921.73 W589w.pdf - Mesa FamilySearch Library

176 Memoir of
serene repose; but his name and his virtues
are recorded on tablets more enduring than
marble."
His grave was covered with a monumental
structure, built of brick, capped with a large
horizontal tablet of stone, which bore the
usual inscription. But this burial-ground
having been quite neglected for many years,
the tablet and most of the bricks on which
it rested were carried away; and for several
years it was known to but few of the oldest
inhabitants of Lynn where his grave could
be found. One of his descendants, some years
since, having consulted with several of these
aged persons, made search, and discovered the
foundations on which the original structure was
.placed; and thinking it due to the memory of
his ancestor, as well as to others who have
derived their descent from this holy father of
the Church, he caused to be erected upon the
same foundations a simple granite monument,
in which are cut the name of Rev. Samuel
Whiting, the dates of his birth and death, and
nothing more.