Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - Reverend Edward L. Parker of Derry


These gravestones are located at the Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, New Hampshire.  Reverend E. L. Parker is the author of the "History of Londonderry" published in 1851. His wife's maiden name was Mehitabel Kimball.   Edward Lutwyche Parker's genealogy, as well as the Kimball family, can be found at this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/09/parker-and-kimballs-of-londonderry.html from this blog in 2009.  

REVEREND
EDWARD L. PARKER.
for forty years
Pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church
in Derry
Died July 11, 1850
Aged 65 years
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"Diligent in business, fervent in spirit
Serving the Lord."

MEHITABEL K. PARKER
Wife of
REV. EDWARD L. PARKER
Died June 10, 1852
Aged 70 years
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"My flesh shall rest in hope"

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

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