In memory of Abigail Shmnway daughtr of Mr Jabez & Mrs Olive Shumway who dlied March 21st 1820.
Aged 40 years.
Behold my grave as you pass by
As you are now so once was I;
Death suddenly took hold of me
And so the case of you may be
SOURCE: EPITAPHS from THE OLD BURYING GROUND, WEST MEDWAY, MASS
BURIED: Old Burying Ground, West Medway, Massachusetts
http://medwaylib.org/History/epitaphs/w_medway_epitaphs.htm
Steve Shumway -shumways@@petershumway.org