Daniel Graves - Palmer, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 09.639 W 072° 19.695
18T E 720718 N 4671068
The grave of Daniel Graves, who died of smallpox, is located in Oak Knoll Cemetery on Thorndike Street in Palmer, MA.
Waymark Code: WM108H0
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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The colonial era grave of Daniel Graves is marked by a brownstone monument with a soul effigy in the lunette and a fairly common colonial era warning in the verse. The gravestone is inscribed:

In Memory of
Mr. Daniel Graves
who died of ye
Small Pox Nov. 29th
1760 in ye 59th year
of his age
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Reader Behold
as You Pass by
as You are now
so once was I
As I am now
so You must be
Prepare for Death
and follow me.

Type of Death Listed: Illness or Disease

Cause of death inscription on headstone: who died of ye Small Pox

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