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Ruthe was born on January 22, 1763 in York, Maine, and died at the tender age of 23. The winged head is indicative of the soul flying to it's reward in the afterlife. In Memory of Miss Ruthe Lyman who was possessed of many amiable qualities, the joy of her Parents, the delight of her connexions and beloved of all: if youth, if virtue deserve a tear, reader, drop it here when the engraving of this stone inform you when she left her weeping friends in the 23d year of her age June 22d 1785. |
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