Left Stone: Mrs. Elizabeth wife of Dr. Charles Trafton Died Nov. 22 1843; Aged 50 Yrs. She is gone. "The spoiler set His seal of silence. But there beam'd a smile So fixed and holy from that marble brow Death gased and left it there. he dared not steal The signet ring of Heaven." Right Stone: Charles Trafton Died July 14, 1855 Æt. 68 Yrs. - A Very Grave Matter: Gravestones and Burying Grounds of New England Ancestors Genealogy First Settlers of New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts NH ME MA

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The Portland Street Cemetery is on Agamenticus Road in South Berwick, Maine. This is the burial place of the famous 19th century writer Sarah Orne Jewett and her family. Several of the people here were used as the basis for characters in her books. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps.

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Left Stone:
Mrs. Elizabeth
wife of
Dr. Charles Trafton
Died
Nov. 22
1843;
Aged 50 Yrs.
She is gone.
"The spoiler set
His seal of silence. But there beam'd a smile
So fixed and holy from that marble brow
Death gased and left it there. he dared not steal
The signet ring of Heaven."

Right Stone:
Charles Trafton
Died
July 14, 1855
Æt. 68 Yrs.