Tripp Cemetery

Sanford, Maine

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This cemetery is located on Airport Road, old Route 109. MOCA lists this as the Tripp-Davis-Parsons Cemetery.

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MARY L.
Wife of
Joshua Backus
& Dau. of
John & Anna Tripp,
Born 1836 Died 1897
He giveth His beloved sleep.

 

MOTHER
HANNAH A.
WIFE OF
JAMES E. DAVIS
DIED
May 9, 1911,
AE. 75 yrs. 8 mos.
15 dys.

FATHER
JAMES E. DAVIS
DIED
Jan. 22, 1897,
AE. 65 yrs. 9 mos.

JULIA A
Daughter of
J. E. & H. A. Davis
Died Nov. [6] 1888
AE. 8 yrs. 9 mos.
Gentle [s   r  ] little Julia.
 

FATHER
JOHN TRIPP
DIED
Apr. 27, 1875
Aged
65 Yrs. 10 Mo's.
Fold him O Father in thine arms
and let him henceforth be
A messenger of love between
[     ] our hearts and thee.

 

MOTHER
ANNA,
Wife of
John Tripp,
DIED
Jan. 10, 1883
AGED
72 Yrs. 2 Mos.
He giveth his beloved sleep
O tried and true thou hast the best
That Heaven itself can give thee rest.

(Front)

ELIHU PARSONS
died Jan. 15, 1906.
AE. 90 ys. 6 ms. 13 ds.
OLIVE L.
Wife of
Elihu Parsons
died Nov. 22, 1886
AE 69 yrs. 6 mos. 7 d's
I shall be waiting and [watching?]
PARSONS
 

(Back)

GEO. W. PARSONS
died Feb. 15, 1908
AE 64 yrs. 4 mos.


 

(Right side)

MARY E.
Only Daughter of
Elihu & Olive L.
Parsons.
died July 27, 1847
AE 5 mos. 9 d's
Buried in Methuen, Mass.
 

GEORGE JACOBS
TRIPP
1769-1859

 

LOVICY THOMPSON
TRIPP
1770-1838
 

MARY,
WIFE OF
THEODORE TRIPP
DIED
AE. 66 yrs. 2 m. 2 d.
Sleep gently dear Mary,
Thy sufferings are o'er;
Thy spirit is at rest,
On that shining shore.
 

SAMUEL
son of
JOHN & ANNA TRIPP
DIED
Jan. 18, 1833
AGED
10 Mo's 13 Da's

 

THEODORE TRIPP
DIED
October 25, 1870
aged
69 yrs. 8 ms. 11 ds.
Father, we here shall meet no more
But there is a happier shore
And there released from toil & pain
Dear father we shall meet again
 

  Cemetery Layout
(Not to scale.)
 
        Julia Davis James Davis Hannah Davis  
  Samuel Tripp            
  George Tripp Lovicy Tripp   Theodore Tripp Mary Tripp    
               
  Frank Tripp Anna
Tripp
Mary Backus     Parsons Monument  

 

  

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Revised: June 11, 2008 .