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[Transcribed by Dale H. Cook]
10. Abigail, born Dec. 7, 1779, died Feb. 27, 1851. Susanna, born May 22, 1781, died Mar. 17, 1814. Mary, born Dec. 19, 1784, died Apr. 24, 1850. Drs. of Daniel and Abigail Howard.
11. Apollos Howard [Hooper], born Oct. 27, 1806, died Aug. 19, 1858.
12. Sybil Porter Howard, Daughter of Daniel Howard, Esq., and Abigail, his wife, is here intered, in her 7th year of her age. The fatal accident which instantly closed her sum of life happened Sept. 3, 1795. (Same as No. 9. Killed by waterwheel in oil mill of her father.)
13. Lucy, the Daughter of Daniel Howard, Esq., and Abigail, his wife, here lies intered. She died Feb. 10, 1792, aged 11 mos., 14 days. (Same as No. 9. Killed by a fork thrown at her head by a playmate).
Various are the Shafts of death.
14. Erected in Memory of Miss Bathsheba, a Daughter of Capt. Salmon and Mrs. Amelia Howard, who died Nov. 27, 1837, aged 27 years.
Her mind was tranquil and serene;
No terrors in her looks were seen;
Her Savior's smile dispelled the gloom,
And smoothed her passage to the tomb.
15. To the Memory of Mrs. Susanna Fobes, Eldest Daughter of Col. Edward Howard, and wife of Mr. Jesse Fobes, this stone is erected. In 1774 she was married to Oakes Angier, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. After his death, in 1786, she remained a widow until 1792, and died April 28, 1793. This Jesse Fobes, by a second wife, the daughter of Rev. Elijah Packard, was the father of Judge Charles E. Fobes, late of Northampton.
16. Oakes Angier, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, departed this life Sept. 1st, A. D. 1786, in the 41st, year of his age, and here lies interred with mind vigorous and penetrating, assiduous and indefatigable in business. He soon arrived at eminence in his profession. Seventeen years practice at the bar with fidelity, integrity and ability established his reputation, and improved his fortune, but too fatally injured his constitution in the meridian of life, by a lingering and incurable malady. The Great Teacher put a period to his days, thereby affording an affecting evidence of the futility of the fondest dreams of terrestrial felicity.
17. Mrs. Mary Fobes, wife of Mr. Timothy Fobes, died Nov. 14, 1814, æ 71.
Why do we mourn departing friends,
Or shake at Death's Alarm?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call him to his arms.
18. In memory of Mr. Timothy Fobes, who, after enduring painful and lingering malady, departed this life Oct. 20, A. D. 1805, in the 64th year of his age.
The Father's voice is heard no more
Though spared to their [their] three-score years and four.
Let steeping dust in accents cry,
Ye children Dear prepare to die.
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