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gravematter > 
Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. William Dummer
who Departed this life
January the 27th AD 1768
Ætat. 53 
How lov'd, how valu'd, once avails thee not,
To whom related or by whom begot,
A heap of dust alone remains of thee 
'Tis all thou art and all man kind shall be.

In memory of
Dorothy, wife of
William Dummer
who died
Nov. 23, 1808
Æt. 73.  
Stop here my friend and view
This narrow house which is my home
Untill the Judgement day shall come
Prepare to die and ??? to the eternal 
world of joy. 

In Memory of
Mrs. Margaret Pierpont
Relict of
Mr. Jonath. Pierpont Esq.
who Departed this Life
June 30, 1781
Aged 80 Years.
gravematter > Here Lyes interr'd ye Body
of Mr Thomas Pierpont
M.A. ƒecond Son of ye Revd
Mr Jonathan Pierpont
late of Reading Deceaƒed
Who Departed this Life
April ye 4th AD 1753 in ye
53d Year of His Age
gravematter >  In Memory of Jonathan Bancroft
who departed this Life
after a ƒhort & painfull
Sickneƒs April 24, 1784
in ye 54th Year of his Age. 	

Sacred
to the Memory
of
Mr. Joseph Pierpont
a Man
of ƒtrict Integrity
extenƒive Charity
and
unaffected Piety
died
Septr 23d 1794
aged 88 Years
Bleƒƒed are the dead who
die in the Lord.

Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. William Dummer
who Departed this life
January the 27th AD 1768
Ætat. 53
How lov'd, how valu'd, once avails thee not,
To whom related or by whom begot,
A heap of dust alone remains of thee
'Tis all thou art and all man kind shall be.

In memory of
Dorothy, wife of
William Dummer
who died
Nov. 23, 1808
Æt. 73.
Stop here my friend and view
This narrow house which is my home
Untill the Judgement day shall come
Prepare to die and ??? to the eternal
world of joy.

In Memory of
Mrs. Margaret Pierpont
Relict of
Mr. Jonath. Pierpont Esq.
who Departed this Life
June 30, 1781
Aged 80 Years.
gravematter > 
Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. William Dummer
who Departed this life
January the 27th AD 1768
Ætat. 53 
How lov'd, how valu'd, once avails thee not,
To whom related or by whom begot,
A heap of dust alone remains of thee 
'Tis all thou art and all man kind shall be.

In memory of
Dorothy, wife of
William Dummer
who died
Nov. 23, 1808
Æt. 73.  
Stop here my friend and view
This narrow house which is my home
Untill the Judgement day shall come
Prepare to die and ??? to the eternal 
world of joy. 

In Memory of
Mrs. Margaret Pierpont
Relict of
Mr. Jonath. Pierpont Esq.
who Departed this Life
June 30, 1781
Aged 80 Years.

Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. William Dummer
who Departed this life
January the 27th AD 1768
Ætat. 53
How lov'd, how valu'd, once avails thee not,
To whom related or by whom begot,
A heap of dust alone remains of thee
'Tis all thou art and all man kind shall be.

In memory of
Dorothy, wife of
William Dummer
who died
Nov. 23, 1808
Æt. 73.
Stop here my friend and view
This narrow house which is my home
Untill the Judgement day shall come
Prepare to die and ??? to the eternal
world of joy.

In Memory of
Mrs. Margaret Pierpont
Relict of
Mr. Jonath. Pierpont Esq.
who Departed this Life
June 30, 1781
Aged 80 Years.
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