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[Urn and Willow Tree.]

I. In memory of Mrs. ELMIRA | wife of Mr. | Willard Arnold, | who died | March 22, 1838: | Æt.

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2. In Memory of POLLY, wife of William Arnold, She died Oct. 6, 1795, | Et. 32.

Behold! And see 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.

[Sculptor's mark:] Engraved by Saml. Killburn, at Sterling.

Footstone: [A Tree] P. A.

[Her maiden name was Rice.]

[Urns and Willow Tree.]

3. In Memory of | RELIEF, wife of William

Arnold, | She died Nov.

15, 1811, | Æt. 38.

"Great God! is this our certain doom

And are we still secure!

Still walking downwards to the tomb,
And yet prepare no more!

Footstone: [A Tree] R. A.

[Her maiden name was Rice. Probably a sister of No. 2.]

4.

[Urn and Willow Tree.]

In Memory of | STEPHN H. ARNOLD, | Son of W". & Polly | Arnold who | Departed this life | Feb. 23, 1815, | Æt. 22.

Life is a span a fleeting hour,
How soon the vapour flies;
Man is a tender trancient flower,
That in the blooming dies.

Footstone: [A Tree] S. H. A.

[Urn and Willow Tree.]

5. SUSANNAH, | wife of | William Arnold, | Died | May 7, 1845, | Æt. 74.

Footstone: S. A.

Yes she has gone forever gone,
And left a clay cold corse behind,
To number with the silent dead,
A partner dear a mother kind.

[A daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Bragg) Gates.]

6. Erected

[Urn and Willow Tree.]

In memory of | Mr. | WILLIAM

ARNOLD, who died | Oct. 12, 1828, | Æt. 63.

Suden he was called to go,

And bid adieu to all below;

Sudden the vital spirit fled,

And he was numbered with the dead.

Footstone: W. A.

82.

[Urn and Willow Trees.]

7. WILLARD ARNOLD | Died | July 3, 1873, | Æ.

Footstone: W. A.

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