Patience Borden - Old North in Providence

Patience Borden

commonly called Sterry

A free woman of colour, and

humble disciple of Jesus,

She gave to the first Baptist

Church in this Town,

of which she was a member,

230 dollars, as a fund for

the relief of the Poor of Colour

of that church;

She died

April 1st 1811,

in the 53rd year of

her age

Hannah Brown - Old North in Providence

This is stone is erected

to the memory of

Hannah Brown,

wife of the late

Capt. William Sanford

Brown, Senr.

Who died April 15, 1812,

In her 54th year.

Hail happy spirit while thy friends

deplore,

A loss which ages never can restore,

Thy bright example wipes their tears

away

And points their passage to the

realms of day.

Isabella Stewart Gardner - Mt. Auburn

Statuary at Swan Point

If you have ever been in Providence, RI and never been to Swan Point, you've missed an incredible opportunity to see one of the best garden style cemeteries on the East Coast.

Sited on the west bank of the Seekonk River Swan Point is home to Union General Ambrose Burnside, a controversial military figure during the American Civil War, and H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), whose epitaph reads: "I am Providence." According to the cemetery guide, he wrote these words to a friend in 1927 upon a return from an unpleasant journey to New York City. (Lovecraft was a lifelong resident of Providence.)

The cemetery also possesses some of the finest outdoor sculpture in New England:

Byron Smith

Freeman Rose

Bushiel family

Abell family

Anthony family

Rose-Nestell

When you go to the cemetery be sure and stop in at the office, located to the left as you pass through the impressive rock entrance. Even if the office is closed, a handy map and historical walking tour guide are always available and free.

Harriot Kezia Hunt - Mt. Auburn

"The Goddess Hygeia"

Harriot Kezia Hunt "For forty years a physician in Boston"

Joab Hunt and Kezia Wentworth - Mt. Auburn

Joab Hunt died 1827 Kezia Wentworth Hunt died 1847

Remember me at Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA

There was a time when people were remembered long after they left this mortal coil -- remembered for who they would like you to believe they were. And maybe still are.

William Watson

In Memory of

Hon William Watson,

faithful in public trust,

in every relation

exemplary,

this stone is erected

with grateful recollections

of his kindness and worth

by his surviving children

_____

Born May 6 AD 1750 OS

Died April 27 AD 1813

Patience Turner

In memory of

Miss Patience C. Turner

Daughter of

Cap. Lothrop Turner and Mrs. Susan his wife

who died Nov. 10, 1816

aged 15 years

and 9 months

____________

The pale consumption sure, but lingering power

Nip'd at an early date the tender flower;

She marked is near approach without a sigh

Mildly resigned alike to love or die.

Three children of Ichabod and Rebekah Holmes

To the memory of

3 Children of Ichabod Holmes & Rebekah his wife

1st a son Ichabod died 11 days

2nd a daughter Rebekah died Nov 13, 1780 aged 2 months & 14 days

3rd a son Ichabod Died Jan 13 1799 aged 17 months

_____

Fresh in the morn the summer rose

Hangs withered ere its noon

We scarce enjoy the balmy gift

Deborah Davie

In memory of

Deborah C. Davie

who died

July 13, 1838, aged

28 years, 5 mos. & 27 days

_________

She winged her way to realms above,

Where all is light, and life, and love;

Forever with her Saviour blest.

Her home His bosom, there to rest.