Born c.1768 to the noted Aaron Kitchell, and the former Phebe Farrand, Revolutionary War veteran Captain Farrand Kitchell died in "his 50th year". A child of seven when the war began in 1775, and a lad of fifteen when it ended in 1783, he had been a remarkably youthful as a soldier, yet alone as an officer. He also lived to see the young United States sustain its independence during the War of 1812. Predeceased by his mother and a 10-year-old son, Bethuel, who is buried nearby, the captain's survivors included his wife, the former Esther Mulford, who outlived him by nearly a quarter of a century, and his distinguished father, who died in 1820.
The tympanum of the Farrand Kitchell's 1818 gravestone features the word "In", engraved in elaborate italics, the soul effigies of the late 1700's having given way to intials, monograms, and the written word by the onset of the Federal Period. Both the inscription and the epitaph (see below) on his brown sandstone stele attest to his character as a faithful Christian and benefactor of the unfortunate. Yet the epitaph does conclude with a reminder that harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial era: the death of this pillar of the community is still "A solemn warning to us all that we must surely die".
The tympanum of the Farrand Kitchell's 1818 gravestone features the word "In", engraved in elaborate italics, the soul effigies of the late 1700's having given way to intials, monograms, and the written word by the onset of the Federal Period. Both the inscription and the epitaph (see below) on his brown sandstone stele attest to his character as a faithful Christian and benefactor of the unfortunate. Yet the epitaph does conclude with a reminder that harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial era: the death of this pillar of the community is still "A solemn warning to us all that we must surely die".
Born c.1768 to the noted Aaron Kitchell, and the former Phebe Farrand, Revolutionary War veteran Captain Farrand Kitchell died in "his 50th year". A child of seven when the war began in 1775, and a lad of fifteen when it ended in 1783, he had been a remarkably youthful as a soldier, yet alone as an officer. He also lived to see the young United States sustain its independence during the War of 1812. Predeceased by his mother and a 10-year-old son, Bethuel, who is buried nearby, the captain's survivors included his wife, the former Esther Mulford, who outlived him by nearly a quarter of a century, and his distinguished father, who died in 1820.
The tympanum of the Farrand Kitchell's 1818 gravestone features the word "In", engraved in elaborate italics, the soul effigies of the late 1700's having given way to intials, monograms, and the written word by the onset of the Federal Period. Both the inscription and the epitaph (see below) on his brown sandstone stele attest to his character as a faithful Christian and benefactor of the unfortunate. Yet the epitaph does conclude with a reminder that harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial era: the death of this pillar of the community is still "A solemn warning to us all that we must surely die".
The tympanum of the Farrand Kitchell's 1818 gravestone features the word "In", engraved in elaborate italics, the soul effigies of the late 1700's having given way to intials, monograms, and the written word by the onset of the Federal Period. Both the inscription and the epitaph (see below) on his brown sandstone stele attest to his character as a faithful Christian and benefactor of the unfortunate. Yet the epitaph does conclude with a reminder that harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial era: the death of this pillar of the community is still "A solemn warning to us all that we must surely die".
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"In death his widow has lost an affectionate & loving husband, his children a tender parent, and the poor a real friend. He was in all his dealings honest, upright & generous, & for 30 years a member of this Church of Christ...
Behold the poor and widow's friend
Beneath these clods doth lie
A solemn warning to us all
That we must shortly die"
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