The following inscriptions are from the first graveyard set apart in Mantua, Portage County, Ohio.
It is located a mile south of Mantua Center.
Attention is called to the inadequate inscriptions on the gravestones of all these married women except the wives of William Pettit and Amzi Atwater.
These two give the family name of the wife, and render it possible to trace their descent.
JAMES BLAIR
Died
June 24, 1856
Aged 84 yrs.
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MERCY
Wife of
JAMES BLAIR
Died
April 25 1851
Aged 76 years
___________________________
MARTHA
Wife of
DAVID S. SHEPPERD
Died May 3, 1851
Aged 51 years
___________________________
ANSON
Son of
C. and M. Blair
Died
May 21 1850
Aged 6 yr-9 mo.
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OUR LITTLE BERTIE
Son of
E.R. AND L.A. BLAIR
Died
Aug. 21 1866
Aged 12 yrs
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AVERY PATTERSON
1797-1859
ANNIE BLAIR
His Wife
1803-1889
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ADAM McKIBBIN
Died
Feb. 14 1883
Aged 67 years
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In Memory of
MR. JACOB BLAIR
Who departed this life
April 9 1807 : in the 33d. year of his age
Killed from a fall from a building.
Let this vain world ingage no more
Behold the gapind tomb,
It bids us seize the present hour
Tomorrow death may come.
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JOHN BLAIR
Died
Jan'y 7 1851
Aged 86 years
He was a pioneer settler of Mantua
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In Memory*
RUSSELL BLAIR .......of
JOHN and .........
Died ......1826
As you are............
As I am.................
*This stone was defaced
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In Memory of
CEMANTHY Consort of
DOCT DANTH H. PALMER
Who departed this life
Jan. 19 1833
AE 27 years 7 mo.
The soul of Cemantha is gone
To heighten the praises above
Exalted to Jesus's throne
And clasped in the arms of his love.
No longer imprisoned in clay
Who next from his dungeon shall fly
Who next shall be summoned-
My merciful Lord it is I
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ALFRED BLAIR
Died
Aug. 14 1835
AE 37.
You too must die.
____________________________
Departed for her Spirit home
Aug 20, 1855
CAROLENE D.
Wife of
NELSON B. BLAIR
Aged 20 years 3 mo 2 d
Tis only the casket lieth here
The gem that filled it lives above
And oftne from that happy sphere
returns to us on wings of love
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CARLOS
Son of
ALFRED AND JULIA BLAIR
Died
March 2, 1847
Aged 16 years
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SARAH
Wife of
GERSHAM JUDSON
Died Dec. 25, 1830
Aged 44 years
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SETH A. WADWORTH
Died
March 25, 1867
Aged
35 yrs 6 mos & 19 ds
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Widow
REBEKAH BACON
From Hinsdale Mass.
Died
At Fairport on her passage to Mantua, O
Sept. 28, 1834
Aged 74 years
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SARAH
Wife of
ELIAB B. BOSWORTH
Died
Oct. 3, 1851
Aged 34 yrs 10 mos
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LUCRETIA
Wife of
ELLA WILMOT
Died
Feb. 13 1862
Aged 72 years
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To the Memory of
ELLA WILMOT
Died
March 25, 1832
Aged 43 years
Prepare to meet thy God
______________________________________
Widow
HANNAH SMITH
Died
Dec. 24, 1843
Aged 81 yrs
Prepare to follow me.
_________________________________________
MARK
Son of SAMUEL & EUNICE MOORE
Died Sept. 24, 1812
Aged 21 years
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HELLEN L. HARPER
Wife of
WILLIAM PETTIT
Died
May 20, 1860
Aged 23 years 9 mos.
____________________________
SAMUEL
Son of
ARCHIBALD & EMILY HARPER
Died May 15th, 1849
AE 15 yrs. 8 mos & 29 dys
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EMILY
Wife of ARCHIBALD HARPER
Died
Nov 26, 1849
AE 49 yrs
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ORRIN CUNNINGHAM
Died
Oct. 20, 1854
Aged 48
______________________________
LAURA
Wife of
ORRIN CUNNINGHAM
Died
May 5, 1884
Aged 78
______________________________
MYRON CUNNINGHAM
Died
Mar. 11, 1887
Aged 37
_____________________________
In Memory of
JULIA
Wife of
ZARDA FROST
Died
Sept. 10, 1887
Aged 30 years and 30 days
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ELENOR
Wife of
JOHN FROST
Died
May 17, 1825
Aged 61 years
____________________________
GEORGE
Son of
JAMES & SEMIRA FROST
Died
March 4, 1837
Aged 5 months
_______________________________
MARY
Wife of
JOHN COLLINS
Died
April 30, 1850
Aged 45 years
____________________________
JACOB W. PETTIBONE
Died Nov. 15 1852
Aged 67 years
MARTHA
His wife
Died Feb. 26 1858
Aged 71 years 4 mos 22 da
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LYDIA*
Wife of
FRANKLIN SNOW
Died
March 15, 1820
Aged
37 years 5 ms 6 ds
*This woman was the Mother of the present head of the Morman Church
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CORINTHA
Wife of
E.A. PARRISH
Died
Jan 30 1855
Aged 30 yr's
_______________________
MARINDA
Wife of
PORTLAND HYDE
Died
Dec. 22, 1858
Aged 30 yrs
_________________________
HENRY LANSING
Feb. 9, 1802
Jan 15, 1890
________________________
LORENA
Wife of
E.M. YOUNG
Died
Aug. 13, 1839
Aged 20 years
______________________
CAROLINE
Dau. of
J. & J. McINTOSH
Died
June 24, 1825
Aged
2 yrs. 4 mo, 3 ds
_______________________
The Widow
LOIS ATWATER
Removed from Hamden Ct.
to Mantua O. 1804
Died June 7, 1835
AE 86
Erected by her son AMZI ATWATER
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AMZI ATWATER
Born at Hamden Ct.
May 23 1776
Died
June 14 1851
Aged 75 years
____________________________
HULDAH
Wife of
AMZI ATWATER ESQ.
& Daughter of EBNER SHELDON ESQ.
Died
Oct. 9, 1845
Age 60 years
They that die in the Lord
rest from their labours and their works do follow them.
_____________________________
LUCY
Daughter of AMZI & HULDAH ATWATER
Died
Sept. 13, 1843
Aged 21 years
In hope of a resurrection
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REBECCA
Wife of
AMZI ATWATER ESQ.
Died
Feb. 25 1854
Aged 63 yrs 9 mos.
_______________________________________
JOTHAM ATWATER
Died
Nov. 5, 1828
Aged 49 years
_________________________
LAURA
Wife of
JOTHAM ATWATER
Died
Aug. 30, 1834
Aged 47 years
_____________________________
HARVEY
son of
JOTHAM & LAURA ATWATER
Died
August 28, 1824
Aged 15 years
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DAVID POND
Died
May 21, 1827
Aged 45 years
_____________________________
MIRIAM POND
Died
Nov. 14, 1870
Aged 83 years
____________________________
ALLEN POND
Died 1834
Aged 20 years
_____________________________
MIRA POND
Died
Nov 30 1828
Aged 23 years
_____________________________
CARNETIA
Daughter of
JOHN & ELMIRA FROST
Died Sept. 17, 1839
Aged 5 y'rs & 6 mo.
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ORRIN LAMB
Died
April 4, 1861
Aged
59 yrs 6 ms.
____________________________
JOSEPH LAMB
Died
April 28 1851
Aged 76 years
______________________________
MARY
Wife of
WM. CARPENTER
Died
November 3 1843
Aged 29 years
Be ye also ready
_____________________________
CLARISSA C.
Wife of
WM. CARPENTER
Died
Sept. 30, 1839
Aged 29 years
____________________________
S.W. BEEBE
Died
Sept. 1841
Aged 48 years
______________________________
LUCY
Wife of
THOMAS ADAMS
Died
Oct. 3 1853
Aged 72 years
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TRUMAN VAUGHN
1809 - 1885
CAROLINE
1810 - 1841
On the reverse side of this stone
WILLIS
1943 - 1843
AMANZER
1850 - 1850
CAROLINE
1852 - 1855
LIDA
1837 - 1856
CLARISSA
1834 - 1859
ERNEST
1859 - 1861
GEORGE
1835 - 1865
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WM. C. LEOPARD
Died
Oct. 31, 1854
AE 46 yrs.
He always made home happy
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POLLY
Wife of
JACOB MILLER
Died
Dec. 25, 1864
Aged 79 years
________________________
JACOB MILLER
Died
Sept. 18, 1857
Aged 72 years
_______________________
SOLOMON
Son of
J & P MILLER
Died
March 26, 1853
Aged 22 years
________________________
STEPHEN MILLER
Dead
July 16 1852
Aged 65 years
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JOHN McINTOSH
Born
At Hanover, N.H. Dec. 20, 1791
Died
Aug. 24 1852
Ag'd 60 yrs 9 mo
