THE LATE LYMAN BEECHER SAWTELLE. Not long ago the Congregational meeting house in Amherst was well nigh filled with mourners. To a stranger the sadness and grief which marked the scene would seem to indicate taht a public benefactor had fallen in the midst of his usefulness, or that some loved and venerated patriach, whose death "was mourned with great" sorrow, was being carried to unite "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." It was not age - nor middle age, but a young man of twenty-three years, "dearly beloved," who lay before us robed for the grave, yet so changed that those who saw him a year since, boyant, hopeful, cheerful, full of vigor, failed to recognize their associate and friend. The heart of the people was moved. It was not the first gathering in that sacred place, to bury the youthful, noble, patriotic soldier, whose previous life had been offered a sacrifice upon our country's alter. Lyman Beecher Sawtelle, son of Eli Sawtelle of this town [Amherst NH], reached "the dear home of his childhood" two weeks previous. But he came to die. .... (this is a very long obituary!) [The Farmers' Cabinet, 29 Oct 1863, page 2]
THE LATE LYMAN BEECHER SAWTELLE. Not long ago the Congregational meeting house in Amherst was well nigh filled with mourners. To a stranger the sadness and grief which marked the scene would seem to indicate taht a public benefactor had fallen in the midst of his usefulness, or that some loved and venerated patriach, whose death "was mourned with great" sorrow, was being carried to unite "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." It was not age - nor middle age, but a young man of twenty-three years, "dearly beloved," who lay before us robed for the grave, yet so changed that those who saw him a year since, boyant, hopeful, cheerful, full of vigor, failed to recognize their associate and friend. The heart of the people was moved. It was not the first gathering in that sacred place, to bury the youthful, noble, patriotic soldier, whose previous life had been offered a sacrifice upon our country's alter. Lyman Beecher Sawtelle, son of Eli Sawtelle of this town [Amherst NH], reached "the dear home of his childhood" two weeks previous. But he came to die. .... (this is a very long obituary!) [The Farmers' Cabinet, 29 Oct 1863, page 2]
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LYMAN B SAWTELL / He left Dartmouth College / and enlisted in defence of / the Country Oct 1862 / He died of disease incurred / in the army of the Potomac / on the 23 of Sept 1863 / AEt 23 yrs & 6 mos./ With a temper of unusual sweetness / he possessed superior talents and rare Christian worth. "Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit." // M.DAVIS [stonecutter lower right]
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