An Early Genealogist

It's always a joy to come across another who shares your passion for genealogy. It's more rare to stumble across one from the 1800s. Here's one of the most delightful headstones. It memorializes Abner Morse of Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, fellow genealogist.

No Night There

In Filial Remembrance

of

Rev. Abner Morse.

Born at

Medway. Sept. 5, 1793.

Graduated at

Brown University. 1816.

Fell

Asleep in Jesus. May 16, 1865

A CHRISTIAN humble and devout, his Piety sincere and habitual.

Trembling yet trustful, beloved to lean upon the Master's bosom.

a PREACHER, earnest, plain, practical.

Adorning the Doctrine he professed by simplicity, purity, and truth.

As a PASTOR, discreet, faithful, affectionate.

of Geology an ardent Student, of Genealogical research

A zealous Promoter.

As HUSBAND, FATHER, FRIEND, beloved, honored, lamented.

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Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Believest thou this.

Gravestone in the Central Burying Ground, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Photos by Marian Pierre-Louis.