Sarah Curtis, Reuben Edwards, Lois Edwards - Colonial Burial Ground, Salisbury Massachusetts

Mrs. Sarah Curtis
died
Sept. 21, 1840;
in her 56^th year
Thou art gone to the grave, ??? longer be???
thee,
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by ??? side;
But the wide arms of mercy are spread to infold
thee,
And sinners may hope, since the sinless hath died.

Reuben Edwards
died Augt. 18^th 1809;
aged 49.
Lois, his wife
died April 8^th 1803;
aged 43
Alas for thee the fount of tears
Hath pour'd its crystal tide,
And the lov'd voice of early years
In vain thy name hath sighed.

Cemetery: Colonial Burial Ground, Salisbury Massachusetts

Edwards, Reuben, Salisbury. Private, Capt. Jonathan Evans's co. of Minute-men, Col. James Frye's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 7 [p.243] days; also, Capt. Jonathan Evans's co., Col. James Frye's (1st) regt.; return of men in camp at Cambridge dated May 17, 1775; also, same co. and regt.; company receipt for advance wages for 1 month dated Camp Cambridge, June 28, 1775; also, same co. and regt.; company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Jonathan Evans's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's regt.; enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777; service, 3 mos. 27 days, travel included, in Northern department. (If this is indeed the same Reuben Edwards, he enlisted at the age of 15. 2

Salisbury Marriages: Edwards, Reuben, and Lois Hunt, Nov. 23, 1780. 42