Verbal/Material Lore – Gravestone Epitaph
“Samuel Gilman Brown D.D. LL.D.”
English
| Samuel Gilman Brown and Sarah Van Vechten Tuck Drive Graveyard – Hanover, New Hampshire, United States October 28th, 2017 |
Informant Data
Samuel Gilman Brown was the son of Francis & Elizabeth Brown. He was born in North Yarmouth, Maine on January 4th, 1813. He died in Utica, N.Y. on November 4, 1885. From 1840-1867 he was a professor at Dartmouth College. From 1867-1881 he was the President of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. His wife, Sarah Van Vechten, was the daughter of Jacob & Catherine Van Vechten. Born in Schenectady, N.Y. on June 15, 1819, she died in Norwich, Connecticut on Oct. 15, 1893.
Contextual Data
Epitaph is from Revelations 22:4.
Text
“And they shall see his face”
| Peter Tiktinsky, 21 101 Hulls Farm Road, Southport, CT 06890 Hinman Box 4569, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Dartmouth College Russian 13 Fall of 2017 |
