Evening star., 1911-08-14
BY WILLIAM +. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence OF The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.


graves. Most of the dead were laid on
| Coles hill. low bluff overhanging the
| sea. 1t was flooded by a freshet in 173J.
| the water laying bare manv of the cof-
| to sea. including those of Gov. Carver
and his wife. On Burial hill is a monu-
| ment TO Gov Bradford and to several
other prominent men among the Pilgrims,
| but they were buried elsewhere, and no
one knows their resting place.
Date Back of 17OO.
There are six gravestones in the old
cemetery, and possibly a seventh, with
| epitaphs dated prior to the year 100. Be
sides that Of Edward Gray they are to
the memory of William Grove. 1883; Han
nah Clark. 1857: Thomas Cushman, 1851
Thomas Clark 1857, and ten children of
Josiah Cotton, 1899. The seventh is that
of Nathaniel Thomas. and the date seems
to be 1861. although it is not quite legible
Hhis Thomas Clark, who departed this
life Marchye "A, 1897. aged 8S years." is
generally assumed to be the chief mate
of the Mayfower. but was an entirely
different person. The mate of the May
flower was John Clarke, and Thomas
Clark did not come over until 1923.
The last of the Pilgrim fathers was
John Rowland, whose epitaph is as fol-
lows:
Here ended the Pilgrimage Of
John Howand.
who died February 81 1873
aged above so years.
He married Elizabeth, daughter Of
John Tilley.
who came with him in the
Mayhower Dec. 1920.
From them descended a
numerous posterity.
He was a godly man and an ancient
professor in the waves of Christ. He was
one of the first comers into this land and
was the last man that was left of those
that came over in the Shipp called the
Mayfiower that lived in Plymouth.-Ply-
mouth Records.
The last of the Pilgrim mothers was
Mary Cushman. Her epitaph does not
give the date of her death, but simply
man and daughter Of Isaac Allerton. aged
about &c years-the last survivor of the
first comers In the Mayfower.'
Robert Cushman, "Fellow Exile"
The grave of one of the most important
men in the colony may be found nearby,
and the stone bears a very elaborate epi-
taph, as follows:
Robert Cushman
Felow-exile with the Pilgrims in Holland,
i Arrived here aeI tx mo November, r MDttxXi.
With Thomas Cushman his sen.
Preached TX of December
His memorable sermon on The Danger OF Self
Love and the Sweetness OF True Friendship"
Returned to England XIII December
To vindicate the enterprise Of Christian emigra-
tion and there remained in the service
OF the colony till MDCXXv,
When, having prepared to make Plymouth his
permanent home.
He died, lamented by the forefathers as their
ancient friend. who was as their right hand with
years had done and agitated all their business
with them to their advantage.
1.-THE Nameless Nobleman,'' the hero Of
Jane Austens famous historical novel, is
buried nearby. He was DR.. lie Baron.
wrecked in Buzzards bay in 1894.
Another of Mrs. Austen's characters
was Hannah Rowland, who is said to
have died of broken heart. and her
epitaph. chise1ed on a stone not far from
LIE Baron's grave. reads as follows:
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.
To memory Of Miss Hannah Rowland. who died
Of a Languish hment January re 25th, l7sO Etatis.
For us they languish & for us they die.
And shall they 1anguish. shall they die in vainl
Sometimes people select queer places
to practice economy. BY the arrange
words were saved on the tombstone of
worthy lady Of early times:
Here lies Interrd the body Of
Ms. Sarah Spooner
who deceased January
Ye 25th A. D. 1851.
In ye 72d year
OF her age. She WAS widow to y
The hand points to the next stone.
which marks the grave of her husband.
Memory of Children.
A plaintive little inscription appears
upon a stone erected ito the memory of
Consider, son to Mr.. Consider and Mrs.
Ruth Rowland, aged two weeks who
Glanc'd into the world TO see
A sample of our misery.
The death of another infant. aged twen-
ty-iive days, suggested the following in
quiry. which is chiseed on a stone:
What did the Little Hasty Sojourner find
so forbidding and disgustful in our upper
world to occasion ii precipitant exit!'
And still another baby. aged one year
and seven days. has this for an epitaph:
Heaven knows What man
He might have made, But
He died most rare boy.
The epitaph of Miss Sally c. Robbins.
who deceased by fall from a chaise,"
in 1S2S, reads:
Our home is in the grave;
Here dwcls the multitude; we gaze around
We read their monuments we sigh, AMI
While we sigh, sina
very ambiguous epitaph is inscribed
upon the tombstone that marks the grave
Of William Hueston. who died Christmas
day. 1904. aged seventy-nine years. 1t
reads:
Fled from the raging storms OF Time
And waited TO warmer cline.
The tombstone of a child, who died at
eighteen months. reads:
He listened for a while TO hear
Our mortal Rriefs. then tuned his
To angel harps and songs and cryed
To Join their notes celestial syed and dyed.
Patriot and Hero.
| Col. Warren, "a true patriot and hero
Of the revolution Is claimed to have
won distinction from having married four
wives. 1.-The last marriage taking place
ffty-eight years from the first"
| A large LOT in the center Of the ceme-
| terry Is dedicated 10 the famous Judson
| family Of missionaries, and in the CEN
| ter is a monument to Adoniram Judson.
the missionary to Burma. who was buried
at sea.
Sacred TO the memory OF Phebe j.
Bro mhall, a native Of Virginia and wife