. Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts : its history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs. distance from its first position. It is of purple Welsh slate, and is in a remarkable state of preservation. The inscription is as follows : — Here lyeth buried ye body of that precious servant of God,Mr. THOMAS CUSHMAN, who after he had served his gen-eration according to the will of God, and particularly the church of Plymouth for many years in the office of a ruleing elder fellasleep in Jesus Decmr. ye 10, 1691 & ye 84. year of his age. There is always eager inquiry from the visit
. Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts : its history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs. distance from its first position. It is of purple Welsh slate, and is in a remarkable state of preservation. The inscription is as follows : — Here lyeth buried ye body of that precious servant of God,Mr. THOMAS CUSHMAN, who after he had served his gen-eration according to the will of God, and particularly the church of Plymouth for many years in the office of a ruleing elder fellasleep in Jesus Decmr. ye 10, 1691 & ye 84. year of his age. There is always eager inquiry from the visitors toBurial Hill for the grave of the Nameless Noble-man, the hero of Mrs. Jane G. Austins famous his-torical novel of that title. We find it near the Cush-man monument. The stone has the small figure of anhourglass at its top, under which appears the winged fex. ??J wty ¥ cherub, the sculpture being better defined than is usualin such old work. The inscription reads : — Here lyes ye body of Mr. FRANCIS LE BARRAN phytician who departed this life Augst ye 18th 1704, in ye 36 year of his age. 22 Dr. Le Baron was the surgeon of a French shipwhich was wrecked in Buzzards Bay in 1694. Withthe officers and crew he was taken prisoner and sentto Boston. On their way a stop was made at Plym-outh, where the doctor had occasion to perform asurgical operation. This led to a request, made bythe citizens to the lieutenant-governor, and granted,that he be allowed to remain in the town. From himthe numerous Le Barons in America are descended. By the side of Dr. Le Baron is buried his wifeMary, who after his death married a Wait. Near byis the grave of their son, Dr. Lazarus Le Baron, who
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