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 To Elijah son of William and Maria Humphreys in fond commemoration of his rare promise Premature mental endowments high Christian principles manly modesty and gentle grace of manners this stone is inscribed Born May 19 A. D. 1821 In the flower of youth and early hope at the age of twelve years he was not for God took him Octobert 22 1833 and after a dreary interval revealed the mistery of his untimely death Jan 31 1835 His remains recovered from the neighboring waters Here await the issues of that day When united with kindred dust Mortality shall be swallowed up of life And the Lord shall make up his jewells. Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, (Springfield, Massachusetts, Press of Springfield Printing Company, 1880) page 809 April 2005
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