Tablet in the Northeast wall of the nave
Sacred
to the memory of
MARY CHASE
First wife of the first Bishop of Ohio
PHILANDER CHASE, Sen. D.D.
and daughter of
DANIEL & MARY FAY
Born at Bethel, Vt. 1779
Married July 19, 1769
Died March 5, 1818
In the faith of the atonement
By this faith
She lived the life of the Righteous.
In death she had hope of a blessed resurrection to Eternal life.
This tablet inscribed by those who knew her many virtues
And who hoped By following her example To meet her in another and better world.
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Consecrated to the memory of
The Hon. JAMES KILBOURNE
and his family - viz.
Himself born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Oct. 19, 1770
From low beginning he rose to eminence in business and Science.
Exhibited great enterprise and constancy.
Formed the Scioto Company & led the Settlement in 1803:
Founded Institutions of Learning,
Filled many public stations, including State and National Legislatures with ABILITY, INTEGRITY, and HONOR:
Raised his family to distinction in business & character, and Died April 24, 1850.
"For truth he sought and in her path he trod
Through natures works he saw and owned a God"!
His first companion LUCY,
daughter of JOHN FITCH ESQ.
of Windsor, C
was born Windsor Con, August 23, 1769,
died March 8, 1807, in giving birth to her 8th child, a female who died without name, and was buried with her Mother
Their other children were:
HECTOR, a civil Magistrate, born April 25, 1791. Died De 1837
LUCY, born Feb. 1, 1793 Died Decr 1837
HARRIT, Apr. 26, 1795
LAURA, May 26, 1997 (as written in book) Died Jan 11, 1867
ORREL, Nov 28, 1799 Died Oct. 26, 1800
BYRON, Sept. 8, 1801, a distingusished Civil Engineer founder of Milwaukee City, Member of Wisconsion Legislature
ORREL, Oct 2, 1803 Died Nov 10, 1863
His second companion CYNTHIA, daughter of MAJ. NATHAN GOODALE,
was born in Brookfield Mass. July 31, 1775
Their children were:
ELIZA, born Feb 13, 1809 Died Aug. 11, 1810
CYNTHIA, twin to ELIZA
LINCOLN, born Oct. 19 1810 - a Merchant
CHAROLTTE, born Nov. 9, 1812 Died Nov. 9, 1813
JAMES, M.D. April 30, 1815 Died May 30, 1845
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MRS. LAURA P.
wife of
JA KILBOURNE JR
Born July 30, 1817
Died April 11, 1839
age 21 years, 8 months, 12 days
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JAS. & LAURA P. KILBOURNE
Born March 19
Died Sept. 11, 1839
Aged 5 months 23 days
The present: a mixed cup
The future, we fear little, & hope much
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LUCY FITCH
daughter of
BYRON & MARY H. KILBOURNE
Died Nov. 8, 1845
Aged 14 years, 11 months, 25 days
An excellent, exemplary, and affectionate Daughter, sister, and friend.
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COWLES
RENSSELAER W COWLES
Born at Hartford Conn.
March 19, 1796 Died at WORTHINGTON
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GERALDINE D. wife of
J.A. MCDOWELL
Born Feb 17, 1829
Died Nov. 15, 1873
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HECTOR K. COWLES
Born March 1, 1823
Died Sept. 14, 1878
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CHILDREN OF R.W. & L.K. COWLES
JAMES WHITFIELD
Born Jan 11, 1827
Died Aug. 12, 1828
LAURA KILBOURNE
Born July 28, 1832
Died Aug 24, 1832
RENSSELAER W.
Born Nov. 18, 1830
Died March 20, 1834
GRANVILLE
Born Aug 18, 1833
Died Sept. 21, 1835
GERTRTUDE
Born Sept 7, 1835
Died Nov 12, 1840
MARY ANTOINETTE
Born Dec. 7, 1824
Died Jan 19, 1852
LAURA KILBOURN
wife of
RENSSELAER W. COWLES
and 3rd daughter of JAMES KILBOURN
Born in Simsbury Conn.
May 26, 1797
removed to Worthington Ohio in 1804
Died in Milwaukee Wis. Jan 11, 1867
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HAVENS COWLES
Born Oct 3, 1819
Died April 4, 1871
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WHITING D. COWLES
Born Jan 26, 1842
Died Sept. 7, 1875
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MARY H. KILBOURNE
wife of BYRON KILBOURNE of Milwaukee
and Daughter of WHITFIELD COWLES of Hartford County, Conn.
died June 24, 1837, aged 37 years, and 5 months
With a firm trust in the mertis of Christ for salvation,
she has gone to that rest, which remaineth for the people of God
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Sacred to the Memory of
ABEL JONES ESQ.
of Bristol, Rhode Island
who Died Sept. 30, A.D. 1815
aged XXXVIII years
A painted bubble, glittering in the beam:
Such is our Life: a breath its form destorys
Ask ye proof? Out of this grave shall gleam
Conviction light. The riched joys
Youth, health, & vigor, fortune, friendship, LOVE
A heart (now torn with grief) on him that thought
Unceasing: all were his, who now doth prove
The secrets of ETERNITY. Pilgrim thy time is short!
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EZRA GRISWOLD ESQ.
Born Dec. 6, 1767
at Simsbury, Hartford, Conn
and Died October 22, 1822
aged 54 years
With his family he came to Worthington Ohio,
Oct. 29, 1803, and were the first settlers in the town
RUTH
Wife of EZRA GRISWOLD
Died May 31, 1847
Aged 79 years
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BELAM TULLER
Born June 19, 1773
Died Apeil 22, 1821
LYDIA H. His wife
Born June 19, 1776
Died March 27, 1848
TULLER
Our Children
ELVIRA TULLER
Born Dec. 1, 1803
Died March 1, 1806
AURELIUS TULLER
Born Sept. 13, 1815
Died September, 15, 1819
Our Grandchild
HENRY H. TULLER
Born April 23, 1833
Died Feb. 5, 1834
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MR. SIMEON WILLCOX
Died April 26, 1825
Aged 61 years
SARAH WILLCOX
1824
Aged 39 years
This stone is defaced
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RUTH ANDREWS
Died Oct. 28, 1856
Aged 66 years 2 months 5 days
NOAH ANDREWS
Died June 5, 1857
Aged 75 years 2 months 16 days
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To the Memory of the Hon. Wm Thompspn
who departed this life March 22, 1830
in the 77 year of his age
He was an early emigrant to this Country and lived to see wilderness blossom as the rose.
Died April 5, 1845
ANNAH
wife of JUDGE WM. THOMPSON
Aged 90 years 7 months
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
This stone bears the Masonic Emblem
To the Memory of
CHARLES THOMPSON ESQ.
who departed this life Oct. 14, 1830
Aged 45 years
Life makes the soul dependant on the dust
Death gives her wings to mount above the sky
This stone bears the Masonic Emblem
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CHARLES SHERWOOD
son of
CHARLES & SOPHIA BURR
Died May 9, 1828
Aged 1 year, 4 months 15 days
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HENRY CLARENCE
son of
CHARLES & SOPHIA BURR
Died Aug. 16, 1831
Aged 9 months 12 days
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JULIETTE ANDREWS
daughter of
CHARLES & SOPHIA BURR
Died Sep. 30, 1835
Aged 1 year 3 months 3 days
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ELIZABETH
daughter of
PHILO & MARY ANN BURR
Born Oct. 18, 1832
Died Nov. 2, 1835
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OZIAS BURR
Died Aug. 15, 1845
Aged 72 years 7 months
Even so saith the spirit,
for they rest from their labours _________________________________
ELIZABETH NASH
wife of
OZIAS BURR
Died Feb 21, 1854 in the 58 year of her age
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CLARISSA T.
wife of
OZIAS BURR
Died Nov. 1, 1864
aged 82 years
Precious is the sight of the Lord
to the death of his Saints
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LEMUEL ORTON
Died September 29, 1831
in the 71st year of his age
SIBBEL
wife of LEMUEL ORTON
Died Oct. 18, 1850
aged 88 years
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Sacred to the Memory of
JOEL ADAMS ESQ.
Born in Simsbury Conn.
Sept 18, 1740
and died June 5, 1823
in his 83 year of his age
As in Adam all die
even so in Christ shall all be made alive _________________________________
ELIZA
Wife of U BEERS JR.
Died Jan. 18, 1848
Aged 25 years 5 months
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CATHARINE
Wife of
M. SKINNER
Died March 10, 1837
in the 55 year of her age
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ELIZABETH F.
Dau't of
JOHN & CATHARINE UFFORD
Died Sept. 1844
Aged 2 years 11 months
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Inscriptions within the Churchyard of St. John, Worthington Ohio
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CALVIN H. CASE M.D.
Born Sept. 17, 1789
Died March 5, 1819
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In memory of
MARY H.
daughter of JOB W. & JULIA CASE
who died of consumption
Sept. 15, 1840
Aged 22 years
Remember, dear youth, her last message to you,
prepare for eternity while in health for I have found a death bed
a very unfavorable place for aso vast a work.
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In Memory of
DR. LAWRENCE B.
son of JOB W. & JULIA CASE
who died of Consumption
August 4, 1841
Aged 25 years
Althought suffering extremely from pain and debility for ten years,
yet his industrious habits unexampled perseverance and patience
continued to the last days of life, still death came suddenly and took him in an unexpected moment.
"The son of man cometh in an hour when ye think not
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Died
Dec. 28, 1846
SARAH
Daughter of
POTTER & LOUISA WRIGHT
aged 6 years 5 months 15 days
In hope of peace to rest, and ever blest
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ASAHEL WRIGHT
who emigrated from Providence R.I.
Died Oct. 18, 1823
Aged 26
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ELIPHALET BARKER
Died July 15, 1815
Aged 29
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright,
for the end of that man is peace
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NANCY
daughter of
ELIPHALET & CYNTHIA BARKER
Died Oct. 23, 1852
Age 36
Let me not repine
Because a spirit loved so well
Is earlier blest than mine
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AMBROSE TODD
Died Aug. 7, 1850
Aged 22
INTRIPID C.
Died Nov. 7, 1855
Age 28
We will trust in God to see thee yet again
Sons of CHESTER & CYNTHIA PINNEY
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In Memory of
SEYMOUR SKIFF
Civil Engineer
Born April 27, 1799
Died Oct. 4, 1823
He was aimable, mild & virtuous
Pleasant, moral & industrious
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LEVI BUTTLES
a native of Hartford County, Conn.
Emigrated to Ohio in 1804
and Died June 14, 1805
in 42 year of his age
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MRS SARAH HAWLEY
formely wife of LEVI BUTTLES, Dec
with whom she emigrated to Ohio in 1804,
from Conn and Died at Columbus
June 30, 1844
Aged 80 years
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To the Memory of
HOMER MOORE ESQ.
Died Sept. 11, 1811
Aged 24 years
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MIRANDA
daughter of
JOHN & BETSY TOPPING
Died Jan 9, 1827
Aged 18 years 15 days
And thou, whose passing eye may rest
Amoment on this fleeting line
Howe'er by fame or fortune blest
Or allured this doom is thine
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MUNSON
Son of JAMES & PHILENA GREGORY
Died Nov. 18, 1813
in the 21 year of his age
What greater bliss can Heaven indulgent give,
That this to know that friends departed live
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In Memory of
CYNTHIA
Daughter of ADNO & LUCY BRISTOL
who was born Nov. 13, 1840 & died Jan 10, 1844
Aged 3 years 1 month 27 days
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In Memory of ALFRED JONES
son of ADNO & LUCY BRISTOL
Died June 24, 1832
Aged 7 months
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In Memory of
WILLIAM ROBE
who departed this life
9 day of Jan. 1823
Aged 42 years
He has left this dreary, wintry world
We hope, prepared to meet his God,
And join the luminaries of that arch inscribed with HOLINESS TO THE LORD
Where eternal summer reigns and where he will enjoy the true LIGHT at last
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LUCRETIA
Wife of
CHESTER PINNEY
Died July 26, 1824
in the 35 y'r of her age
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INFANT DAUGHTER OF
C & L PINNEY
Died July 25, 1824
aged 10 days
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CAPT. ABNER PINNEY
Died Nov 23, 1804
in the 55 year of his age
Here Abner Pinney lies, the kind, the just
His flesh returding to his kindred dust.
True friendship dwelt within his faitful heart
Yet from his dearest friends was cald to part
And now we trust he's landed on that shore,
Where death ne'er comes, and friends part no more.
This stone bears the Masonic Emblem
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In Memory of
MRS. RUTH
Consort of
CAPT. ABNER PINNEY
who died March 28, 1806
in the 55 year of her age.
Beneath or near this momumental stone
A Mother's form is laid, her spirit gone:
True to her vows, she shared a matron's fame,
And kind to all; her children bless her name
And now her earthly joys and sorrows cease,
Her soul we hope, had reached the realms of peace.
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WILLIAM
Son of
M.S. & BETHENA WILKINSON
who Died Nov. 21, 1843
age 17 years
There shall we see His face
And never never sin.
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BETHENA
Wife of
M.S. WILKINSON
Departed this life September 8, 1837
Aged 42 years and 9 months
Be ye also ready for in such a time as ye think not,
the son of man cometh. _________________________________
MRS. RUTH
wife of
M. EBENEZER BROWN
died April 7, 1817
in the 44 year of her age
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In Memory of
SELDEN BACON
Late of Granby, Conn. who died Sept. 21, 1831
Aged 30 years
He exclaimed with his expiring breath
I'm happy beyond compare,
O, where's thy sting O death,
Jesus my Saviour is near.
DELISSA
Wife of
SELAH A. BACON
Died Feb 6, 1840
Aged 36 years and 10 days
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Likewise SELAH ALFRED
Son of SELAH A. & DELISSA BACON
Died Aug. 20, 1839
Aged 6 years 3 months 11 days
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In Memory of
HILDAN
The Wife of
JOHN WALLING
Died April 4, 1839
Aged 75 years
KATE E.
Dau. of A.B. & F.E. NUNN
died Jan 16, 1858
aged 4 months 11 days
Beneath this stone is sweet repose
Is laid a Mother's dearest pride
A flower that scarce had walked to life
Or light, or beauty, ere it died
God in his wisdom has recalled
The precious bloom his love had given
And thi' the casket moulders here
The gem is sparkling now in heaven.
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The Gravestones of Capt. Abner Pinney, the Hon. Wm Thompson, and Charles Thompson bear the Masonic Emblems.
