Lt. Asaph Lealand - Central Burial Ground - Holliston, MA
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N 42° 12.144 W 071° 25.746
19T E 299460 N 4675105
Lt. Asaph Lealand is buried in the Central Burial Ground by the Holliston Town Hall.
Waymark Code: WMW9VB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2017
Views: 3
In Holliston, within the Central Burial Ground, is this grave for Lt. Asaph Lealand, who served in the American Revolutionary War.
The Central Burial Ground is located north of the Holliston Town Hall, by the intersection of Washington Street and Elm Street.
The grave is toward the front of the cemetery in the first row nearer the Civil War monument.
The monument is a slate installed vertically. The words are engraved on the face toward the street as follows:
"Erected
to the Memory of
Leut. Asaph Lealand
who died
Aug. 6, 1812
at 82"
"Thou dear departed soul ___
The lifeless days must hero;
Till Christ this ____ shall ____
Then ____ with ____ ____ ____ gain"
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 2/7/1730
Date of Death: 8/6/1812
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
"Erected
to the Memory of
Leut. Asaph Lealand
who died
Aug. 6, 1812
at 82"
"Thou dear departed soul ___
The lifeless days must hero;
Till Christ this ____ shall ____
Then ____ with ____ ____ ____ gain"
Ranks: Leiutenant
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