Epitaph:
IN MEMORY OF Willi/am Ratchford who died/Novbr. 13th 1804 in the 80th/year of his Age./Hark from the tombs a dolful sound/My ears attend the cry/Ye living men come view the ground/Where you must shortly lie.
Description:
Soapstone tablet with one large and one small granite lawn-style marker in front of the tablet. The inscription on the large granite marker is as follows: "IN MEMORY OF/WILLIAM RATCHFORD/HE DIED NOV. 13, 1804/THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/HARK FROM THE TOMBS AND DOLFUL SOUND/MY EARS ATTEND THE CRY/YE LIVING MEN COME VIEW THE GROUND/WHERE YOU MUST SHORTLY LIE". The smaller granite lawn style marker has the inscription "WILLIAM/RATCHFORD/1724 - 1804/PATRIOT". Located beside this marker and the marker for William Ratchford is a small granite marker flush with the ground with the inscription "ERECTED BY/THEIR DESCENDANTS/DECEMBER 1976".
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