Happy Holidays to all!
My parents have loaned me their copy of "Simsbury Cemetery Gravestone
Inscriptions" (vol. 1 - The Old Section) compiled by Joyce A. Cahill. It
appears that this was just published by the Historical Society in Simsbury
late this year. If anyone would like a copy for themselves, you may contact
the Simsbury Historical Society (740 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT). Copies
are $26.50 (includes CT sales tax) and postage & handling is an addt'l $3.
I'd be happy to look up anything for anyone in the meantime.
I did notice in the instructions on using this book that it clarifies that
Hopmeadow Cemetery, Simsbury Center Cemetery and Center Cemetery are all one
and the same.
Some of the inscriptions on the stones are positively creepy, i.e. Lucy Case
d. 6/27/1779, wife of Moses Case (Sect A, row 28) "Come view the Grave, See
where I lie, Remember you are born to die". This seems to be a favorite as
it's repeated in variations on other headstones.
Some tear your heart out (especially if you're a parent): Case, Ina Bell d.
10/25/1889, age 3 yrs 6 mos, dau of Lewis W. and Angenet (year could be 1880)
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven";
Case, Justin, d 6/22/1802, age 7 yrs, son of Jesse Jr. & Sarah: "Son of
Jesse Case, Jr. & Sarah, his wife, was killed by the fall of a tree, June
22,1802 aged 7 years. His life was short & delightful, His death sudden &
frightful. But God has taken him and we hope to realms of endless day".
Best wishes for a peaceful New Year!
Kris (Case) Pearsall
kcase90938(a)aol.com