Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 15 Mar 1855 p3: "DEATHS---In this town, 8th inst., Abby Elizabeth, youngest child of Joel L. and Matilda G. Barrows, aged 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. This is the third child whose death there parents have been called to mourn within a few years past.
'So soon as born we all begin to die,
Out transient pleasures bloom and pass us by;
Mourn not their exit to the silent tomb,
The God who lent them, only calls them home.'"
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 15 Mar 1855 p3: "DEATHS---In this town, 8th inst., Abby Elizabeth, youngest child of Joel L. and Matilda G. Barrows, aged 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. This is the third child whose death there parents have been called to mourn within a few years past.
'So soon as born we all begin to die,
Out transient pleasures bloom and pass us by;
Mourn not their exit to the silent tomb,
The God who lent them, only calls them home.'"
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Daughter of Joel & Matilda Barrows.
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