Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - Lucy Martin, Derry, New Hampshire

This stone was photographed at Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry, New Hampshire


Memento Mori
ERECTED
In Memory Of
Mrs. LUCY MARTIN
consort of
Capt. JACOB MARTIN
who departed this life
JULY ye 20th 1787 In the
44th year of her age.
Death like an overflowing flood
Doth keep us all away
The young, the old, the middle aged
To death becomes a prey




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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

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