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This is really eloquent, and rather spiritually aware compared to what I would mostly expect of the 1800s.

Yeah, that really surprised me as well. I am going to go visit that grave again and get some more pictures of it. It's got a great sculpture on the obverse and James Stephens had an interesting part to play in Portland's history.

I lost two best friends of mine, a couple, equally enlightened than the couple honored in your post, also together for in the order of half a century, passing away only five months apart. He followed her only four days ago.

Blessed are they to eternity, for the chain of honest goodwill they left as their heritage...