Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph
“Moses Davis”
English
| Moses Davis Tuck Drive Graveyard – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States October 28th, 2017 |
Informant Data
Died July 24th, 1808 at 31 years
Contextual Data
Erected by his wife, Nancy Davis, as a monument to her love for him.
The first epitaph highlights Moses’ positive character traits and perhaps stands as a suggestion to others to follow in his moral footsteps by implying that being a good Christian leads to a good life.
The main epitaph is from Revelations 21:4 and references how God comforts life’s sorrows
Text
“whose life as a husband, parent & friend, adorned society & whose death gave testimony to the sure foundation of the Christian hope.”
“And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying: neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
| Peter Tiktinsky, 21 101 Hulls Farm Road, Southport, CT 06890 Hinman Box 4569, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Dartmouth College Russian 13 Fall of 2017 |
