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Perkins Cemetery The Perkins Cemetery is located off Route 166 |
Last Name |
Full Name |
Grave Lot # |
Stone | Stone Photo |
Comment | Transcription of Stone Surface |
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Perkins | Elisabeth | 1 | Yes | Lot Headstone Surface Footstone |
[headstone] STOVER/ died July 18, 1832/ AE 4 yrs. 10 mos. ELISABETH S./ died July 31, 1832 / AE. 2 yrs. 11 mo. 7 ds. Children of Jonathan & / Nancy Perkins. / Mourned because our feeble breath / was stopped almost soon as given / There's nothing terrible in death, / To those who come to heaven. [footstone] S & EP |
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Perkins | Jeremiah | 2 | Yes |
Headstone Surface Footstone |
[headstone] SACRED / to the memory of / Mr. JEREMIAH PERKINS / Who departed this (illegible) / Jan'y 4th 1821 / 28 years ? / (epitaph illegible) [footstone] JP |
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Perkins | Jonathan | 4 | Yes | Lot Headstone Footstone |
[headstone] JONATHAN PERKINS / BORN JAN. 17, 1796 / DIED DEC 24, 1877 / An honest man is the noblest work of God. / NANCY, HIS WIFE / BORN NOV. 14, 1806 / DIED AUG. 30, 1847 / Farewell dear friends, I bid adieu / To this vain world, likewise to go / No more on earth my form you'll see / Prepare to die and follow me. [footstone] JP / NP |
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Perkins | Lydia | 3 | Lot Headstone Surface Footstone |
[headstone] LYDIA / widow of the late Capt. Stover / PERKINS' / died April 2, 1841, / AE. 90. / Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, yea / they rest from their labours, and their works / do follow them. [footstone] LP |
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Perkins | Nancy | 4 | Yes | Lot Headstone Footstone |
[headstone] JONATHAN PERKINS / BORN JAN. 17, 1796 / DIED DEC 24, 1877 / An honest man is the noblest work of God. / NANCY, HIS WIFE / BORN NOV. 14, 1806 / DIED AUG. 30, 1847 / Farewell dear friends, I bid adieu / To this vain world, likewise to go / No more on earth my form you'll see / Prepare to die and follow me. [footstone] JP / NP |
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Perkins | Stover | 1 | Yes | Lot Headstone Surface Footstone |
[headstone] STOVER/ died July 18, 1832/ AE 4 yrs. 10 mos. ELISABETH S./ died July 31, 1832 / AE. 2 yrs. 11 mo. 7 ds. Children of Jonathan & / Nancy Perkins. / Mourned because our feeble breath / was stopped almost soon as given / There's nothing terrible in death, / To those who come to heaven. [footstone] S & EP |
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Perkins | Victoria | 5 | Yes | Lot Headstone Footstone |
[headstone] VICTORIA / Wife of / Christopher C. Perkins / DIED / DEC 31, 1877, / AE. 33 yrs. 11m's. 24 ds. / We must part but not forever: Sweeter union waits above, / Time nor death those bonds can sever / Bonds of everlasting love. [footstone] VP |
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Perkins | Wyman E. | 6 | Yes | Lot Headstone |
WYMAN E. / Son of C.C. & V. / PERKINS / Died May 12, 1879. / AE. 2 yrs. 7 m's & 19 d's. / Thou wert so like a form of light / That (illegible) call'd thee hence / (6 lines illegible) |
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