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Bliss Children 1774 - 177659 viewsOriginally buried on the Bliss farm on Main Street, the boys were on the land later bought by the town of Agawam for four pounds and established as the Agawam Center Cemetery.
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Margaret Clap 178225 viewsSacred to the Memory of
Mrs Margaret Clap
Relict of Capt Ezra
Clap Who Departed this
Life Sep 15 1782 in the 55
Year of her Age
Lamented shade for thee shall Memory mourn
And shall bless & praise thy hallowed grave adorn
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Clarissa Fowler 17919 viewsIn Memory of
Mrs Clarissa Fowler
who died
Octr 5th AD 1791
aged 26
In the Midst of Life
we are on the
brink of the grave
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Daniel Fowler 179816 viewsIn Memory of
Mr Daniel Fowler
who died
Octr 5th AD 1798
Aged 30
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Daniel Fowler 1802100 viewsIn Memory of
Mr Daniel Fowler
who departed this life
July 31st AD 1802 aged 73
and of
Mrs Elenor Fowler
his Wife who died
Decr 4th AD 1791 aged 60
Husband and Wife must part by death
To God they both resign their breath
But parted from our earthly home
We sleep together in the tomb
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Thomas Ingersoll 174823 viewsNotice the hourglass with the sands of time run out, sitting atop a coffin. The double portrait often signifies a stone honoring a husband and wife.
In memory of Thomas Ingersoll
Esq who was born Nov 27 1692
& died Oct 9 1748 in the 56
year of his age
Also Mrs Sarah Ashley his wife was
born March 17th 1696 and died April
30 1778 aged 82 years
This stone stands but to tell
Where their dust lies not what they was
When saints shall rise that day will show
the part they acted here Below
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Tryphena Morgan 1793139 viewsWhen Tryphena Smith, great-great-granddaughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, married Lucas Morgan, great grandson of Mile Morgan, two founding families were united.
This is such an unusual carving, it just had to be featured on the cover of our Holyoke Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone book.
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Abigail Moseley 1788105 viewsIn Memory of
Mrs Abigail
wife of Lt Pliny Moseley
who died June 28 1788
aged 30 years
Life is uncertain
Death is sure
Sin the wound
& Christ ye cure
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Stephen and Archelaus Russell 178323 viewsOriginally erected in the Old South Burying Ground, which was located where Court Square is now, it was moved to Springfield Cemetery when the railroad was built in the mid 1800s.
The verse reads:
Reader beware
venture not too far
to save one drowning
lest my fate you share
The second time
I ventur'd in to save
a brother drowning
brought me to my grave
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Captain James Sikes 1795100 viewsIn Memory of
Capt James Sikes
who died Febr 11th, 1795
in the 76 year of his age
Adieu vain world
Thy Joys decieve
True pleasures lye
Beyond the grave
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John Taylor 178733 viewsGood example of the double outline cherub and scrolls in tympanum - notice the star with a cross within
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Terry Childen 1776 - 178230 views
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