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Phinehas Sprague

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Phinehas Sprague

Birth
Death
13 Jun 1775 (aged 75–76)
Burial
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4384022, Longitude: -71.0607934
Plot
Sec. 28 Lot 53
Memorial ID
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Originally buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, this was one of several graves north of Medford Street that were re-interred here in 1899.

Original burial here
Originally buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, this was one of several graves north of Medford Street that were re-interred here in 1899.

Original burial here

Inscription

This Stone
is Sacred to the memory of
Mr. PHINEHAS SPRAGUE
who departed this Life
June 13th, 1775 in ye
76 Year of His Age.

The large family stone, obliterated by overgrown bushes, is inscribed with the words:
LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD, TO BE USED IN A MANLY OR WOMANLY WAY. C.H.S.



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