[I]N MEMORY OF
[R]OBERT McCULLOUGH,
who departed t[his li]fe
Jan 26th 18—
aged 40 years.
The whole front has flaked off this tombstone, but most of the inscription remains legible. The stone is obviously carved by the same hand that made the stone for Margaret nearby; we presume they were husband and wife who both died young, but the stones themselves do not indicate the relationship.
IN MEMORY OFF
MARGARET McCULLOUGH
who departed this life
April 11th 1836,
in the 33d year of her
age.
JOHN MORGAN
DIED
MAY 15, 1852
AGED
75 YEARS.
A number of Morgans are buried in the Clinton Cemetery, and we are not sure how or whether they are all related.
ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
JOHN MORGAN
DIED
DEC. 2, 1845(?)
AGED — YEARS
LIZZIE MORGAN
DIED
MAR 24 1847
AGED
25(?) YEARS.
There are several broken tombstones in the cemetery leaning against other tombstones. This one belongs to Robert McCullough.
Dr. CHARLES MORGAN
Died
Mar. 31, 1852
Aged 52 Years
In a different light the epitaph might be more legible. It seems to begin “In all his excellent…,” but we could be completely wrong about that.
DANIEL MORGAN,
DIED
SEPT. 26, 1867,
AGED 62 YEARS.
The shallow inscription is eroded, so this is our best attempt at interpreting it:
IN MEMORY OF
DANIEL,
SON OF
JAMES & HANNAH MORGAN
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DEC 5, 1850
AGED
18 YEARS, 3 MOS.
& 16 DAYS.
JOHN SMITH
Died May 17, 1851
Aged 69 Years.
John Smith was a veteran of the War of 1812; his tombstone is in a simple version of what old Pa Pitt calls the Poster Style, because it is very similar to printed posters of the same era.
The bronze marker tells us that Private Smith served a little less than four months and was discharged before the war was over. Perhaps he was injured, but if so he got over it, married, and lived another 37 years after his discharge. His wife is buried beside him:
MARGARET
Wife of
JOHN SMITH
Died July 15, 183?
Aged — Years.
The date of death is not quite legible. The year appears to be in the 1830s, though the tombstone is in the style of the 1850s and matches John’s. If the stone was put up years after Margaret’s death, then the age may have been left blank out of uncertainty and never filled in.
ERECTED
In Memory of
Alexander Bell
Who Departed this Life
January 1834 in the
82nd year of his
age
This stone is a substantial work of folk art, and it is interesting to speculate how far that art might have gone if it had not been snuffed out by the arrival of industrial monument companies.
SACRED
to the memory of
CONROD CLINE,
who died August 8th 1837,
in the 28th year of his age.
Although the rest of the stone is damaged, the quotation is easily recognized as Revelation 14:13:
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
