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From: "jbuczek" <>
Subject: BIGELOW - Graves
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:40:39 -0400


For those searching BIGELOW... the following are
Grave Stone Inscriptions - Spring Hill Burying Ground
(see .gif attachment for picture of cematary)
Source:
Marlborough, Massachusetts,

Burial Ground Inscriptions:

Old Common, Springhill, and Brigham

Published By Franklin P. Rice, 1908

(Note: f is "s" sometimes..)

[Cherub's Head with a Wig]

Here lies ey body of
Mr. John --- Bigelow
he died Sept, ey 8th
AD 1769; in ey 95th year
of his age.

Bleffed are the Dead
That die in the Lord

Footstone John --- Bigelow

.....................................
[Cherub's Head with Wig]

Here lies the body of
Mrs. Jerusha;
the wife of
Mr. John Bigelow, Fhe
died Jan ey 16th, 1758
in ey 81ft year
of her age

Blessed are the dead [that die in the Lord]

(Note: She was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Gale) Garfield of
Watertown.

..........................................
[Urn and Willow Tree]

Erected
In Memory of
Mr. Gershom Bigelow
who died
Jan. 3, 1812
AEt. 97

By long experience I have known
Thy soverign power to save;
At thy command I venture down
Securly to the grave

Footstone [ a tree]
..............................
[Urn and Willow Tree]

In Memory of
Lieu'. Ivory Bigelow,
who died Feb 14, 1804
in the 63 year
of his age

They die in Jefus and are bleft
How kind their flumbers are
>From fuffering and from fin releafed
And free'd from every care

..........................
There are about 10 - 12 more

.......john

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