Location:
Old North Cemetery
Section no: V
Memorial no: 5|5a
Orientation: North-west
See map of this cemetery: https://cemeteries.nha.org/old-north-cemetery/section-v/
Personal Information
Name: Emily Athearn
Gender: Female
Age:
Birth:
Death: February 17 1822
Death place or cause:
Occupation:
Veteran:
Branch of service:
War:
Number interred: 1
Notes
Inscription:
In memory of
Emily Athearn
daughter of
James & Lydia Athearn
who died
Feb. 17, 1822
aged 1 year & 17 d’s
As the sweet flower which scents the morn
But withers in the rising day.
This lovely seemed the infants dawn
Thus swiftly fled its life away.
Epitaph: Yes
Epitaph of note:
Image of note:
Text on footstone: EA
Biographical notes:
Relationship note:daughter of James & Lydia Athearn
Other Notes:
Inscription Condition: Illegible or destroyed
Monument
Stone Composition:
Stone Shape: Round top, stepped concave shoulders
Type of Monument:
Monument Condition: Sound, in place
Condition assessment:
Condition note:
Shape of text panel:
Main motif: Lettering only
Marginal motif:
Width of stone:
Thickness of stone:
Length of slab:
Name of stone Carver:
Comments: Illegible, identified from initials on footstone and last line of epitaph.
Data Collection
Date data collected:
GPS marker location:
Stone exists 1900: yes
Stone exists 2002:
Stone exists 2003: Yes
Stone exists 2004:
Stone exists 2005: yes
Footstone exists: Yes
Location note:
Citation source: NHA Old North Cemetery file (MS115, Box 2)
Field recorder:
Data input by: Georgen Gilliam Charnes
Reviewed by: Automatic