Vital Records of the Town of Auburn, (Formerly Ward), Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1850 / With the Inscriptions from the Old Burial Grounds

by Franklin P. Rice

Prepare my friends to follow me.

166. In Memory of
Mrs. Hannah Richardson,
Wife of
Mr. Joseph Richardson,
who died
Oct. 20, 1825,
in the 46 year
of her age.

Death is to me a sweet repose,

It opes the bud to show the rose,

It burst my cage to let it fly

And build my happy nest on high.

167. In Memory of
Mrs. Sally Richardson,
Wife of
Mr. Joseph Richardson,
who died
Oct. 17, 1830,
aged 46.

Friends nor Physicians could not save,

This mortal Body from the grave;

Nor will the grave confine it here