Epitaph: And triumph o’er the grave

 

The beige-y gray marker for David E. Bogart (b. 1808, d. 1842) is carved from siltstone, no doubt from the nearby quarry.

In memory
of
DAVID E BOGART.
Who was born
September 24^th 1808,
and departed this life
April 18^th 1842,
aged 33 Years, 6 Months
and 24 Days.
The epitaph is from the poem “Death and Burial of a Young Person” (which we have seen before) by Anne Steele (b. 1716, d. 1778).

O, let us fly—to Jesus fly,
     Whose powerful arm can save;
Then shall our hopes ascend on high,
     And triumph o’er the grave.

Lithopolis Cemetery, Fairfield County, Ohio