Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Polly Sawtell @ Hillsdale





Polly and Edward rest together in the Locust Corners Cemetery in Pittsford township, Hillsdale, Michigan







Inscription:
POLLY
wife of
Edward Way

"Here rest in peace beloved one
Undimmed by sorrow and free from pain.
So Jesus slept -- God's only Son
He rose and thou shall rise again.
"


Polly Sawtell is the grandmother of Lewis Way
(Polly Sawtell, Hiram Lewis Way, Lewis Betheal Way)

Polly Sawtell was born New Year's Day in 1806 in New York, daughter of Edmund Sawtell and Hannah Gaines. She married 2 Dec 1828 in New York to Edward Lewis Way. He was born 19 May 1804 in Massachusettts, son of Solomon Way and Sally Tyron. She died 22 Feb 1839 in Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan at the age of 33. They had 5 children.

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