Inscription
wife of Philip P. Mc Crea
Leaving an infant daughter of 18 days and many
friends to mourn their loss,
Thy gentle spirit, dear departed friend,
No longer can its kindly influence lend.
To seeth the cares and smooth the rugged paths of life
But far removed, safe of the deathless shore.
Where we can hear thy cheering voice no more,
Thour't free from mortal pain & know'th no earthly strife.
Well be thy bright example still imprest
With thy loved memory in each friendly breast.
And yet the time - O happy time - may be
When holy joy that death shall never spoil,
The kindred spirits freed from every toil,
Shall once again unite in blest eternity.
O, may thy infant orphan daughter live,
The comfort of thy friendship still to give;
And with thy name, thy modest virtues too maintain.
Then may bereaved friends their love transfer,
And love thee present still, in loving her, (?)
And the sweet joys of friendship with thee thus regain
from "Cemetery Transcriptions" by Helen M Wright published in 1952. Copy available at Hilltop Presbyterian Church
Gravesite Details
age 31;this is not the grave of 'Tempe Wick' of the Revolutionary war legend. This grave is believed to be of a niece or cousin. Tempe Wick is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown, NJ.
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