The Green Forest tribune., 1917-08-10
QUAINT AND CURIOUS ARE
 EPITAPHS ON BVnEa!MAi HiLL
J. L. Russell Finds Many Interest ing Things .n America's First Grave
 Yard.

Only stones throw from the can- opy which encloses Plymouth Rock, where stretches the verdant slope, consecrated from the earliest days Of the colony, lies Burial Hill, under the sod of which reposes the ashes of the Pilgrims and their decendents. One of the first of the ancient monu- ments to attract the attention of the visitor is the marble obelisk to the memory of Governor William Brad ford, second governor of the colony, with it's untranslatable Hebrew text, said to signify Jehovah is our help, and it's Latin inscription, Do not base ly relinquish what the Fathers with difficulty attained" This monument was erected in 1895. Upon the oppo- site side of the stone on which is chisled some historical facts reads:
 Under this stone rests the ashes of William Bradford, a jealous Puritan & sincere Christian Gov. of Ply. Col. from 1921 to 1857 fthe year he died) aged 60, ex- cept 5 yrs, which he declined. Near this point is what is said to be the oldest stone in the cemetery, to the memory of Edwin Gray, 1881. Next to this one in age is the stone that marks the grave of Thomas Clark, 1897. Other old ones are Hannah Clark, 1897, and John Cotton, 1899.
 Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN ROWLAND who died Feb ruary 23 167 2-3, aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth, daughter of JOHN TILLEY who came with him in the Mayflower Dec. 1920. From them are de cended a numerous posterity.
 Hee was a godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ. Hee was one of the first corners into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the Ship called the Mayflower that lived in Ply mouth.
 On the stone at the grave of Gov. William Bradford's son, Maj. Bradford, is the following:
 Here lies ye body of ye honor able Major William Bradford, who expired Feb ye goth, 1703-4. age 79 years.
 He lived long, but still was doing good,
 And in his country's service lost much blood
 And after a life well spent, he's now at rest,
 His very name and memory is blest.
 The epitaphs in old grave yards possess much interest to the lovers of the quaint, and this first cemetery of New England is certainly replete with attractions of this character The fol lowing are some of the most interest ing:
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 Here lies ye body of Mrs. Han nah Sturtevant, aged about sixty four years Died in March 1708-
 Here Ives buried the body of MT. Thomas Faunce, ruling elder of the First Church of Christ of Plymouth. Deceased Feb'y 27, 1745, in in the ninety ninth year of his age
 The fathers-where are they?
 Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
 To a child aged one month
 He glaced into our world to see A sample of our miser1e.
 To the memory of four children, aged thirty-six, twenty-one, seventeen and four years:
 Stop traveller and shed a tear Upon the fate of our children dear. On a stone to woman with infant child by her side:
 Come view the seen, twill fill you with surprise
 Behold the loveliest form in Nature dies;
 At noon she flourished, bloom ing, fair and gay;
 At evening an extended corpse she lay.
 Here is the curious epitaph on the memory of the children of John Cot ton:
 Here lies interned three chil- dren, viz: Thee sons of Rev. Mir John Cotton, who died in the work of the gospel ministry at Charlestown, South Carolina, Sept