The stone I refered to has , next to it , the stone of their son 1yr 6mo old
at death. thirty years ago I would have been more interested in the fact
that this guy probley helped cast the anchors for the USS Constitution.
Today I wonder they werent mad at god or whatever.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pam Blythe <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: "history isn't everywhere"


>On Brooktondale Road, near where I grew up, is a small graveyard on top of
>a hill - it's a blink and miss it kind of place.  I used to go there as a
>kid and look at the markers.  Included in the group was an entire family
>from the early 19th century, including an infant.  I always marveled at
>that particular stone, wondering how the family felt about having lost a
>small child - especially since it was more common then than now.
>
>- Pam
>
>------------ Previous Message from  CTBrown <[log in to unmask]>  on
>02/26/99 10:18:22 PM ----------
>
> The little town that was
>there is gone, only a cemetary left. If there had been signs galore I
>wouldn't have gotten around to the gravestones. On one was,"  soon after
>the
>marriage of the deceased they both, as they hoped; and within a short time
>of each other; became the subject of divine grace, and since that period
>strove to live in the faith of the gospel; trusting wholey in the
>attonement
>of crist as a ground of acceptance with their maker. Rejoicing in this they
>died." Of course many, maybe even most sites can be read as you like ctb
>