Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-09
TRINITY CnURCHYARD.
Some Curious Obituaries That are "a rve.:
Upon Venerable Tomhstenss.

Some Curious Obituaries That are Ca rve.:
Upon Venerable Tombstenss.
The New York Graplic says: Unlike
many bolted and barred-up American
churchyards, that of Trinity is open 10
the public With its cha ded walks
green turf and flowers, 1t is, indeed, an
oasis In the stony heart oe Broadway
and to any one of antiquarian tastes one
OF the most attractive spots in New
York. Every one OF It's tombs:cnes is a
fragment from the page OF this city's
history. Historic names lie thickly
about. Here are the vaults of the city
founders, the DE Peysters, Van Hornes,
Barclays, Desbrosses, and others per-
petuated in the nomenclature Of many
OF our streets. Here lie the founders of
the republic, Gallatin and Hamilton.
The monument over the remains OF the
Thousands of men imprisoned by the
British during the Revol ution is seen by
every passer-by. The memory OF our
old volunteer fire department is perpet-
uated by the modest stone erected TO the
members ofold forty-two," over which
n vine has SO beautifully clustered.
Fresh flowers over the grave of Char.
lotte Temple attest that some still hold
this unfortunate in remembrance. Here
Is the stone TO William Bradford,
Printer to this government for fifty
year," says the inscription. The father
OF government printers died in 1852 and
was born in 1860.
The Oldest memorial stone readily
found is, singularly enough, TO the
memory OF young girl. II is situated
near the Broadway inclosure and reads
thus:
Here Lyeth TIE body OF Annie
Churcher died May the l4th 1891 aged
II years and three quarters buryed May
the 10Th 1891"
The letters on the slate arc as clearly
cut as If made but year since. One
hundred and oighty-nine years ago died
Annie Churcher. Only twenty-seven
years previous New York had passed
from the dominion of the Dutch. The
language OF Holland was then still the
prevalent tongue. The Puritan dressed
still in the garb Of Cromwell's time, and
such OF the aristocracy and officers Of
tho crown as lived in the then very new
world flannel in ribbons and rufIies,
curls and silken attire. Had Annie
Churcher lived to threesc )re and ten she
would still have only heard Of the pre-
liminary mutterings of the American
Revolution. A hundred years ago men
in perukos AMI knee-breeches read the
inscription on Annie Churcher's stone,
and wondered at the antiquity of a me-
mortal placed there hundred years be-
fore them. Ten years more will round
the two centuries since the maid was
laid in Trinity churchyard, then a rural
burying ground. from which the eyes OF
the mourners saw all about the great
bay and harbor hut unbroken stretches
OF primeval Forest.
OF Abraham Williams. who passed
away in 1863. the following record and
injunction are left:
Free From Tnvay And
Strife Was All His Lie,
Little OF This World Did
lie Shear,
Because His ThouEhis,
Was On Christ His Saviour
Dear.
Stay Reader Stand
And Shed A Tear
And Think On Ne
Who Now Ilcs Here
And As You Read
This State Of Ne
Think On The Glass Which
Runs For Thee.
Here is another:
Here Lyeth the body
OF Catherine Thorne
Daughter OF Richard Thorue
deceased, who departed
This life 29Ih Jan
T l752 Ammo Aeialis II Three
days fever snatched her
Breath And Bowed her
20 Triumphant Death.
Tho scarce twelve Years
had crowned her head,
Behold in Dust her peaeeiall
Bed, Where every one nun
Shortly I've For all that
live, live but TO die.
JOIN and William Eagan. who died
In 1851. are commemorated by their
parents as follows:
Lynil dear Bads aud
lake your Rest God
cald you HON bccas
lie thoug II Bcft.
The stonecutter of 1871 must have
wandered In mind while at work on the
word Bads,' which Is evidently In.
tended for lads"
A curiously oonfounded brace OF in.
scriptions on the same stoee Is that OF
John and Charity Moore, which the
reader may with some study properly
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