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Mary Simeon Gravestone

This gravestone marks the death of Mary Simeon of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The stone reads: “In memory of Mary, the wife of Simeon Harvey Who Departed This Life December 20 1785, in the 39th year of Her age, on her left Arm lieth the Infant Which was still born.”

Source: Barbara Rotundo Photograph Collection, Association for Gravestone Studies Collection, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries. https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph050-i030

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