John W. Saunders – Tombstone Inscription


Saunders, John W.
Section 19
ID # 190061 

John W. Saunders
Departed this Life
31st August 1842
Aged 35 Years 

To Society an Ornament, to Wife and Children a Treasure
Spirit Beloved! Now is Heaven Eternally Thine own.
And yet we weep, for Nature thus Deplores
The Friend that leaves us, though for Happier Shores 

Documentation
1909 List: John W. Sanders
                Section 19 EP Lot 2
Smith 1908 & Garrett: Same as Recorded 2005,
     except neither source listed the Epitaph


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