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Day in the Life

Jun 25, 1849

Journal Entry

June 25, 1849 ~ Monday
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25th A rainy morning. Brother Stone set us across the Channel
in a boat to the South Island we walked 4 miles & stoped at
Br Josiah Pearce and spent the night I called upon his
Father Thomas Pearce 78 years old. Mother Pearce was also
78 years old this day, both are members of the Church and
strong in the faith. I had a good time with them. I called
upon Governor Brown who warned [me] off the Island when I
was here 10 years since but afterwards was baptized and
since cut off from the Church. I went with him & Br
Pearce to the Grave yard near Br Browns House visited Br John
Herretts Grave a stone was put up at the Head of it about
one foot high from the ground a rough square granit stone the
grave Joining it on the North had a stone of the same size
with a hollow on the top and a seam through the middle of it
which would be readily found it stands in the following order
[FIGURE] North J H South I picked up some pebbles from his grave to preserve in mem-
ory of him. 6 m

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Brown, Charles
13 Jan 1804 - 6 Aug 1839
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Herrett, John
1802-1840
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South Fox Island, Waldo County, Maine

Jun 25, 1849