The grave of 58-year-old Obadiah Kitchell, who served as a captain in the Morris County militia during the American Revolutionary War, is marked by a brown sandstone stele, a flat granite military marker, and a bronze D.A.R. medallion. He was the husband of the former Sarah Reynolds.

Capt. Kitchell's gravestone, which features a soul effigy of the portrait type in its tympanum, is slightly old-fashioned for the Federal Period, and appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the Common Jersey Carver. The inscription, which was transcribed in its entirety in 1894, harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial period, advising passers-by to "Prepare for death and follow me". The Captain's widow, Sarah, did not follow him to the grave until nearly a quarter of a century later. While white marble was the gravestone material of choice by the time of her death in 1822, Mrs. Kitchell's stele was cut from the brown sandstone popular during the colonial era, and like her husband's, is also inscribed with an epitaph in the Puritanical vein.

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Capt Obadiah Kitchell

• BIRTH 1740 Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
• DEATH 3 Oct 1798 (aged 57–58) Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
• BURIAL First Presbyterian Church of Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA, PLOT Kitchell Family Plot, east side of church, MEMORIAL ID 7866578, Photos P. Reilly & Nikita Barlow, parental info Tom Dodds; Findagrave member #48062084

The grave of 58-year-old Obadiah Kitchell, who served as a captain in the Morris County militia during the American Revolutionary War, is marked by a brown sandstone stele, a flat granite military marker, and a bronze D.A.R. medallion. He was the husband of the former Sarah Reynolds.

Capt. Kitchell's gravestone, which features a soul effigy of the portrait type in its tympanum, is slightly old-fashioned for the Federal Period, and appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the Common Jersey Carver. The inscription, which was transcribed in its entirety in 1894, harks back to the grim sentiments of the early colonial period, advising passers-by to "Prepare for death and follow me".

The Captain's widow, Sarah, did not follow him to the grave until nearly a quarter of a century later. While white marble was the gravestone material of choice by the time of her death in 1822, Mrs. Kitchell's stele was cut from the brown sandstone popular during the colonial era, and like her husband's, is also inscribed with an epitaph in the Puritanical vein.

Inscription
In Memory of Capt.
Obadiah Kitchell Who
died Oct 3rd A.D. 1798
in the 58th Year of his age

Friends all behold as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me

Parents
John Kitchel 1713–1777

Spouse
Sarah Reynolds Kitchell
unknown–1822

Siblings
Abigail Kitchel Wood 1748–1835
Matthew Kitchell 1750–1813
Phineas Kitchell 1763–1853

Children
Jesse Kitchell 1768–1822
Ellis Kitchell 1770–1776
Elizabeth Kitchell Baldwin 1775–1849
Moses Kitchel 1776–1839

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7866578/obadiah-kitchell

GEDCOM Note

<p>Served in the Revolution</p>