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gravematter > ERECTED
to the memory of
MRS. ASENATH BUTTERS
wife of Mr. Joseph Butters
who died Octr. 10 AD. 1817
in the 25 year of her age,
and their Child Octr. 12 aged
15 days both enclos'd in one
coffin. Here lies a belov'd wife &
Child. A solemn warning to Hus
band Mother brothers and sisters
all who are left.
Left to bemoan her early death
That she so soon resign'd her breath 
In bloom of life then she must die
In death's cold urn they now must lie.
gravematter > LYDIA,
Relict of 
JOSEPH BUTTERS
DIED
May 19, 1849
Æt. 94.
gravematter > REBECCA,
wife of Sylvanus
WOOD ESQ.
died Oct. 6, 1850,
Æ. 61 yrs.

We have loved thee on earth
May we meet thee in Heaven.
gravematter > 
Thomas 
Carter
aged 21
gravematter >  Nathaniel Ca[rter]
the son of [Mr.]
Nathaniel & [Mrs.]
Mary Carter
Aged 20 Months
& 3 Days who Died
Octr ye 7th 1749
??????? Buried here
gravematter >  Mary Carter
1791
ERECTED
to the memory of
MRS. ASENATH BUTTERS
wife of Mr. Joseph Butters
who died Octr. 10 AD. 1817
in the 25 year of her age,
and their Child Octr. 12 aged
15 days both enclos'd in one
coffin. Here lies a belov'd wife &
Child. A solemn warning to Hus
band Mother brothers and sisters
all who are left.
Left to bemoan her early death
That she so soon resign'd her breath
In bloom of life then she must die
In death's cold urn they now must lie.
gravematter > ERECTED
to the memory of
MRS. ASENATH BUTTERS
wife of Mr. Joseph Butters
who died Octr. 10 AD. 1817
in the 25 year of her age,
and their Child Octr. 12 aged
15 days both enclos'd in one
coffin. Here lies a belov'd wife &
Child. A solemn warning to Hus
band Mother brothers and sisters
all who are left.
Left to bemoan her early death
That she so soon resign'd her breath 
In bloom of life then she must die
In death's cold urn they now must lie.
ERECTED
to the memory of
MRS. ASENATH BUTTERS
wife of Mr. Joseph Butters
who died Octr. 10 AD. 1817
in the 25 year of her age,
and their Child Octr. 12 aged
15 days both enclos'd in one
coffin. Here lies a belov'd wife &
Child. A solemn warning to Hus
band Mother brothers and sisters
all who are left.
Left to bemoan her early death
That she so soon resign'd her breath
In bloom of life then she must die
In death's cold urn they now must lie.
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