Memorial Details

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JANE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN P. GOURD
WHO DIED AUG: 8^TH 1888
Aged 60 Years
…………………….
Weep not for me, husband and children dear.
I am not lost, but sleeping here.
Think on death for die you must,
And let your parents sleep in dust.
ALSO of JOHN GOURD
son OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED MAY 12^TH  1880
Aged 17 Years.

Seventeen sweet happy years have circled
Over is happy golden head:
Seventeen sweet summers gone over him
Had his mantlings glory shed.