 William Stacy lost his wife Sarah to smallpox during March 1790 after 36 years of marriage . He subsequently married Hannah Sheffield during July of that year . " A man highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities , and honored for his services and sufferings in the cause of freedom , " William Stacy died in Marietta in 1802 at 68 years of age . He was buried in Marietta at Mound Cemetery , the site of an ancient American Indian burial mound . Colonel Stacy has good company in his final resting place ; Mound Cemetery reportedly contains the largest number of Revolutionary War officers buried in one location . A new memorial marker was dedicated to William Stacy in 1928 in Mound Cemetery . 
