who died
March 28, 1813
AE. 28 years

ISAIAH A. MILLER
Died
Aug. 22, 1849,
AE. 32.

ALBERT I.
son of
I. & A. Miller.
Died
Jan. 30, 1812,
Ae. 2 yrs.

BETSEY HEATH
Died
May 11, 1855.
AE. 90.

CHARLOTT HUNTLY
Died
Oct. 31, 1841
AEt. (3)3

POLLY BECKWITH
Died
Feb. 8, 1843
Aged 50.

IRA BECKWITH
Died Jan. 7, 1829
AE. 69.

HANNAH, widow of
Ira BECKWITH.
Died
May 22, 1850
AE. 89.

MARY daugh'r
of Stephen &
Polly GEE,
died July 16, 1831,
AE. 11 years.

SILAS GEE
died
Sept. 28, 1828,
aged 21.

And must this body die?
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs
of mine
Lie mould'ring in the clay.

In memory of
MEHITABLE MATHER
Daug'r. of Ja. &
Rhoda Mather,
who died
Oct. 26, 1816,
AE. [5] years.

JAMES H.
son of James &
Rhoda MATHER,
died Nov. 8, 1837,
AE. 19.

Heaven is my home where I shall
stand
With all the pure celestial band,
And know no fear and feel no pain,
Nor be disturbed by grief again.

Sacred
to
the memory of
BETSEY SMITH,
daughter of
Abner Smith,
died Nov. 18, 1835.
aged 49 years

HARRY BROWN
died
Mar. 30, 1855.
AE. 52 y's
2 m's &: 16 d's

Mr.
FRANCIS
BROWN died
March 18. 1827.
AE. 72 years.

Sacred
to the memory of
Mrs. ANNA,
wife of Mr. Francis BROWN,
who died
Oct. 17, 1817.
AE. 56

In memory of ELIZA
BETH Daughter of Lieut.
Abraham & Mrs. Mary
BROWN who died
Jan'ry 26th 1786 aged
13 years & 2 days

Mr.
JASON BECKWITH, died
July 24, 1830,
AE. 63

Sickness & pain long time I bore,
But now my pain & sickness is ore
I felt resigned to give up all,
When ere my saviour did me call

In memory of
Mrs. PHEBE,
wife of
Mr. Jason BECKWITH,
who died
Feb. 21, 1810
in the 41, year of her age.

Great God, I own the sentence
just,
And nature must decay,
I yield my body to the dust
To dwell with fellow clay.

ASA WAY,
died Aug. 8, 1859,
AE. 83 Yrs. 11
Mos.

LUCY,
wife of
Asa WAY,
died Nov. 19, 1841.
AE. 59 yrs.
8 mo. 14 ds.

RUFUS,
died March 16, 1803.
AE. 7 ms. 21 ds.

ERASTUS.
was drowned Aug. 2, 1819
in the 15 year of
his age
children of Asa & Lucy WAY.

LUCY,
Wife of
Asa WAY,
Died Nov. 19, 1841,
AEt. 59 y'rs, 8 mo.
& 14 d'ys.

Friends nor physicians could not save
My mortal body from the grave.
Nor can the grave confine me here.
When Christ doth call I must appear.

MERILLA, dau. of
Elijah & Betsy HUNTLY,
died April 1, 1809
aged 2 years

AMANDA J. R.
Daut. of
David J. & Arley V.
DUNN
died in Newark Vt.
Mar. 18, 1855,
AE. 11 yrs 2 mos. 21
dys

JOHN GAY,
died
Oct. 9, 1835
aged 88.
A revolutionary pensioner

EZRA MILLER
Died
June 3, 1841,
Aged 53.

PHEBE,
Wife of Ezra MILLER,
Died
July 18, 1863,
Aged 70.

FRINDY MILLER
Died
April 17, 1858, A
ged" 24.

SOPHRONIA D. MILLER
Died
Oct. 30, 1857,
Aged 39.

CLARA MILLER
Died
Nov. 11, 1852,
Aged 21.

BARTLET MILLER
Died
May 27, 1847,
Aged 25

Mr. RUFUS HUNTLEY, died
March 23, 1830.
AEt. 27 years

CURTIS HUNTLEY
Died
Dec. 27, 1860,
AE. 70 y'rs.
1 mo' & 4 d's

EUNICE BARRETT
Died
July 1st, 1857,
AEt. 62.

LYDIA
[BAR]RETT [D]ie[d]
Jan. 24, 185 (2) AE. 55

REBECCA. Relict of
Samuel ROYCE.
died July 23, 181[3]
AE. 71.

In memory of Mr.
SAMUEL ROYCE,
who died 30,
June 1802 AE.
62 years 1 month
& 6 days

RUFUS WAY died
March 16th 1803
aged 10 months
& 21 days Son of
Mr. Asa & Lucy
Way

ORPHA
dau. of Jason &
Phebe BECKWITH
died
Oct. 26, 1830
AEt. 22

ERASTUS. Son of Asa &
Lucy WAY,
was drowned August 2, 1819:
in the 15. year
of his age

Deep, deep beneath the chrystal
wave,
He sought a long forbidden rest.
His body found a watery grave.
His soul, by Angels soon pos-
sess'd.
Loud peals of thunder rent the sky.
And bIasing lightnings aid him home,
He comes, the echoing Heavens wept
Prepare, ye saints to give him room
Come generous youth and ----
[The rest is buried]

Mother.
MARY B. STICKNEY
Died
Dec. 4th. 1870,
AEt. 52 Yrs 8 Ms
Former wife of L.O. Beckwith

LEWIS O. BECKWITH
Died
Jan. 22, 1845,
AE. 29

PHEBE
wife of
Peter JACOB
died
Aug. 27, 1834
AE. 54 yrs.

Rev.
PETER JACOBS,
Died May 3, 1824 in
his 67, year

In
Memory of Rev. PAUL DUSTIN,
who died 14 Feb
1811. AE.
[8]6.

An examplary & pious Christian
upwards of 12 years & 10 years a
persevering & useful preacher,
a kind
Husband, patient in suffering, victo-
rious in death.
Depart my friends, dry up your tears.
I must lie here till Christ appears.

LUCIN[DA]
daugh'r of
Francis
BROWN Jr.
and Lucinda
his wife.
who died
[Oct] 21 1825 AE.
[5] yr' s 9 mo.

LEVINA RICHARDSON,
Relict of
Doct. William Richardson,
died Aug. 19, 1841:
Aged 78.
Prepare to meet thy God

Doct. WM. RICHARDSON
Died
Mar. 23, 1833
AE. 74

HULDAH,
wife of Lieut.
Ebenr. RICHARDSON
Died Nov. 15, 1845.

AE. 67
Lieut. EBENEZER RICHARDSON,
Died. May 20, 1841,
AE. 64.

NATHANIEL RICHARDSON
Died
Mar. 10, 1862,
AE. 87.

CLARISA, wife of
Gardner HUNTLEY,
Died Feb. 19,
1826, AE. 91.

Go home my friends dry up your tears
I must lie here till Christ appears.

SARAH R.
wife of
Abijah HASTINGS,
& daugh. of
Doct. William & Lavina
RICHARDSON
died May 5, 1862,
AE. 63 y'rs

LYDIA RICHARDSON died
July 19, 1829 aged 39

NANCY
daughter of
Capt. Thomas P. RICHARD-
SON
& Lydia his wife.
died
April 11, A.D. 1815 AE.
18 years

PRESTON
son of
Capt. Thomas P. RICHARD-
SON
& Lydia his wife.
died
March 1, 1813, AE.
18 years

RICHARDSON MONUMENT:

THOMAS P. RICHARDSON
Born
Dec. 13, 1760,
died Feb. 29, 1840.
LYDIA RICHARDSON
born Sept. 13, 1766,
died Nov. 15, 1799.

ESTHER RICHARDSON
born May 27, 1757
died Oct. 5, 1840.

LYDIA RICHARDSON,
Born Apr. 23, 1790,
died July 19, 1829.

PRESTON RICHARDSON
born Apr. 16, 1795,
died Mar. 1, 1813

NANCY RICHARDSON
born Apr. 11, 1797,
died Apr. 11, 1815

In Memory of M[-]
POLLY RICHARDSON,
the Daughter of Mr. Lemuel
and Ann Richardson
Who died Sep't 9th 179(2]
in the (2]9th year of her age
Behold the spirit who Assends to God.
Who [--] [--] [--]
Their souls shall have
----.

LEMUEL RICHARDSON,
died
April 14, A.D. 1818.
in the 84, year
of his age

ANNA
Relict of
Lemuel RICHARDSON,
died
July 31, A.D. 1820.
in the 87. year
of her age.

STEVENS MONUMENT:

DR. STEVENS

THOS. [-] STEVENS
Born Apr. 22, 1803
Died Apr. 6, 1878

BETSEY DUNCAN
His wife
Born Apr. 26, 1813,
Died July 3[lJ, 1854

---- ----
Born June 24, 1834,
died Dec. 24, 1859

HELEN M.
Born July 14, 1831
Died July 14, 1835

Children of
[Thos] & Betsey Stevens

ABIGAIL Wife of
Th. STEVENS Died
--- ---

Dr. ISAAC BAKER
Died
Oct. 16, 1847.
AEt. 77

MRS. ABIGAIL BAKER
Died
July 16, 1832.
AEt. [5]6.
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord

ASA MASTEN
Died
Oct. 11, 1854,
AE. 90
SARAH MASTEN
died
Sept. 28, 1835
aged 70
wife of
Asa Masten

MARY BECKWITH
Died
[Aug] 22, 1856
AE. [40]

MARGARET,
dau. of
Jeremiah &
Elizabeth LADD, died
Sept. 8, 1832
AEt. 25

Mrs. LYDIA,
wife of
Mr. John GALE, died
July 12, 1811
AE. 38 years

Stop my friends & think on me
I once was in this world like thee
Now I lie mouldering in the dust
Hopeing to rise a rnongst the just.

Mr. CYRUS
COMSTOCK
died Feb. 29,
1828. AEt. 70 years

Mrs. DELIGHT HUNTLEY
died Dec. 29, 1821
in the [29] year of
her age

AARON HUNTLY
died Feb. [1]8,
18[7]8
AE. 67

ELIZABETH, wife of
Josiah GALE,
died in consumtion
March 1, 1802
in the 77 year
of her age

HUNTLEY MONUMENT:

NATHAN R. HUNTLEY
Passed to higher life
Dec. 6, 1893,
AE. 68 yrs. 9 mos.

CHARLOTTE
His wife
Passed to higher life
June 16, 1898,
AE. 67 yrs. 9 mos.

ELISHA - POLLY
NATHAN
Children of
Curtis HUNTLEY

AUSTIN HUNTLEY
Died May 11, 1880,
AE. 26 yrs. 3 mos.
18 dys.
---

Mr.
MARTIN WAY
died July 21 1833,
aged 37 years

The body may return to dust
but the spirit to God who gaveth

RACHEL
wife of
HUNTLEY Died
Mar. 17, 1839
AE. 84

My friends are so dear unto me.
Our hearts all united in love
Where Jesus is gone we shall be
In yonder blest mansion above.

WM. P.
son of
Almon &
Lucy SMITH
died
[-----] 11, 18[3]1
AE. 8 mo.

LUCIUS A.
son of
Almon & Lucy SMITH
died
Dec. 20, 183[6]
AE. 1 year

MRS. RUTH
widow of
Daniel WAY Esq
died
May 11, 1819:
in the 79 year
of her age

In
Memory of
Mrs. HANNAH,
wife of Lieut.
Amos GALE
who died
March 30, 1819:
in the 66 year
of her age

AMOS GALE
Died
May 25, 1833
AEt. 86

DANIEL WAY, Esq.
died of a consumption
June 6, 1794
in the 50 year
of his age

SARAH
wife of
AMON BECKWITH
Died
June 28, 1837,
AEt. 74

Mr. AMON
BECKWITH
Died July 28th
1805 AEt. 43

RHODA
daug'r. of Sarah
& Amon BECKWITH
died March 28,
1838, AE. 38 .

ELEANY, son of
Asa MASTEN &
Sarah his wife,
died Oct. 11, 1792,
AE. 4 days

CHESTER son of
Asa MASTEN &
Sarah his wife,
died May 1, 1815
in the 11, year of his
age

Beneath this stone lies my remains
It speaks to youth in solemn strains
Die you must, for it is true
Death is pursueing after you.

MARYANN RICHARDSON
died June 15, 1819
aged 3 mo. & 20 ds.
daug. of Nathaniel &
Mary Richardson

NATHAN H. RICHARDSON.
died
Dec. 18, 1828, AE. 5
years
9 mo. & 14 ds.
son of Nathaniel &
Mary Richardson

Here in the grave does Huntley lie,
His sister by his side.
Surviving parents mourn and cry,
By grace their tears are dry'd.

MARY
[wife of]
Nathaniel RICHARDSON
[died May 30] 1862
AE. 65 ys. 3 ms.

[Top Broken Off]
Died May 2, 1878,
AE. 45 yrs.
Buried in Altamonte,
Orange Co., Fla.

In memory of
Miss SEVIAH SMITH,
who died
Nov. 23, 1823.
in the 45, year of
her age

In memory of
Mr. DAVID C. SMITH
who died
April 13, 1823
AE. 81 years

HESTER
wife of Samuel
COMSTOCK. died July
16, 1820. AE. 50

THOMAS HOWARD
died
Aug. 23, 1842
AE. 85 yrs.

HANNAH,
wife of
Thomas HOWARD,
died
May 14, 1801.
in the 40, year of
her age

LORENZO F. son of
Charles BECKWITH &
Mindwell his wife,
died March 28, 1816
aged 2 years 11 ms. & 6 ds.

Sleep sweet babe in inocence
Your sufferings are no more
In God you'll have [----] confidence
For all the pains you bore

AMOS BECKWITH
died
Feb. 6, 1860,
AE. 75

[MA]TILDA BECK[WITH]
Died
Dec. 9, 1869.
AE. 79 ys. 10 ms.

WIL[LIAM] [BECKWI]TH
Died
Feb. 3, 1860,
AE. 63
Mr.

ABISHA TUBBS
died
25 Oct. 1814 AE.
74

Mrs. HEPZIBAH
wife of Mr.
Abisha TUBES
died June 15, 1818;
AE. 78.

JONATHAN HUNTLY,
died May 28, 1822.
AE. 31

In
Memory of
Mrs. POLLY,
wife of
Capt. Nathan GEE,
who died
May 12, 1819
AE. 53

Capt. NATHAN GEE,
Died Aug. 19, 1830,
AE. 68.

But I with all my cares,
Will lean upon the lord.
I'll cast my burden on his arm
& rest upon his word.

AHIMUS
Son of Capt. Nathan
& Mrs. Polly GEE,
died
July 18, 1820
AE. 33

In memory of
DUSTIN GEE
Son of
Capt. Nathan Gee,
who died
[----] 6, 1824
AE. 16 years

CHARLOTTE BECKWITH
Wife of
Joseph P. SPAULDING
Born Dec. 23, 1808
Died Sept. 5, 1870.

JOSEPH P. SPAULDING
Born
Oct. 13, 1809
Died
[----] 18, 1880.

POLLY R.G.
daut. of
Alden & Mary GEE,
died Nov. 6, 1837,
aged 16 yrs. 2 mo's

LUCINDA, dau. of
Alden & Mary
GEE, died Sept. 27
18[--]
AE. 11 mo.

MRS. MIRIAM,
wife of
Mr. Solomon GEE.
died
March 23, 1818 AE.
4[5]

Mr.
SOLOMON GEE
died July 9, 1838
AE. 70

POLLY
wife of
Freeman GEE.
died
July 28, 1820
AE. 32.

MARY GEE
Died
Aug. 19, 1841
AE. 48

CLARRINDA
wife of
Capt. Nath'l BROWN
Died
Apr. 23, 1814
AE. 60 y'rs

MARTHA L. BROWN
died
Feb. 9, 1821.
aged 4 years & 10 mo.

So fades the lovely blooming flow'r.
Frail smiling solace of an hour.
So soon our trangient comforts fly
And pleasure only blooms to die.

JAMES MAYNARD
Died
June 19, 1842.
AEt. 90.

MARY,
J. MAYNARD
Died
June 6, 1822.
AEt. 70

JABEZ E. MAYNARD
Died
July 11, 1849.
AEt. 21.

HANNAH WASHBURN
Died
Nov. 30, 1843
AE. 77.

SILVINA
wife of
Joseph [HENNEY]
died
July 20, 1828
AE. [7]0

ELIZABETH
wife of
Joseph [HENNEY]
died
Oct. 5th 18(--]
AE. 73.

EMILY O.,
dau. of Freeman &
Polly GEE,
Died
Sept. 22, 1849.
AEt. 22.

BUCKMINSTER MONUMENT:

JOHN BUCKMINSTER
Died Jan. 10, 1860
AE. 59 ys

MARIAM M.
His wife
Died Mar. 14, 1878.
AE. 69 ys

WILLIAM A.
Died Feb. 19, 1861.
AE. 18 ys.

HENRY M.
Died Jan. 24, 1863
At Hilton Head S.C. AE. 19 ys.

Children of J & M.M. Buckminster

CLARA C.
Died Dec. 7, 1866.
AE. 14 ys.

JOHN C.
Died Sept. 8, 1875
AE. 19 ys

Children of
J. & M.M. Buckminster
---

HEPZABETH
wife of
Ebenezer FARLEY,
died
May 15, 1812
AE. 85 years

SAMUEL BRACKETT
Died
Dec. 11, 1888
AE [8]0 yrs .

ESTHER
Wife of
Samuel BRACKETT
Died
June 19, 1869,
AE. 62 yrs. 9 mo's

ELLEN A.
Wife of
Samuel BRACKETT Died
June 17, 1880
AE. 48 yrs.

MARIAN,
wife of
Alban BUTTRICK,
Died
Apr. 12, 1850.
AEt. 25.

SAMUEL B.,
son of
A. & M. BUTTRICK,
Died
Apr. 10, 1850.
AEt. 6 ds

ERNEST R.

DELIGHT,
wife of
(----- -----]
Died
Oct. 7, 1864
Aged 86

NATHAN B.
Son of
Elisha & [Judeth] GEE
died Apr. 12, 1852
AEt. 2 mo's

M.H. FEUER.
Mar. 30, 1931.
Feb. 11, 1932.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Loisanne Foster]

Glenn Knoblock
New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones
The Marlow Historical Society
Made possible by a grant from the NH Humanities Council
Thursday, May 15 2008
7:00 pm, Jones Hall

Glenn Knoblock is an author of a number of historical Arcadia books on New England illustrated with antique photographs. His contributions include books on Portsmouth, N.H. cemeteries; N.H. covered bridges, and Black military history. He researches his materials on site and illustrates his presentations with rubbings, photographs, and slides. He showed us a number of New Hampshire gravestones including some from our own town and explained how they tell long-forgotten stories of the Great Awakening, the Throat Distemper Epidemic, the American Revolution, and much more.

Knoblock emphasized the craftsmen who carved these stones and identified their personal styles, tracing the origins of the symbolism and its meanings. We learned to "read these stone pages" that he called "the vast genealogical book of New Hampshire".

Of great interest to us from Marlow in particular was his assertion that our West Yard Cemetery is "a treasure." Not only is it well-kept for a cemetery of its age, but the imagery, in keeping with new findings from our own paper chase research, the West Yard gravestones show strong influence of the Free Will Baptists. As Knoblock says, The West Yard Cemetery "has Free Will Baptist written all over it." It is exciting to discover this very concrete evidence of library research at Lyme, CT and elsewhere. Knoblock points out that this cemetery, rather than having mainly grim images such as the death's head or the unsmiling angel of judgment or later the weeping willow, has instead images of joy and hope. The rising sun, symbol of sure resurrection, smiling angels to beckon the weary home, and even a crown of glory, set among rays. These things point, even beyond the Great Awakening to the idea of universal salvation and expectation of a joyous life beyond the grave. Yes, indeed! Marlow citizens were a long way, literally and philosophically, from their Puritan forefathers and inheriting Congregationalists. The stones prove beyond a doubt the unorthodox views of Marlow's early settlers.

Knoblock showed us stones in chronological order. First he showed us Indian faces carved on round stones, no doubt meant as commemorative amulets. They looked for all the world like the round angel faces on the earlier New Hampshire stones. Then we saw examples from the New Hampshire seacoast which was settled long before Marlow. Those showed winged skulls with cross bones. The wings symbolized hope. We know that they believed that only a preordained few would gain heaven. We saw many sad stories written in stone such as the eighteen year old mother who died in Portsmouth.

We learned that the dates on early New Hampshire graves are not always reliable. For one thing, having a stone carved for a grave was so expensive that many a family couldn't arrange it until years after the death and memories might have grown dim. Also, although the old Julian calendar which began on March 1 was supposed to have been abandoned in 1690 and changed to the Gregorian calendar beginning its year on Jan. 1, many of the country folk did not abandon the old time system, so a death that occurred between Jan. 1 and March 1 might have been recorded for the wrong year.

We learned where the stones and the carvers came from. We learned that, although the red stone of Lyme, Connecticut was not transported to Marlow as grave stones, the iconography of Lyme was transferred here. We learned that the earlier gravestones of Marlow, as in the rest of new Hampshire, were carved mainly by men from Massachusetts and Vermont. We learned that many of the early carvers did not work full time at the stone cutting profession. They were mainly farmers and tradesmen who carved gravestones "on the side." That would account for the occasional amateur appearance of the early stones.

Knoblock discussed the works of many well-known carvers of New Hampshire gravestones. He noted the Foster family of Dorchester, MA and pointed out the unusual triangular design with an angel in each corner typical of them. Most of such stones were brought from Massachusetts slate quarries. Many stones were carved by Caleb Lamson of MA. Lamson is one of the few to have initialed his stones. His stones often have the skull with wings. Nathaniel Prentice was also given an hour glass. Lamson and other carvers of his family are distinguished by eyebrows which arch down to form a triangular nose. One done for a five year old John Rogers of Portsmouth shows draperies overhead, the burial shroud. Knoblock said, "It's curtains for him, the end of the act," and wondered aloud if that custom is the origin of the expression.

There is also a Merrimack Valley school of gravestone carving. Images are a bit softened and there are heart-shaped engravings. They are more folklore-like. In some cases, a woman is designated by a squiggly line above her head which represents a bonnet. Some of those more folksy stones are in Keene. By the 1750's and 1760's, the fashion of the skull with wings imagery was dying out.

Then the Classical influence began to be felt as America moved toward a Republic. Latin phrases appeared: "Memento mori." (Remember death.) "Fugit hora." (Time flies.) The willows, the classical columns, and the urns appeared. The willows denote a classical connection through the story of Niobe who turned into a willow to weep forever for her lost children. The classical columns and urns denote dignity and public life. It's odd that the urn became a symbol at a time when bodies were not cremated here.

Robert Parks, a carver from Groton, MA has many examples of his work in New Hampshire, especially among the stones of the wealthy. In his period a tall stone with classical symbolism denoted wealth and status. It was an urban style. Lettering became cursive, a hard thing to do with a hammer and chisel, the only tools they used. By 1780, bas relief half figures began to appear, especially for women, and full figures in flowing, classical robes, much like Greek and Roman statues. These were meant to be idealized portraits of the deceased. There were local styles. Acanthus leaves became popular in some areas.

Between 1770 and 1780 in the threat of war and when war was not going well, the death's heads revived. There is an example in a Hollis Churchyard of this for the wife of a captain. There are two skulls and a coffin, and the inscription, "Not delivered in childbirth." There were many homemade graves for this period too. We see a number carved with crude letters and personalized, perhaps with hearts or with national symbols.

Abel and Steven Webster, Scottish carvers, worked together. We can always tell which brothers made the stone because Stephen's angels smile and Abel's angels frown. There are hearts and Scottish thistles, and even swirls as at New Grange. Some people take these swirls to symbolize spirits, Celtic indeed!

With the 1740's came the religious revival we call the Great Awakening. Suddenly we have whole angles and cherubs. We have the last trump sounding as more and more people are influenced by the more emotional, dramatic aspect of religion. We have fancy borders. As mentioned earlier, the urn appears, reminding us of the Greek and Roman cultures, but it is also associated with Egypt at a time when interest in Egypt's past was becoming a great fad. In 1794, Billy Dodge made a gravestone for his brother with the imagery of a figure rising out of the baptismal font. In Merideth we find a crown and a garland of stars done by Alpheus Kerry of Boston. The man came from Boston, and the stone came from Boston.

Mathias, the first stone carver in Winnepesoki used urns and willows and floral borders in 1812. He used the sunburst element - the setting sun and the rising sun, an ambiguous image for death and a new day! In the same area in the 1820's names began to be arched over the top. The individual takes on primary importance.

In the Victorian era, white marble began to be used among those who could afford it, perhaps a symbol of a pure life. Cast iron grave outlines were used as borders, but most of them were taken in World Wars I and II in the war effort. Roses and a hand holding flowers began to appear. Until the 1830's burial grounds were not called cemeteries. they were called yards. Cemeteries moved from around the churches and became park-like, showing an association with spirituality and nature which grew in the Romantic Era. Also, sometimes towns migrated away fro cemeteries as happened in Marlow.

Knoblock conducted a visual survey of Marlow's West Yard Cemetery and
says that the oldest grave there is that of Lucy Canfield in 1779. Kent is also 1779. (We know that earlier settlers were buried in unmarked or now unidentifiable graves at the Old Settler Cemetery.) In the West Yard Cemetery, the Beckwith graves are the most prominent and the Huntley graves most numerous. The Beckwith grave of 1808 is floral, early for that motif. Rufus Way's stone shows a heart under a willow tree. Many of the graves have little decoration for around 1800. Marlow, in the hinterlands, held to the older designs, except as noted with the Free Will Baptist motifs. Freelove Miller in 1807 has an urn. Mather has willow branches springing from an urn, a sure symbol of renewed life. Elisha Huntley seems to have the strongest Free Will Baptist symbolism of them all with rays shining from a heart over an urn. And don't forget the crown with the emanating rays! How good to have Knoblock's expertise and the physical evidence he gathered support our research which places Marlow's early settlers among those who adopted unorthodox views in Lyme, Connecticut.

[Loisanne Foster]

Glenn Knoblock
New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones
The Marlow Historical Society
Made possible by a grant from the NH Humanities Council
Thursday, May 15 2008
7:00 pm, Jones Hall

Glenn Knoblock is an author of a number of historical Arcadia books on New England illustrated with antique photographs. His contributions include books on Portsmouth, N.H. cemeteries; N.H. covered bridges, and Black military history. He researches his materials on site and illustrates his presentations with rubbings, photographs, and slides. He showed us a number of New Hampshire gravestones including some from our own town and explained how they tell long-forgotten stories of the Great Awakening, the Throat Distemper Epidemic, the American Revolution, and much more.

Knoblock emphasized the craftsmen who carved these stones and identified their personal styles, tracing the origins of the symbolism and its meanings. We learned to "read these stone pages" that he called "the vast genealogical book of New Hampshire".

Of great interest to us from Marlow in particular was his assertion that our West Yard Cemetery is "a treasure." Not only is it well-kept for a cemetery of its age, but the imagery, in keeping with new findings from our own paper chase research, the West Yard gravestones show strong influence of the Free Will Baptists. As Knoblock says, The West Yard Cemetery "has Free Will Baptist written all over it." It is exciting to discover this very concrete evidence of library research at Lyme, CT and elsewhere. Knoblock points out that this cemetery, rather than having mainly grim images such as the death's head or the unsmiling angel of judgment or later the weeping willow, has instead images of joy and hope. The rising sun, symbol of sure resurrection, smiling angels to beckon the weary home, and even a crown of glory, set among rays. These things point, even beyond the Great Awakening to the idea of universal salvation and expectation of a joyous life beyond the grave. Yes, indeed! Marlow citizens were a long way, literally and philosophically, from their Puritan forefathers and inheriting Congregationalists. The stones prove beyond a doubt the unorthodox views of Marlow's early settlers.

Knoblock showed us stones in chronological order. First he showed us Indian faces carved on round stones, no doubt meant as commemorative amulets. They looked for all the world like the round angel faces on the earlier New Hampshire stones. Then we saw examples from the New Hampshire seacoast which was settled long before Marlow. Those showed winged skulls with cross bones. The wings symbolized hope. We know that they believed that only a preordained few would gain heaven. We saw many sad stories written in stone such as the eighteen year old mother who died in Portsmouth.

We learned that the dates on early New Hampshire graves are not always reliable. For one thing, having a stone carved for a grave was so expensive that many a family couldn't arrange it until years after the death and memories might have grown dim. Also, although the old Julian calendar which began on March 1 was supposed to have been abandoned in 1690 and changed to the Gregorian calendar beginning its year on Jan. 1, many of the country folk did not abandon the old time system, so a death that occurred between Jan. 1 and March 1 might have been recorded for the wrong year.

We learned where the stones and the carvers came from. We learned that, although the red stone of Lyme, Connecticut was not transported to Marlow as grave stones, the iconography of Lyme was transferred here. We learned that the earlier gravestones of Marlow, as in the rest of new Hampshire, were carved mainly by men from Massachusetts and Vermont. We learned that many of the early carvers did not work full time at the stone cutting profession. They were mainly farmers and tradesmen who carved gravestones "on the side." That would account for the occasional amateur appearance of the early stones.

Knoblock discussed the works of many well-known carvers of New Hampshire gravestones. He noted the Foster family of Dorchester, MA and pointed out the unusual triangular design with an angel in each corner typical of them. Most of such stones were brought from Massachusetts slate quarries. Many stones were carved by Caleb Lamson of MA. Lamson is one of the few to have initialed his stones. His stones often have the skull with wings. Nathaniel Prentice was also given an hour glass. Lamson and other carvers of his family are distinguished by eyebrows which arch down to form a triangular nose. One done for a five year old John Rogers of Portsmouth shows draperies overhead, the burial shroud. Knoblock said, "It's curtains for him, the end of the act," and wondered aloud if that custom is the origin of the expression.

There is also a Merrimack Valley school of gravestone carving. Images are a bit softened and there are heart-shaped engravings. They are more folklore-like. In some cases, a woman is designated by a squiggly line above her head which represents a bonnet. Some of those more folksy stones are in Keene. By the 1750's and 1760's, the fashion of the skull with wings imagery was dying out.

Then the Classical influence began to be felt as America moved toward a Republic. Latin phrases appeared: "Memento mori." (Remember death.) "Fugit hora." (Time flies.) The willows, the classical columns, and the urns appeared. The willows denote a classical connection through the story of Niobe who turned into a willow to weep forever for her lost children. The classical columns and urns denote dignity and public life. It's odd that the urn became a symbol at a time when bodies were not cremated here.

Robert Parks, a carver from Groton, MA has many examples of his work in New Hampshire, especially among the stones of the wealthy. In his period a tall stone with classical symbolism denoted wealth and status. It was an urban style. Lettering became cursive, a hard thing to do with a hammer and chisel, the only tools they used. By 1780, bas relief half figures began to appear, especially for women, and full figures in flowing, classical robes, much like Greek and Roman statues. These were meant to be idealized portraits of the deceased. There were local styles. Acanthus leaves became popular in some areas.

Between 1770 and 1780 in the threat of war and when war was not going well, the death's heads revived. There is an example in a Hollis Churchyard of this for the wife of a captain. There are two skulls and a coffin, and the inscription, "Not delivered in childbirth." There were many homemade graves for this period too. We see a number carved with crude letters and personalized, perhaps with hearts or with national symbols.

Abel and Steven Webster, Scottish carvers, worked together. We can always tell which brothers made the stone because Stephen's angels smile and Abel's angels frown. There are hearts and Scottish thistles, and even swirls as at New Grange. Some people take these swirls to symbolize spirits, Celtic indeed!

With the 1740's came the religious revival we call the Great Awakening. Suddenly we have whole angles and cherubs. We have the last trump sounding as more and more people are influenced by the more emotional, dramatic aspect of religion. We have fancy borders. As mentioned earlier, the urn appears, reminding us of the Greek and Roman cultures, but it is also associated with Egypt at a time when interest in Egypt's past was becoming a great fad. In 1794, Billy Dodge made a gravestone for his brother with the imagery of a figure rising out of the baptismal font. In Merideth we find a crown and a garland of stars done by Alpheus Kerry of Boston. The man came from Boston, and the stone came from Boston.

Mathias, the first stone carver in Winnepesoki used urns and willows and floral borders in 1812. He used the sunburst element - the setting sun and the rising sun, an ambiguous image for death and a new day! In the same area in the 1820's names began to be arched over the top. The individual takes on primary importance.

In the Victorian era, white marble began to be used among those who could afford it, perhaps a symbol of a pure life. Cast iron grave outlines were used as borders, but most of them were taken in World Wars I and II in the war effort. Roses and a hand holding flowers began to appear. Until the 1830's burial grounds were not called cemeteries. they were called yards. Cemeteries moved from around the churches and became park-like, showing an association with spirituality and nature which grew in the Romantic Era. Also, sometimes towns migrated away fro cemeteries as happened in Marlow.

Knoblock conducted a visual survey of Marlow's West Yard Cemetery and
says that the oldest grave there is that of Lucy Canfield in 1779. Kent is also 1779. (We know that earlier settlers were buried in unmarked or now unidentifiable graves at the Old Settler Cemetery.) In the West Yard Cemetery, the Beckwith graves are the most prominent and the Huntley graves most numerous. The Beckwith grave of 1808 is floral, early for that motif. Rufus Way's stone shows a heart under a willow tree. Many of the graves have little decoration for around 1800. Marlow, in the hinterlands, held to the older designs, except as noted with the Free Will Baptist motifs. Freelove Miller in 1807 has an urn. Mather has willow branches springing from an urn, a sure symbol of renewed life. Elisha Huntley seems to have the strongest Free Will Baptist symbolism of them all with rays shining from a heart over an urn. And don't forget the crown with the emanating rays! How good to have Knoblock's expertise and the physical evidence he gathered support our research which places Marlow's early settlers among those who adopted unorthodox views in Lyme, Connecticut.