The records linked below are from December 2018
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These inscriptions are from a small family plot near the Derry/Auburn, NH town line. It is
(or was) in the woods off Winters Way Road. Since I first recorded the stones a logging
road was put in near the spot and it became a hang-out for teens and others. Though the
logging company put in granite posts and a chain to protect it from their trucks, by 1993 the
stones had been removed or broken and there were signs someone had been digging into the
grave sites. In the following the dash (-) separates each line on the stones.
1. NANCY ROBY - died - June 20, 1864 - ae. 36 yr. - If we believe that Jesus died and rose
again so also they that sleep in Jesus God will … (rest of inscription below ground).
Footstone - no inscription
2. EMELINE W. ROBIE - died - Dec. 18, 1860 - ae. 30 - Dearest daughter thou hast left us, --
Here thy loss we deeply feel - But its God that has bereft us - He can all our sorrow heal.
Footstone - E. W. R.
3. LUCINDA - wife of - Jacob Sheldon - died - June 13, 1858 - ae. 37 - Blessed are the dead
that die in the Lord - Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from - their labors and
their works do follow them. Footstone - L. S.
4. MARY J - daughter of Jacob and Lucinda - Sheldon - died Jan 28, 1849 - age 3 yr. and 11
mo. - Oh how fleeting, oh how fleeting - are the dearest joys we knew - the beautiful …. just
seen - today she …. low. Footstone - M. J. S.
5. MARY J. - daughter of Nathan and Sophie - Robie - died May 28, 1843 - aged 20 yr. -
Friends [sic] or physicians could not save - her mortal body from the grave. - Nor can the
grave confine her here - when Christ commands her to appear. - Brown and Eastman, Derry.
Footstone - M. J. R.
6. SIDNEY B. - son of - Orlando and Hannah - Welch - died July 9, 1858 - ae 1 yr. and 7 mo. -
Now Sidney he has gone to rest - Beneath the silent shroud - Till Jesus comes to call the
best - To see their smiling God. Footstone - S. B. W.
C. M. B.
The names and dates on the stones are listed on page 246 of History of Chester NH including
Auburn - A supplement to the History of Old Chester - comp. and publ. By John Carroll Chase;
Derry, NH, 1926
