The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
His aOictions were numerous and deep felt, yet vras he comforted.
His heart, its confidence
Reposecl in God, its stren<;th -ind shield,
The pat!i3 c-f death in glory shine,
V/hen saints tiie call ohe)',
A light from Heaven, an arm divine,
Are with them on the way.
Here lies the mortal remains of
"WRIGHT POST,
during many years eminent as
physician and surgeon
in the city of New York,
he was distinguished for sound judgment,
practical skill and unwearied diiigeuco ia
Lis profession, and for modest, dijniiled and
mild deportment in all the walks of life ;
an enlightened and attached member of the
Protestant Episcopal Church,
he was for many years a vestryman
of Grace Church
in the city of Nev,' York,
- and for several years its souior warden.
OverpUcd by professional labours,
his feeble frame gradually gave way
to the attacks of pulmonary consumj)tion.
He retired from the city to his country seat
in this neighborhood, and after a rcsidt^nce
of a few weeks, he departed this life
in full possession of his mental faculties,
at peace with the world,
and a devout hope of acceptance
yrith God, through faith in the merits of
Jesus Christ.
Ho died June 14, 1S23,
aged 62 ycnrs, 3 montha
and rC days.
There arc also memorials in the yard, to members of the Kunt, Doty. E::;<.ter, Bartow, Lewis, ArJen, FinJlay, Tucker, Reed, Burnett, Holsmaa
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and Wright families, Sec, besides vaulte belonging to the families of Timpson, Adee and Ludlow, &c. Near the Episcopal grave-yard, i-i situated the Ferris burj-ing-ground,"' which contains the family vaults of Benjamin Ferris, and numerous head-stones to the Pell family.