PREFACE.
4 side of the line.
may
It
a source of regret to the writer that this friend
not be mentioned by
volume might know
to
name
whom
order that the readers of this
in
they are indebted for this
last
mentioned
labor.
The
make
full
texts of the inscriptions are not
given, since this
would
Care, however, has been
the book too large and expensive.
taken to give the names, dates and ages correctly, and the book believed to be as free from errors as the average of such
efforts.
is
The
inscriptions from each burying ground are printed together, with a brief
description of their locality,
and the condition of the headstones
at the
present time.
The
only index thought necessary
localities of the several
is
burying grounds.
one giving the names and
The names
will
be found in
alphabetical order. It is
hoped and expected
that a sufficient
The
sold to repay the cash outlay.
which no better remuneration isfaction
of being the
would otherwise soon be
To some
it is
book
is
who
of books will be
asked than that derived from the sat-
means of preserving valuable
records,
which
lost entirely.
impossible to explain
but there are others class this
is
number
labor has been one of love, for
why such a work
appreciate efforts of this kind.
is
undertaken,
To
the latter
respectfully dedicated.
L.
VAN ALSTYNE, Sharon, Conn.
