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Gone But Not Forgotten
Arundel has numerous family burial grounds and many of the gravestones have inscriptions on them. These inscriptions represent a fascinating piece of our past. Here is a sampling:
John Patten
born August 26, 1753
died August 20, 1804
AE 50 y's. 11 m's 24 d's
A Revolutionary Soldier
Abigail Curtis
Died Mar. 15, 1820
AE. 21 yrs. 6 ms.
Behold all you who pass me by,
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now you soon must be,
So be prepared to follow me.
Sally, wife of James Wakefield
Died Mar. 6, 1829
AE. 31 yrs.
The year rolls round, and steals away
The breath that first it gave;
Whate'er we do, where'er we be,
We're traveling to the grave.
Joshua Curtis
DIED Oct. 2, 1831
AE. 24 ys. 5 m.
Sleep brother dear take thy rest,
God called you home he thought it best,
Twas hard indeed to part with thee,
But Chrits strong arms supported me.
Charles Wakefield
Died Feb. 7, 1849
AE. 25 yrs.
Dangers stand thick through all the ground
To push us to the tomb,
And fierce diseases wait around
To hurry mortals home.
Jane S. wife of Seth Storer
Died Feb. 15, 1858
AE. 35 yrs. 7 ms.
Alas she has left us, her spirit has fled
Her body now slumbers along with the dead
Her savior has called her to him
Be ye thus ready to follow her soon.
Susan dau. of John & Lydia Lunt
Died May 29, 1860
AE. 26 yrs. 6 mos.
Gently the passing spirit fled,
Sustain by grace divine;
Oh may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine.
Leonard, Jr. son of Leonard & Aphia Hutchins
Died Aug. 6, 1874
AE. 34 yrs. 1 mo.
The labors done, securely laid
Within his last retreat;
Unheeded o're his silent dust
The storms of life will beat.
Louisa M., wife of Ezra H. Burnham
Died Nov. 5, 1890
AE. 66 yrs.
How sweet it will be in that beautiful land
So free from all sorrow and pain.
With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,
To meet one another again.
James H. Son of Enoch T. & Caroline Coleman
DIED April 8, 1891
AE 31 yrs, 4 m's & 15 d's
Gone but not forgotten
(Masonic emblem)
Nancy D. wife of George W. Grant
Died Aug. 29, 1896
AE. 56 yrs. 1 mo.
One precious to our hearts is gone
The voice we loved is stilled.
The place made vacant in our hous
Can never more be filled.
Enoch T. Coleman
Died Oct. 5 1901
AE. 80 yrs. 2 mos. 17 days
Honest and upright and a kind father.
Sarah D. Hanscom
Died December 18, 1838
Age 25 yrs. 5 mos. 18 days
Thus fades our sweetest comforts here
Our dearest friends soon disappear.
When the loud call from God is giv'n
They sleep in death to wake in heaven.
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