South Burying Place in Concord, Massachusetts

A block and a half down Main Street from Old Hill Burying Ground, at the intersection of Keyes Road, is the South Burying Place, also known as the "Main Street Burying Ground." Comprised of some 300 graves, this small burial site dates back to the late 17th century. According to local history, this site was opened "to accommodate people living on the south side of a mill pond dam where Main Street is now." Most of the headstones are replacements following the destruction of the originals during the 1938 hurricane.

Main street to the right

R. S. Wade - Mt. Auburn

Betsey Fay - Westborough, MA

Betsey Fay

In memory of

Mrs. Betsey Fay

wife of Mr. John Fay, who died

May 10, 1810, in the 21 year of

her age

Also Betsey N. Fay, daughter of the above named persons, who died July 23

1810, aged 2 months & 14 days

Husband, farewell my life is past

Move love to you till death did last;

For my decease no sorrow take

But love our offspring for my sake

Your loss I trust, tho fraught with pain

Will prove my everlasting gain.

Captain Jonathan Fay and family - Westborough, MA

Capt. Jonathan Fay

Here lies

the body of

Capt. Jonathan Fay

who died March 3, 1800

Aetatis 75

An honest man, the noblest work of God

Mrs. Joannah Fay

Mrs. Joannah

Fay wife of Capt.

Jonathan Far, departed

this life June 10 1788: in the 60th

year of her age

And I heard a voice from heaven,

saying unto me, Write, Blessed are

the dead which die in the Lord,

from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spriit,

that they may rest from their labours:

and their works do follow them.

Rev. XIV Chap. 13 V

Joannah Fay, daughter

Joannah Fay

Daughter of Capt.

Jonathan &  Joannah Fay

departed this life Oct. 24th

1775, in the 16th year

of her age

For all flesh is as grass, and

all the glory of man, as the

flower of grass. The grass

withereth, and the flower

thereof fall away: But

the word of the Lord

endureth for ever.

1 Peter 1 Cha. & 24 V

Mrs. Mary Fay

Mrs. Mary Fay

Wife of Capt. Jonathan Fay

departed this life June

the 29 day 1796: 

in the 61 year of her age

Love and friend hast thou put

far from me, and my acquaintance

into darkness. 

88th Pslam 18 Verse

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born in Boston May 25 1803

Died in Concord April 27 1882

"The passive master lent his hand

To the vast soul that o'er him planned"

Henry S. Calkins - Maplewood Cemetery, Lamont, Michigan

Henry served in Company D, 3rd Michigan Infantry

James and Emma Gay - Mt. Auburn

Lidian Emerson - Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA

Lidian

Wife of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughter of Charles & Lucy (Cotton) Jackson

Born September 20th 1802, close by

Plymouth Rock, as she loved to remember

Died November 13th 1892 in Concord.

Lidian Emerson

In her youth an unusual sense of

the divine Presence was granted her

and she retained through life

the impress of that high Communion.

To her children she seemed in her

native ascendancy and unquestioning

courage a Queen, a Flower in

elegance and delicacy.

The love and care for her husband and

children was her first earthly interest

\but with overflowing compassion

her heart went out to the slave, the sick

and the dumb creation. She remembered

them that were in bonds as bound with them.

A stroll through Mt. Auburn in early Spring

Along Hazel Dell Path. . .

Mary Moody Emerson - Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA

Mary Moody Emerson

daughter of

William Emerson, Minister of Concord

and Phebe Bliss his wife.

born in Concord 23 August 1774

died in Wiliamsburgh, L. I. 1 May 1863

She gave high counsels --

It was the privilege of certain boys

to have this immeasurably high standard

indicated to their childhood a blessing

which nothing else in education

could supply

(reverse)

Ah me! it was my childhood's thought

If He should make my web a blot

On life's fair picture of delight

My heart's content would find it right.

Rose Martin in her Corvair

Pocasset Hill Cemetery in Tiverton, RI.

Rose Martin resting in her Corvair

Ellen Tucker Emerson - Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA

Ellen

Tucker Emerson

Daughter of Ralph Waldo &

Lidian Emerson

Bor February 24, 1839

Died January 14, 1909

Her life was happy in that

"Among the scenes of real life, she wrought

Upon the plan that pleased her childish thought."

She cherished the old Religion.

It was her Guide through each day and the

Temple to which in solitude she withdrew.

The joy of her Father and Mother and

the comfort of their last years, her love

embraced the widest circle of kindred and friends.

She loved her Town.

She loved the simple and hardy life of old

New England, but exercised a wide and joyful

hospitality, and she eagerly helped others.

Of a fine mind, she cared more for persons than books, and her faith

drew out the best in those around her.