Listed on the Revolutionary War Memorial at the left of the main gate.
Actual burial here
Dr. John Skinner was the 50 year old widow of Susanna, who passed away on November 23, 1781, at the age of 26 years old.
Dr. Skinner was remarried to Elizabeth, who survived him and passed away on January 21, 1808, at the age of 46 years old.
Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds∼Dr. John Sprague (1754-1803) married twice:
1. Susannah Fowle (1756-1781)
2. Elizabeth Poole (1761-1808
Actual burial here
Dr. John Skinner was the 50 year old widow of Susanna, who passed away on November 23, 1781, at the age of 26 years old.
Dr. Skinner was remarried to Elizabeth, who survived him and passed away on January 21, 1808, at the age of 46 years old.
Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds∼Dr. John Sprague (1754-1803) married twice:
1. Susannah Fowle (1756-1781)
2. Elizabeth Poole (1761-1808
Listed on the Revolutionary War Memorial at the left of the main gate.
Actual burial here
Dr. John Skinner was the 50 year old widow of Susanna, who passed away on November 23, 1781, at the age of 26 years old.
Dr. Skinner was remarried to Elizabeth, who survived him and passed away on January 21, 1808, at the age of 46 years old.
Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds∼Dr. John Sprague (1754-1803) married twice:
1. Susannah Fowle (1756-1781)
2. Elizabeth Poole (1761-1808
Actual burial here
Dr. John Skinner was the 50 year old widow of Susanna, who passed away on November 23, 1781, at the age of 26 years old.
Dr. Skinner was remarried to Elizabeth, who survived him and passed away on January 21, 1808, at the age of 46 years old.
Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds∼Dr. John Sprague (1754-1803) married twice:
1. Susannah Fowle (1756-1781)
2. Elizabeth Poole (1761-1808
Inscription
In
memory of
Dr. JOHN SPRAGUE
who departed this life
Oct. 21, 1803
Æt. 50
(4 lines of epitaph difficult to read)
life.
An angel's arm can't snatch man from the grave
(Legions of angels?) can't confine him there."
Gravesite Details
This is one of several graves north of Medford Street that were re-interred in 1899. It appears in the early surveys of the cemetery but not in the Malden Cemetery Department Bell Rock card file.
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