Reader,
this marble speaks no common loss,
it guards the remains of one, whose
day closed in its dawning.
Sylvester, son of Solomon and Joanna Reynolds, of Southport, Tioga Co. N. Y. b. Sept 4, 1826, ae 29.
By Foreign Hand thy dying eyes were clos'd. By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd By strangers honored, and by strangers mourn'd
Note. Reynolds was a clown with a circus which was exhibiting at Gor-ham in 1826, at the time of the accident which caused his death. He was performing a burlesque trapeze act, and fell, receiving injuries from which he
died four days later. The circus sent back a delegation to attend the funeral and burial, and a subscription was taken among the members of the troupe to defray the expenses and erect this tablet. He was a young man, well known and esteemed in his profession and his
tragic death was the cause of circuses cutting Gorham off their routes for about thirty years. The memory of Reynolds is still kept green among the people of
the sawdust ring, and today a circus rarely visits Portland that does not send a delegation to Gorham to decorate the grave, and at times quite an extended
memorial service has been held at the cemetery.)
this marble speaks no common loss,
it guards the remains of one, whose
day closed in its dawning.
Sylvester, son of Solomon and Joanna Reynolds, of Southport, Tioga Co. N. Y. b. Sept 4, 1826, ae 29.
By Foreign Hand thy dying eyes were clos'd. By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd By strangers honored, and by strangers mourn'd
Note. Reynolds was a clown with a circus which was exhibiting at Gor-ham in 1826, at the time of the accident which caused his death. He was performing a burlesque trapeze act, and fell, receiving injuries from which he
died four days later. The circus sent back a delegation to attend the funeral and burial, and a subscription was taken among the members of the troupe to defray the expenses and erect this tablet. He was a young man, well known and esteemed in his profession and his
tragic death was the cause of circuses cutting Gorham off their routes for about thirty years. The memory of Reynolds is still kept green among the people of
the sawdust ring, and today a circus rarely visits Portland that does not send a delegation to Gorham to decorate the grave, and at times quite an extended
memorial service has been held at the cemetery.)
Reader,
this marble speaks no common loss,
it guards the remains of one, whose
day closed in its dawning.
Sylvester, son of Solomon and Joanna Reynolds, of Southport, Tioga Co. N. Y. b. Sept 4, 1826, ae 29.
By Foreign Hand thy dying eyes were clos'd. By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd By strangers honored, and by strangers mourn'd
Note. Reynolds was a clown with a circus which was exhibiting at Gor-ham in 1826, at the time of the accident which caused his death. He was performing a burlesque trapeze act, and fell, receiving injuries from which he
died four days later. The circus sent back a delegation to attend the funeral and burial, and a subscription was taken among the members of the troupe to defray the expenses and erect this tablet. He was a young man, well known and esteemed in his profession and his
tragic death was the cause of circuses cutting Gorham off their routes for about thirty years. The memory of Reynolds is still kept green among the people of
the sawdust ring, and today a circus rarely visits Portland that does not send a delegation to Gorham to decorate the grave, and at times quite an extended
memorial service has been held at the cemetery.)
this marble speaks no common loss,
it guards the remains of one, whose
day closed in its dawning.
Sylvester, son of Solomon and Joanna Reynolds, of Southport, Tioga Co. N. Y. b. Sept 4, 1826, ae 29.
By Foreign Hand thy dying eyes were clos'd. By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd By strangers honored, and by strangers mourn'd
Note. Reynolds was a clown with a circus which was exhibiting at Gor-ham in 1826, at the time of the accident which caused his death. He was performing a burlesque trapeze act, and fell, receiving injuries from which he
died four days later. The circus sent back a delegation to attend the funeral and burial, and a subscription was taken among the members of the troupe to defray the expenses and erect this tablet. He was a young man, well known and esteemed in his profession and his
tragic death was the cause of circuses cutting Gorham off their routes for about thirty years. The memory of Reynolds is still kept green among the people of
the sawdust ring, and today a circus rarely visits Portland that does not send a delegation to Gorham to decorate the grave, and at times quite an extended
memorial service has been held at the cemetery.)
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