Sanford Twp, York County, Maine - BENNETT MCCRILLIS CEMETERY Date 8/14/2005 Submitted by John Neal for use in the USGenWeb Tombstone Project Copyright - All Rights Reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McCrellis Robert d. March 12, 1876 age 73yrs. 6 days Inscription From Tombstone --- What to us is life without thee Darkness and despair alone Where with sighs we seek to find thee This tomb proclaims that thou are gone Wife: Elcy d. Oct. 27, 1870 Aet. age 55yrs. 9 mos. 13 days Inscription From Tombstone --- The months of afflictions are o'er, The days and the nights of distress We see her in anguish no more, (The following or part of could be obscured by cement base added later by Bert F. Twombley) The months of affliction are o'er, The days and the nights of distress; We see her in anguish no more, She's gained her happy release. No sickness or sorrow or pain Shall ever disquiet her more, For death to her spirit was gain, Since Christ was her life when below. Her soul has now taken its flight To mansions of glory above, To mingle with angels of light, And dwell in the Kingdom of Love. The victory now is obtained She's gone her dear savior to see And her wish she fully has gained She's now where she longed to be. The coffin, the shroud and the grave, To her were no objects of dread, On him who is might to save, Her soul was with confidence stayed. Then let us forbear to complain, That she is now gone from our sight; We soon shall behold her again, With new and redoubled delight. Bennett Nancy J. d. May 18, 1859 age 18 yrs. 8 mos. & 11 days. Inscription From Tombstone --- Stop here my friends as you pass by; As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me. Mccrellis, Lucy A. d. Apr. 18, 1919 Aet. 73 yrs. 7 mos. 3days. Mother Wife of Josiah F. Twombley Inscription From Tombstone --- At Rest (Exhumed and moved to Oakdale Cemetery - new matching headstone was set up there - the original was in barn cellar at Twombley Farm for decades) Downs, Dorothy d. Aug 17, 1930 Inscription From Tombstone --- Baby of Herman And Florence T. (This stone was placed August of 2005)