Gravestone Identification Challenge

Here's a little challenge from reader RJO:

The gravestone fragment shown here was recently found in the South Street Cemetery in Fitchburg, MA. South Street is Fitchburg's first cemetery, and the earliest stone dates to 1766. This fragment may have been buried under the leaves somewhere, or been tossed over the fence and returned by a neighbor who came across it. In any event, it has not
been recorded before.

Whose stone is it?

I can tell you this fragment is 72 cm tall and the family name is Thurlo, and what's left of the stone reads:

]d the
T]hurlo,

]arah
]ed
]. Age
]ths


]in
]tchburg.

First of all, what can you deduce just from this fragment alone?

Going further, using only Google and the information above, I think I've figured out who the stone belonged to, or at least have narrowed it to two possibilities, but I could be wrong. See if you can track it down yourself. (If you're like me, the first track you take will be a side track, rather than the main route.)

Anyone up for the challenge? I've done a little poking and have some leads, but am not as confident as RJO! Leave thoughts in the comments.

Gravestone of the Day: John Payson

John Payson, 1804, Fitchburg, MA, photo by RJO

Regular commenter RJO sent along these pictures from his local graveyard. The verse is in the form of a pattern poem — a poem that is arranged so that the text forms an image. This poem mimics the shape of George Herbert's famous pattern poem, "Easter Wings."

The young man faileth,
his strength ceaseth,
he dieth,
and is no more;
but his hope is in God.

I haven't come across any other pattern poems on New England gravestones. Has anyone else spotted other examples?

photo by RJO