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Pioneer Cemetery - historical information - map (October 2007)

Source: Geoff Eargle, October 2007

 


Grave A

broken – no name – only fragments of verse remaining

_hen ___sho_
regret __repi___
_hen fadeless joy
blis___ thine.

 

Grave B

[In me]mory of
NOAH SABIN
Son of
Joel & Sally Howe who
Departed this life
Aug 21 AD 1839
Aged 24 Years

Given is to Earth it ______
Relics wither in the dust
Yield is to God the spirit
Spirit mind with the joy

NOTE: The above verse may not be entirely correct due to weathering. Brackets indicate assumed text.

 

Grave C

W H N

 

Grave D

N S HOWE

 

Grave E

Geo. C. HUBBARD
SON OF
John F. & Almira Hubbard
of Norwich, N.Y.
DIED Jan’y 17, 1851
Aged 25 Years
& 6 Months

 

Grave F

HENRIETTA
Daughter of
T. & L.S. MEAD
DIED
Sept. 15, 1851
Aged 2 Yrs. 3 Ms.
& 23 Days

She woke the cup of life to sip
Too bitter ‘twas to drain
She merely touched it to her lips
And then she slept again.

 

Grave G

AGNE[S J.]
Daughter of
T. & L.S. MEAD
DIED
May 20, 1848
7 Ms. 17 Days

This lovely bud so you[ng and fair]
Called hence by early [doom]
Just came to show [how fair a flower]
In paradise w[ould bloom]

NOTE: brackets indicate text that had been previously transcribed, but are now missing.

 

Grave H

MIRIAM
WIFE OF
Gen. Thompson Mead
DIED
Oct 1, 1850

 

Grave I

GEN. THOMPSON MEAD
DIED
Mar 3, 1851
Aged 77 Yrs.
Blessed are the dead which
died in the Lord.

Brass plaque placed on 24 Sep 1972:

THOMPSON MEAD
ILLINOIS 
GENERAL 17 REGT NY MILITIA
WAR OF 1812
FEB 26 1771    MARCH 3 1851

 

Grave J

G. C. H.

 

Grave K

Sacred to the
Memory of our
Mother
MARIA LINDSAY
DIED MARCH 6 1846

 

Grave L

A. J. M.

 

Grave M

broken

_M

 

Grave N

broken – no text remaining

NOTE: possibly a foot stone for Miriam Mead (Grave H)

 

Grave O

T. M.

NOTE: possibly a foot stone for Thompson Mead (Grave I)

 

Grave P

ALFRED BENEDICT
SON OF
Isaac & Mary Benedict
DIED
Jan. 19, 1854.
Aged 24 Years

 

Grave Q

A. B.

 

Grave R

broken – no text remaining

 

Grave S

JANE INEZ SCHEYER
WILSON 
JUNE 12, 1916
FEBRUARY 14, 2006

 

Grave T

ROBERT RATHBUN WILSON
1914 • 2000

 

Grave U

[In] mem[o]ry of
JOEL HOWE
who DIED
Oct. [20, 1842]
[Age]d 69 yea[rs]

Jehovah _______ n_ is d___
_______________________
_______________________

NOTE: brackets indicate assumed text. This stone is presently lying flat over the grave of Joel’s son, Noah (Grave B) and is in extremely poor condition. The original location is unknown.