Sketches in Crude-oil: Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globeMcLaurin, John J. (John James)
History
Sketches in Crude-oil: Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe
McLaurin, John J. (John James)
Petroleum -- History; Petroleum industry and trade -- North America -- History
The once hallowed resting-place of many worthy pioneers sadly needs the
kindly ministrations of some “Old Mortality” to replace broken slabs,
restore illegible inscriptions and brush away the obnoxious weeds.
Quaint spelling and lettering and curious epitaphs are not uncommon.
Observe these examples:
In
memory of James
and Catherine Ha
nne Ho departed
this life July 3 1830
JAMES AGED TWO
years one months,
ten days CETHERIN
E AGED two months
and 14 days.
JANE consort of
DAVID KING
who departed this
life. April 14 1829
aged 31 years
O may I see thy tribes rejoic
and aid their triumphs
with my voice this all. my
Glory Lord to be joined to
thy saints and near to. thee
In memory of
Samuel Riddle, Esq.
Born Aug. 4, 1821
At Scrubgrass.
Died May 28, 1853,
At Franklin,
Venango County, Pa.
Here lies an honest lawyer,
Honored and respected living,
Lamented and mourned dead.
Trains on the Lake-Shore Railroad thunder past the lower end of the
quiet “God’s Acre,” close to the mounds of the McDowells, the
Broadfoots, the Bowmans, the Hales and other early settlers, but the
peaceful repose of the dead can be disturbed only by the blast of
Gabriel’s trumpet on the resurrection morning.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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