Tripe family - Old North Burying Ground

In Memory of Bernon Tripe

son of Capt. Samuel & Mary Crawford Tripe

Died in Providence, RI

August 14, 1823,

Aged 36 years, 2 mos. & 14 days.

Here rest the remains of

Mrs. Mary Crawford Tripe,

Relict of Capt. Samuel Tripe,

(who was lost at Sea in the year 1778.)

and Daughter of Mr. Gideon

and Mrs. mary Crawford.

She departed this Life

Feb. 12, 1816,

in the 74th year of her Age:

having, through Life, discharged her

various Duties with exemplary Fidelity

and Christian Zeal.

"Mourn not, my friends, I feel no more the smart

Of the afflicted head or aching heart;

Mourn for your sins against a gracious God,

Believe in Christ and taste his precious blood.

This stone is witness that the warning's given;

Choose the good part that safe conducts to heaven."