Friday, March 6, 2009

101 Ways, Part 76: Died Tryumphingly in Hops of a Goyful Resurrection

For a brief intro to the "101 Ways to Say 'Died'" series, click here.
Well, I suppose that any Christian resurrection is, by definition, "goyful."

IN MEMORY of Mr.
PHENEHAS Son of
Mr. THOMAS & Mrs.
MARY BURNHAM,
who died
TRYUMPHINGLY,
in hops of a goyful
RESURRECTION,
in Dec. ye. 22nd.
AD: 1776
in ye. 23,d Year
of his Age.

Phenehas Burnham, East Hartford, CT, 1776
full photo at Farber Gravestone Collection

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