Ann Lucy Cooley Sturdevant was born in the Spring of 1759, on 11 May, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut.
It is thought that Miss Ann was born a Brown, and married a Mr. Robert Cooley previously.
In any event, at age 36, around 1795, she married Samuel Sturdevant, a Revolutionary War Soldier, who had also come to Pennsylvania from Connecticut.
At this time, she was known as the "Widow Brown", and had five children, four boys and a girl. Her new husband, Mr. Sturdevant, also had several children from a previous marriage.
Together, Ann Lucy and Samuel had four boys and a girl, in that order. They were as follows: Peter Bent (1795-1861), Elisha and Elijah (twins) Elisha - 1796-1855 & Elijah (preacher) 1796-1872, John (a Major) (1797-1879), and Lucy (Smith)(1799-1866).
Samuel was minister and farmer for many years.
Ann Lucy died in the cold of winter, 14 February, 1836 at age 76. She lies to rest near Samuel in the Sturdevant Cemetery in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Tribute to Lucy (Cooley) Sturdevant
My name was Lucy
And this beautiful flagstone,
Was carved from local quarry,
And placed above my weary bones.
It stated when I lived,
And enscribed my given name,
But time with divers elements
of cold and wind and rain,
Has erased the inscriptions
so lovingly tithed to me,
And now the words are not
for you to see.
No living soul
abroad this earth today,
Has a memory of me,
or where I lay.
Sunrises have usurped
and seasons past,
And even centuries told
since I lived last.
In this wilderness
beautiful and crude.
I raised my children
numbering ten in brood.
And now my childrens' children
can be found,
Planted in some lonely
burial ground.
Fear not - this stone leaning on the tree,
That one day turns to sand
unto the sea,
This stone, it cannot disembody me.
For my name is Lucy, and my spirit soars,
Where the Endless Mountains pose,
and black bear roars.
Where the woods flourish,
and flowers bloom divine,
Where snow showers,
and sun abides to shine.
Where the green grass grows,
and the gentle Susquehanna flows.
This is how the world
was meant to be.
When my leaning stone is crumbled,
You will see
That God has freed my soul.
I am Lucy.
It is thought that Miss Ann was born a Brown, and married a Mr. Robert Cooley previously.
In any event, at age 36, around 1795, she married Samuel Sturdevant, a Revolutionary War Soldier, who had also come to Pennsylvania from Connecticut.
At this time, she was known as the "Widow Brown", and had five children, four boys and a girl. Her new husband, Mr. Sturdevant, also had several children from a previous marriage.
Together, Ann Lucy and Samuel had four boys and a girl, in that order. They were as follows: Peter Bent (1795-1861), Elisha and Elijah (twins) Elisha - 1796-1855 & Elijah (preacher) 1796-1872, John (a Major) (1797-1879), and Lucy (Smith)(1799-1866).
Samuel was minister and farmer for many years.
Ann Lucy died in the cold of winter, 14 February, 1836 at age 76. She lies to rest near Samuel in the Sturdevant Cemetery in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Tribute to Lucy (Cooley) Sturdevant
My name was Lucy
And this beautiful flagstone,
Was carved from local quarry,
And placed above my weary bones.
It stated when I lived,
And enscribed my given name,
But time with divers elements
of cold and wind and rain,
Has erased the inscriptions
so lovingly tithed to me,
And now the words are not
for you to see.
No living soul
abroad this earth today,
Has a memory of me,
or where I lay.
Sunrises have usurped
and seasons past,
And even centuries told
since I lived last.
In this wilderness
beautiful and crude.
I raised my children
numbering ten in brood.
And now my childrens' children
can be found,
Planted in some lonely
burial ground.
Fear not - this stone leaning on the tree,
That one day turns to sand
unto the sea,
This stone, it cannot disembody me.
For my name is Lucy, and my spirit soars,
Where the Endless Mountains pose,
and black bear roars.
Where the woods flourish,
and flowers bloom divine,
Where snow showers,
and sun abides to shine.
Where the green grass grows,
and the gentle Susquehanna flows.
This is how the world
was meant to be.
When my leaning stone is crumbled,
You will see
That God has freed my soul.
I am Lucy.
Ann Lucy Cooley Sturdevant was born in the Spring of 1759, on 11 May, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut.
It is thought that Miss Ann was born a Brown, and married a Mr. Robert Cooley previously.
In any event, at age 36, around 1795, she married Samuel Sturdevant, a Revolutionary War Soldier, who had also come to Pennsylvania from Connecticut.
At this time, she was known as the "Widow Brown", and had five children, four boys and a girl. Her new husband, Mr. Sturdevant, also had several children from a previous marriage.
Together, Ann Lucy and Samuel had four boys and a girl, in that order. They were as follows: Peter Bent (1795-1861), Elisha and Elijah (twins) Elisha - 1796-1855 & Elijah (preacher) 1796-1872, John (a Major) (1797-1879), and Lucy (Smith)(1799-1866).
Samuel was minister and farmer for many years.
Ann Lucy died in the cold of winter, 14 February, 1836 at age 76. She lies to rest near Samuel in the Sturdevant Cemetery in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Tribute to Lucy (Cooley) Sturdevant
My name was Lucy
And this beautiful flagstone,
Was carved from local quarry,
And placed above my weary bones.
It stated when I lived,
And enscribed my given name,
But time with divers elements
of cold and wind and rain,
Has erased the inscriptions
so lovingly tithed to me,
And now the words are not
for you to see.
No living soul
abroad this earth today,
Has a memory of me,
or where I lay.
Sunrises have usurped
and seasons past,
And even centuries told
since I lived last.
In this wilderness
beautiful and crude.
I raised my children
numbering ten in brood.
And now my childrens' children
can be found,
Planted in some lonely
burial ground.
Fear not - this stone leaning on the tree,
That one day turns to sand
unto the sea,
This stone, it cannot disembody me.
For my name is Lucy, and my spirit soars,
Where the Endless Mountains pose,
and black bear roars.
Where the woods flourish,
and flowers bloom divine,
Where snow showers,
and sun abides to shine.
Where the green grass grows,
and the gentle Susquehanna flows.
This is how the world
was meant to be.
When my leaning stone is crumbled,
You will see
That God has freed my soul.
I am Lucy.
It is thought that Miss Ann was born a Brown, and married a Mr. Robert Cooley previously.
In any event, at age 36, around 1795, she married Samuel Sturdevant, a Revolutionary War Soldier, who had also come to Pennsylvania from Connecticut.
At this time, she was known as the "Widow Brown", and had five children, four boys and a girl. Her new husband, Mr. Sturdevant, also had several children from a previous marriage.
Together, Ann Lucy and Samuel had four boys and a girl, in that order. They were as follows: Peter Bent (1795-1861), Elisha and Elijah (twins) Elisha - 1796-1855 & Elijah (preacher) 1796-1872, John (a Major) (1797-1879), and Lucy (Smith)(1799-1866).
Samuel was minister and farmer for many years.
Ann Lucy died in the cold of winter, 14 February, 1836 at age 76. She lies to rest near Samuel in the Sturdevant Cemetery in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Tribute to Lucy (Cooley) Sturdevant
My name was Lucy
And this beautiful flagstone,
Was carved from local quarry,
And placed above my weary bones.
It stated when I lived,
And enscribed my given name,
But time with divers elements
of cold and wind and rain,
Has erased the inscriptions
so lovingly tithed to me,
And now the words are not
for you to see.
No living soul
abroad this earth today,
Has a memory of me,
or where I lay.
Sunrises have usurped
and seasons past,
And even centuries told
since I lived last.
In this wilderness
beautiful and crude.
I raised my children
numbering ten in brood.
And now my childrens' children
can be found,
Planted in some lonely
burial ground.
Fear not - this stone leaning on the tree,
That one day turns to sand
unto the sea,
This stone, it cannot disembody me.
For my name is Lucy, and my spirit soars,
Where the Endless Mountains pose,
and black bear roars.
Where the woods flourish,
and flowers bloom divine,
Where snow showers,
and sun abides to shine.
Where the green grass grows,
and the gentle Susquehanna flows.
This is how the world
was meant to be.
When my leaning stone is crumbled,
You will see
That God has freed my soul.
I am Lucy.
Gravesite Details
As of 2017, the stone is leaning against a tree, nearest husband Samuel's grave.
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