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This sandstone headstone was difficult to
decipher, but fortunately, it was found in the Archive*:
In Memory of Phebe
Dau(ghter) of David & Prudence Lyon died
Aug. 11
1790 age 11 Months
14 days
Sleep dear babe abnd take thy rest
Both young and old must die
God called you home he thought it best
To sing his praise on high.
*Page 149 of
Inscriptions from Monumental Stones in the Public Cemetery at
Orange, formerly Orangeville, 1847 Volume 2
This is a handwritten book from the Archives at First
Presbyterian Church in Orange, NJ.