William Livermore
In Memory of Mr.
In Memory of Mr.
William Livermore.
who Died 23 April
AD 1806 aged 54 years. O juvenes Memento mortis.
Death but entombs the body. Life the soul,
Life makes the soul dependent on the dust.
Death gives her wings to mount.
This stone is located in the Plains Cemetery.
William Livermore was born January 12, 1752 in Leicester, Worcester, MA, the son of Jason & Abigail (Hagar) Livermore. He died April 23, 1806 in Hartland, VT.
He was a member of Capt. Willard Moore's company of minute men of Paxton (Worester, MA) and marched on the alarm of April 19,1775, together with his father, Jason, and two brothers, who were members of the same company, and was slightly wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted as a private in Capt. Josiah White's company, in Col. Cushing's regiment, on Sept. 5,1777, to reinforce the Northern army under Gen. Gates. He was wounded in the Battle of Bennington, from which he never fully recovered. He was discharged Nov. 29,1777.
He emigrated to Hartland after the birth of his first child.
He married on November 24, 1774 to Mary Bigelow, daughter of Samuel & Phebe (Rand) Bigelow. Mary (Bigelow) Livermore was born April 13, 1757 in Paxton, Worcester, MA. She died December 15 1838 in Hartland, VT. Death may be 1806.
