Amanda Churchill was the first death at Babcock's Grove. She was the first funeral held in the log cabin schoolhouse, the sermon preached by Rev. Pillsbury. Her tombstone is the oldest at Forest Hill.
Amanda Churchill was the first death at Babcock's Grove. She was the first funeral held in the log cabin schoolhouse, the sermon preached by Rev. Pillsbury. Her tombstone is the oldest at Forest Hill.
Inscription
"In Memory of Amanda
Daughter of Deacon Winslow Churchill and Mercy Dodge Churchill
Who Departed this Life, June 12 A.D. 1835
Aged 21 years, 1 month and 8 days
Friend, physician, comforter
This is the body and the clay
This grave can ne'er claim her here
When Jesus call thee to his home."
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