Tombstone Tuesday ~ Thompson, Derry, New Hampshire

This family plot was photographed at the Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry, New Hampshire. 

The Thompson Family Plot

Parted Below

Until Above

FATHER                          MOTHER

             JOHN THOMPSON          ISABELLA THOMPSON

DIED                          DIED

May 31, 1827                 Oct. 13, 1820

Aged 48 yrs                Aged 40 yrs

& 11 mos.                     &19 ds

Sudden they were called to go

And bid adieu to all below

Sudden the vital spirit fled 

And they were numbered with the dead 

According to Willey's Book of Nutfield, John Thompson drowned at Amoskeag Falls in Manchester, New Hampshire.   Isabella was the daughter of Archibald and Isabella McMurphy.

MRS. JANE
widow of

Mr. William Thompson

died Dec. 24, 1843

aged 62 yrs.

While we mourn, pensive at the grave

Of our departed friend

We know the power of God to save,

And hope to meet again.

MR. WILLIAM THOMPSON

died Aug. 15, 1832

AEt. 51

Dark and mysterious are God's ways

To Him they're only known

But we must all to him resign

When he bids us to come home

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Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo