Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-09-18
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TRINITY CHURCHYARD.
some Curious Obituaries That Arc Carved
Hmm YnnernhIn TombatOmes,

some Curious Obituaries Thnt Arc carved
Upon Venerable Tombstones,
The New York Graphic says: Unlike
many bolted and barredup American
churchyards, that of Trinity is open to
the public With its shaded walks
green turf and flowers, it is, indeed, an
oasis in the stony heart of Broadway,
and to any one of antiquarian tastes one
of the most attractive spots in New
York. Every one OF its tombstones is
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, Desbrossos, 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 Revolution 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
a 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
years." says the inscription. The father
of government printers died in 1852 and
was bonn in 1860.
The Oldest memorial stone readily
found is, singularly enough, to the
memory of a young girl. 1t is situated
near the Broadway inclosure and reads
thus:
Here Lyeth the body of Annie
Churcher died May the l4th 1851 aged
II years and three quarters buryed May
the 10th 1891"
The letters on the slate are as clearly
cut as if made but a year since. One
hundred and eighty-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
the crown as lived in the then very new
world flannel in ribbons and ruflles,
curls and silken attire. Had Annie
Churcher lived to threescore and ten she
would still have only heard of the pre-
liminary mutterings of the American
Revolution. A hundred years ago men
in perukes and knee-breeches read the
inscription on Annie Churcher's stone,
and wondered at the antiquity of me-
mortal placed there hundred years be-
lore them. Ten years more will round
the two centuries since the maid was
laid in Trinity churchyard, then 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 l7G5, the following record and
injunction are left:
rfoe from lnVay and
Strife Was All His Lite,
Little OF This World Did
He Shear,
Because His Thoughts,
Was On Christ His Saviour
Dear.
Stay Reader Stand
And Shed A Tear
And Think On Me
Who Now Lies Here
And AS You Read
This State of Me
Think On The Glass Which
Runs For Thee.
lIere is another:
Here Lyeth the body
OF Catherine rhorne
Daughter OF Richard Thorne
deceased, who departed
This life 29Jh Jan
1889 Ammo Aetalis IL Three
days fever Snatched her
Breath And Bowed her
to Triumphant Death.
Tho scarce twelve Years
had crowned her head,
Behold in Dust her PEACEFUL
DaI "