Oliver Colwell – Tombstone Inscription


Colwell, Oliver
Section 28.4
ID # 280666 

Interred Beneath
Lie the Mortal Remains of
Oliver Colwell
Who was drowned whilst bathing
Near this City
XXX May AD MDCCCXXIX
   (Died 30 May 1829)
Nat. XVI Decem. AD MDCCCX
    (Born 16 Dec. 1810)
A Mother and Brothers and Sisters
Who smoothed for him no dying pillow
Bade him no last adieu
Nor wept over his distant grave
Place this memorial 

He was Early
Taught to Walk
in the Ways
of Him who Liveth Forever
The Redeemer of Men
In Whom None Putteth Trust in Vain. 

Documentation
1908 Plat: O. Colwell 1810-1829
                Section 28 NE Lot 102
Smith 1908 & Garrett: Listed
�Oliver Colwell 1810-May 30, 1829 Drowned� 

Recorded 2006


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After 2009 Restoration

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