Although Derry's Forest Hill Cemetery has the gravestones of the original settlers, it is also the only public cemetery in Derry. It has a wide variety of stones from the 1700s until the present. These are the stones erected to the Angell family. I think the epitaph under Lizzie Angell's name is the most interesting I have seen in a long time.
Stone to the left:
EDMUND R. ANGELL LIZZIE JAMES
CHEMIST WIFE OF
1848 - 1934 EDMUND R. ANGELL
PRINCIPAL OF 1849 - 1932
PINKERTON ACADEMY 1876-1885 " I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DIE"
1884 VIOLA MAY HAZELTINE 1960
WIFE OF RALPH H. ANGELL
Stone to the right:
EVERETT H. ANGELL
1880 - 1890
"SEE THEM UP YONDER"
1884 RALPH H. ANGELL 1968
1885 GRACE J. HESELTON 1943
Stone to the right reads:
IN GOD'S WORKSHOP
The slanted stone read:
UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND
THE DARKNESS DISAPPEARS
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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Fascinating memorial. I've never seen anything like it. My family had a strong business association with the Angell family in Providence, RI.
ReplyDeleteHow unusual - I've never seen anything like it either, and the inscription "I don't know how to die". I'd love to know the story behind that inscription.
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