What better way to spend your birthday then in a cemetery. I heard "Happy Birthday" all day but wasn't sure if it was Henry and friends or just a chorus from below me........................ :) I left the motel at 7:43AM @ 55F...............as I slowly closed the door I heard Sue say, Happy Birthday, enjoy your day., she was just a bit awake as I left. 8:56AM brought me to Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, Mass. @63F. Also a list member Linnie strongly suggested it. But, and let me tell you, when Linnie puts an arm lock on you, you get persuaded quickly. LOL And as it turned out, she was right. This is a good sized place and dont think I'll get through it all today. William F. Zimmermann Born at Furth, Germany April 7, 1889 and died Nov 12, 1904. Elizabeth Stebbins Born Dec 3, 1814 and died Sept 6, 1845. Mrs. Esther Rust died Oct 21, 1816 age 76 years, and lots of RUST. Louis Crossarth 1838-1924. Samuel Stebbins died Dec 30, 1833 age 42 years and 8 months. Mrs. Sally Judd died Sept 25, 1825 age 44 years. Henry Watson Born at East Windsor Hill, Connecticut Sept 24, 1810 and died Feb 10, 1891 age 80 years 4 months and 17 days wife Sophia B. Born Dreensborough, Alabama Jan 20, 1821 and died Oct 27, 1865 age 39 years 9 months and 7 days. You have to remember, many of the head stones are written in old English. Mifs.(Miss)Fanny Tileston died July 12, 1795 age 21 years Born at Dorchester (P). Patty Clap died Jan 7, 1795 age 7 years (P). Mr. Quartus Clap died March 13, 1792 age 30 years Revolutionary War Vet. Isaac Sheldon, Founder of Northampton Born 1629 Essex, England and died 1708. Mr. Nathaniel Clark died Nov. 23, 1769 age 87 years wife Hannah died Feb 14, 1763 age 81 years. Mary Persons dyed(died) Sept 1718 age 3 years. Mr. Supply Clap Revolutionary War Vet died Oct 11, 1784 age 63 years (P). Mrs. Hannah Miller Deceafed(< as spelled on the stone) Nov 9, 1758 age 77 years. Maj. Aaron Cook one of the founders of Nortampton 80 years who dyed Sept 5, 1690 a leader of the Puritans. H. Elizabeth Howe Born at Barnard, Vermont June 26, 1837 and died Feb 17, 1905. This cemetery is a field day for death heads.................. Asahel Dlapp died June 3, 1865 age 82 years. Julia A. Clarke Born at Baltimore, Maryland March 28, 1842 and died June 14, 1911. Augusta Uhrlass Born at Sahsen, Germany Oct 6, 1819 and died Feb 27, 1888. Christopher Turley Born at Alerich, Worcestershire, England Jan 16, 1887 and died Oct 16, 1918. Fidelia Dwight Born Aug 7, 1768 and died Jan 22, 1847. Sereno Dwight Born Dec 10, 1754 and died Oct 10, 1783. President Jonathan Edwards Born Oct 5, 1703 and died March 22, 1758, Prenceton(< as spelled) College, N.J.. Mrs Mabel Hubbard Born at Brookfield Vermont and died April 19, 1829 age 70 years. Mifs Lovice Lyman died Aug 1, 1808 age 28 years. I'm hearing giggling and now I know why, here is a headstone of................... Henry Clark died Oct 11, 1889 age 58 years. Guess who's sitting on top of it? Quartus Kingsley Born May 15, 1826 and died Jan 6, 1828. Numan Clark Born March 3, 1820 and died Feb 4, 1870. Ruanna Cooley Born March 31, 1834 and died June 21, 1903. Osmyn Baker Born May 18, 1800 and died Feb 9, 1875. Lieut. William L. Baker Born Oct 5, 1839 and died Sept 17, 1862 who fell in the Battle of Antietam. Mary Bryant Daniels 1858-1909 , 20 years missionary in Japan.( ah so) Thankfull Clapp died Jan 13, 1853 age 74 years. Pollina Clapp died Oct 6, 1834 age 53 years. Eliphalet P. Williams Born Nov 17, 1811 and died July 25, 1898. Emma E. Crowninshield 1850-1921. Henry C. Lafrance 1870-1944 wife Dinah J. Henderson 1885-1959. James S. Bull Born Feb 14, 1790 and died March 28, 1866. Sifroi Belleville Born May 21, 1846 and died Sept 22, 1912. Nathan Willard Born Feb 23, 1831 and died Aug 28, 1840, killed by Lightning. Delight Mary Boignand Born at Boston, Massachusetts April 2, 1787 and died Feb 8, 1847. Orinda Negus died Aug 16, 1835 age 36 years. Mrs. Thankful Clark died Feb 27, 1774 age 76 years. Mr. Joael Hunt died March 8, 1775 age 43 years. Jonathan & Thankful Hunt, siblings, who were killed by lightning July 5, 1769 age 15 & 7 years. Here lyeth the body of Joseph Parfons(Parsons) Efq. (ESQ.) who deceafed(deceased) Nov 29, 1729 age 83 years. Cornet Joseph Parsons 1620-1683. Mary Bliss 1628-1712. Abijah Wyman Thayer Born Peterborough, New Hampshire Jan 6, 1796 and died April 24, 1864 wife Susan Bradley Born at Andover Feb 17, 1801 and died July 24, 1885. Thomas Jefferson Trist Born at Monticello, Virginia Nov 13, 1828 and died April 26, 1890. George W. Phipps Born at Portsmouth < New Hampshire and died March 6, 1870 age 64 years. Mr John King died April 5, 1745 age 41 years. Decon Jonathan Hunt aged 54 years dyed Sept 29, 1691. Thomas Hosmer 83 years dyed April 12, 1687. Col. Seth Hunt died Dec 28, 1779 age 31 years (P). Ebenezer Edwards who was killed by the fall of a tree Aug 21, 1771 age 44 years. Laurenus Clark Seelye Born Sept 20, 1837 and died Oct 12, 1924. Albert S. Wood Born May 3, 1867 and died Dec 13, 1888, buried at sea Latitude 19-23 North by Longitude 83-41 West. Knighton Smith Born Jan 21, 1871 and died Jan 7, 1912. Capt. John Pomeroy died March 3, 1760 age 32 years (P). Harriet Askham 1856-1934. Jedutham A. Burleigh died Dec 7, 1870 age 33 years and 6 months. Frederick L. Roell wrecked on the Steamer Schiller 1830-1875. Richard L. Allen Born at Westfield, Massachusetts Born Oct 20, 1803 at Stockholm, Sweden and died Sept 22, 1869. Harold D. Abbott Born at Khadwa, India 1906 and died 1921. Mary A. Canary died April 12, 1899 age 59 years. Juliet Briggs Born at Keene, New Hampshire 1815-1893. Daniel Stebbins Born April 2, 1766 and died Oct 7, 1856 age 90 years and 6 months wife Elisabeth G. died Oct 19, 1853 age 65 years (3-P). Cephas Parsons 1811-1867. Huram Day died Jan 13, 1853 age 56 years and 9 months. General Luke Lyman 1824-1889 Civil War Vet. Thomas Rowland Born at Sheffield, England Sept 16, 1840 and died May 22, 1910. Wales P. Thayer 1848-1911. Niles A. Sheuman 1840-1915. Martha Henshaw Born at Boston, Massachusetts June 9, 1783 and died Nov 9, 1874. Orman S. Clark Born July 22, 1841 and died April 11, 1891. Martha Gaunt Born at Leeds, England April 3, 1800 and died March 3, 1869. Frances A. Cloud Born Jan 24, 1830 and died Feb 23, 1899. William Allen , Justice of the Supreme Court Born March 1822 and died June 1891 of Westfield, Connecticut. Eliza H. Mellen of Dover, New Hampshire died April 27, 1843 age 40 years. John Clarke Born May 13, 1789 and died July 5, 1869 Founder of the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes. Justus Bois died Sept 25, 1859 age 64 years. 1 sleeping racoon (P).Got within 2 foot of him. Emily Baldwin Mervin Born at New Haven, Connecticut Nov 22, 1821 and died Jan 24, 1912. Walked 5.3 miles in this " Point of no Return Yard" and vacated at 2:36PM. Just had enough for today. This cemetery is not finished. But I marked my spot as always and when I come back I'll just start where I left off. Another great day with the dead. Best Bill Help keep our dead alive.