Gravestone of the Day: James Foot

James Foot, Amesbury, MA, 1846

JAMES FOOT,

Died

July 9, 1846;

aged 58 yrs.

Adieu, dearest husband! thy sufferings are o'er!

And thou hast reached that heavenly shore,

Where seas of bliss immortal roll

And burst upon thy famished soul.

Gravestone of the Day: Jacob Currier

Jacob Currier, 1742, Amesbury, MA

HERE LYES BURIED

THE BODY OF

MR IACOB CURRIER

WHO DIED IUNE 12

1742 IN ye 42ND

YEAR OF HIS AGE

Gravestone of the Day: Sarah Gould

Sarah Gould, 1722, Amesbury, MA

SARAH GOULD

DIED OCTOB

ER ye 31 1722

AND IN ye [29?] year

Of HUR AGE

Gravestone of the Day: Elizabeth Barnard

Elizabeth Barnard, 1772, Amesbury, MA

Here lies Buried the Body

of Mrs. ELIZABETH

BARNARD,

Wife of Mr. TIMOTHY

BARNARD

who died Sepr. 20th, 1772.

Aged 29. Years.

Gravestone of the Day: Lydia Teuxbury

Lydia Teuxbury, 1822, Amesbury, MA

In memory of Mrs.

LYDIA TEUXBURY,

wife of Moses Tuxbury, who

died Oct. 26, 1822, in the 58

year of her age

Down in this grave my body lies,

My name ingraven stands;

Ye living ones, prepare to die,

King Jesus is at hand.

Devastation at Amesbury's Union Cemetery

I went out with my camera today to take advantage of the fantastic weather. I decided to go up to Amesbury, where I found the Union Cemetery on Route 110 in complete disarray. The storms of the past week have downed at least 6 full-sized trees and many smaller branches. As far as I could tell, only a few monuments were broken, but the trees are huge and there may have been more crushed stones that I couldn't see. Most of the damage is in the 19th-century section — the 18th-century stones were largely untouched. I saw at least one City of Amesbury truck in the cemetery, so I imagine that they're on top of the situation.