Receive, O earth, his faded form,
In thy cold bosom let it lie;
Safe let it rest from every storm,
Soon may it rise, no more to die.
So that stone tells of the faith Lye had in eternal life, a faith which was his guide in each act of the days of his life.
THE TAPLEYS.
Amos Tapley, who purchased the Lye shop after the death of Joseph Lye, was of the Danvers family of Tapleys. He married a daughter of Joseph Lye, the shoemaker and soldier of the Revolution. His son, Amos Preston Tapley, engaged in the shoe trade and became the owner of the shop upon the death of his father. His son, Henry Fuller Tapley, became owner of the shop, and gave it to the Essex Institute. Henry F. Fuller is surviving partner of the house of Amos P. Tapley & Co., whose record is this:
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS A CENTURY
- Ebenezer Vose, 1812–1816.
- Ebenezer Vose & Co., 1817–1828.
- (Josiah Pierce)
- Josiah Pierce, 1829–1834.
- Josiah Pierce & Co., 1835.
- (Daniel Bingham)
- Daniel Bingham & Co., 1836.
- (Amos P. Tapley)
- Amos P. Tapley, 1837–1838.
- Bingham & Tapley, 1839–1846.
- Amos P. Tapley, 1847.
- Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1848–1854.
- (W. S. Messenger)
- Amos P. Tapley, 1855–1868.
- Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1869–1905.
- (Henry F. Tapley)
- Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1905–1917.
- (Henry F. Tapley)
- Surviving partner.