Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Joseph Vaughan

Joseph Vaughan, Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, MA, 1734

HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF CAPt
JOSEPH VAUGHAN
WHO DECEASED
MARCH Ye 2D
1733/4 IN
Ye 81ST YEAR
OF HIS AGE
JOB Ye 14 CHAP
& Ye 10th 11th & 12th VS

For those of you who do not have the Book of Job memorized, the relevant verses are:

10: But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11: As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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