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August  2007


Sacred to the memory
of Mrs Desire Kimberly
relict of
Mr Israel Kimberly
who exchanged this life
for immortality August 31
1794 age 28 years.
 
Here she bids her friends adieu
Some angel calls her to the spheres
Our eyes the radiant saint pursue
Through liquid telescope of tears.


Orcutt, Rev. Samuel,  History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880,
   (Springfield, Massachusetts, Press of Springfield Printing Company, 1880)
page 810

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