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Lemuel Foster (Lot 37)

Brown (Lot 36) Left Pointing Hand Right Pointing Hand Goddard (Lot 45)

Lot 37

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Lot 37 Lemuel Foster Obt. Sept. 10, 1855 in the 70 year of his age.

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L. F.

Sarah Ford wife of Lemuel Foster Obt. Jan'y. 28, 1884 in the 95th year of her age b. in Bridgewater, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth H. Ford. "A I rest with her loved ones The day is past and gone The evening shades appear Oh, may we all remember well The night of death draws near."

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S. F. F.

Lot 37 John Capen, Obt. Oct. 1, 1821, aged 5 months. Marker:
J. C. F.
Mary, Obt. May 26,1824 aged 6 weeks Marker:
M. F.
Mary Francis, Obt. Aug. 22, 1826 aged 1 year Marker:
M. F. F.
Anne Maria, Obt. Feb. 21, 1832 aged 2 years 9 months Marker:
A. M. F.
Sarah Elizabeth Obt. March 16, 1854 Aged 34 years
Children of Lemuel and Sarah F. Foster
Lot 37 Elizabeth Howard wife of Joseph Ford Obt. Nov. 8, 1824. Aged 75 years

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E. H. F.

Susanna H. Guild died April 22, 1873 aged 50 years 6 mos. Daughter of Lemuel and Sarah F. Foster

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S. H. G.

George Rogers May 29,1851 Aug. 13, 1908

Mr. Lemuel Foster, a blacksmith, lived for many years in the Edward Devotion House on Washington Street. H. F. W., p. 26.

Text from Harriet Alma Cummings. Burials and Inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery. Brookline: The Riverdale Press, 1920.

Brown (Lot 36) Left Pointing Hand Right Pointing Hand Goddard (Lot 45)