From "Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground, Groton, Massachusetts", 1878, by Dr. Samuel A. Green, p.185
"THE SHEPLE MONUMENT
[West Side.}
[Urn.] [A MONUMENT.]
ERECTED. In memory of
Mr. Oliver Sheple Jr. Printer, who
departed this life Feb. 4, 1835. in the city of Boston AE 25 ys. 5 mo. & 3 days, he had Just Commenced publishing in Boston a religious newspaper (the Christian
witness) When it pleased God in his wise Providence to take him from us, he was born in west Florida now the State of Mississippi, Sept. 1, A.D. 1809. he left there and came to Groton, A.D. 1815. Paus you-ng men and Reflect, here rests the body of a youn-g man cut off in the morning of life whose prosp-ects was good. Surrounded by friends, and belo-ved and esteemed for his high sence of honour and rectitude in all his dealings with his fel-low men, his gentle, manly deportment and urbanity, of manners endeared him to all who knew him; he was a lover and follower of the Saviour of the world and he died calling upon the name of the Lord, he has left a fond Father and brother to lament his early departure and much occasion have they
to mourn the loss."
A drawing of the monument by A.B.Coburn, a four-sided obelisk capped with an Urn and sitting on a four-panelled description of the Sheple Family and Geneology, including the Sheple family massacre by Indians on July 27, 1694, is on p. 184. (document in public domain, internet searchable)
The monument was built by J. Fiske in 1835.
Strangely enough, someone erected one or two other memorials near a relative for Oliver Sheple, Jr. and his family at the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Fullton County, Illinois, though he is buried here and most of his family at a lost location in Mississippi. However, it appears that his father Oliver Sheple may actually be buried in Canton rather than only memorialized.
"THE SHEPLE MONUMENT
[West Side.}
[Urn.] [A MONUMENT.]
ERECTED. In memory of
Mr. Oliver Sheple Jr. Printer, who
departed this life Feb. 4, 1835. in the city of Boston AE 25 ys. 5 mo. & 3 days, he had Just Commenced publishing in Boston a religious newspaper (the Christian
witness) When it pleased God in his wise Providence to take him from us, he was born in west Florida now the State of Mississippi, Sept. 1, A.D. 1809. he left there and came to Groton, A.D. 1815. Paus you-ng men and Reflect, here rests the body of a youn-g man cut off in the morning of life whose prosp-ects was good. Surrounded by friends, and belo-ved and esteemed for his high sence of honour and rectitude in all his dealings with his fel-low men, his gentle, manly deportment and urbanity, of manners endeared him to all who knew him; he was a lover and follower of the Saviour of the world and he died calling upon the name of the Lord, he has left a fond Father and brother to lament his early departure and much occasion have they
to mourn the loss."
A drawing of the monument by A.B.Coburn, a four-sided obelisk capped with an Urn and sitting on a four-panelled description of the Sheple Family and Geneology, including the Sheple family massacre by Indians on July 27, 1694, is on p. 184. (document in public domain, internet searchable)
The monument was built by J. Fiske in 1835.
Strangely enough, someone erected one or two other memorials near a relative for Oliver Sheple, Jr. and his family at the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Fullton County, Illinois, though he is buried here and most of his family at a lost location in Mississippi. However, it appears that his father Oliver Sheple may actually be buried in Canton rather than only memorialized.
From "Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground, Groton, Massachusetts", 1878, by Dr. Samuel A. Green, p.185
"THE SHEPLE MONUMENT
[West Side.}
[Urn.] [A MONUMENT.]
ERECTED. In memory of
Mr. Oliver Sheple Jr. Printer, who
departed this life Feb. 4, 1835. in the city of Boston AE 25 ys. 5 mo. & 3 days, he had Just Commenced publishing in Boston a religious newspaper (the Christian
witness) When it pleased God in his wise Providence to take him from us, he was born in west Florida now the State of Mississippi, Sept. 1, A.D. 1809. he left there and came to Groton, A.D. 1815. Paus you-ng men and Reflect, here rests the body of a youn-g man cut off in the morning of life whose prosp-ects was good. Surrounded by friends, and belo-ved and esteemed for his high sence of honour and rectitude in all his dealings with his fel-low men, his gentle, manly deportment and urbanity, of manners endeared him to all who knew him; he was a lover and follower of the Saviour of the world and he died calling upon the name of the Lord, he has left a fond Father and brother to lament his early departure and much occasion have they
to mourn the loss."
A drawing of the monument by A.B.Coburn, a four-sided obelisk capped with an Urn and sitting on a four-panelled description of the Sheple Family and Geneology, including the Sheple family massacre by Indians on July 27, 1694, is on p. 184. (document in public domain, internet searchable)
The monument was built by J. Fiske in 1835.
Strangely enough, someone erected one or two other memorials near a relative for Oliver Sheple, Jr. and his family at the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Fullton County, Illinois, though he is buried here and most of his family at a lost location in Mississippi. However, it appears that his father Oliver Sheple may actually be buried in Canton rather than only memorialized.
"THE SHEPLE MONUMENT
[West Side.}
[Urn.] [A MONUMENT.]
ERECTED. In memory of
Mr. Oliver Sheple Jr. Printer, who
departed this life Feb. 4, 1835. in the city of Boston AE 25 ys. 5 mo. & 3 days, he had Just Commenced publishing in Boston a religious newspaper (the Christian
witness) When it pleased God in his wise Providence to take him from us, he was born in west Florida now the State of Mississippi, Sept. 1, A.D. 1809. he left there and came to Groton, A.D. 1815. Paus you-ng men and Reflect, here rests the body of a youn-g man cut off in the morning of life whose prosp-ects was good. Surrounded by friends, and belo-ved and esteemed for his high sence of honour and rectitude in all his dealings with his fel-low men, his gentle, manly deportment and urbanity, of manners endeared him to all who knew him; he was a lover and follower of the Saviour of the world and he died calling upon the name of the Lord, he has left a fond Father and brother to lament his early departure and much occasion have they
to mourn the loss."
A drawing of the monument by A.B.Coburn, a four-sided obelisk capped with an Urn and sitting on a four-panelled description of the Sheple Family and Geneology, including the Sheple family massacre by Indians on July 27, 1694, is on p. 184. (document in public domain, internet searchable)
The monument was built by J. Fiske in 1835.
Strangely enough, someone erected one or two other memorials near a relative for Oliver Sheple, Jr. and his family at the Greenwood Cemetery in Canton, Fullton County, Illinois, though he is buried here and most of his family at a lost location in Mississippi. However, it appears that his father Oliver Sheple may actually be buried in Canton rather than only memorialized.
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