1848 - Martha Trease Turner

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Gravestone of Martha Trease Turner

Her grave is in a line of four graves in Tresmeer churchyard that can be seen in this photograph. The inscription on the headstone reads:-


Sacred
To the memory of
MARTHA TREASE TURNER
The beloved daughter of
William & Frances Turner
of this parish
who died at North petherwin
January 6th 1848
AGED 18 YEARS

'Tis done, the scene is closed, the conflict o'er,
The curtain drops, and Martha is no more,
Wearied betimes of this our dark abode,
She burst her chains, and spurn'd her mortal clod,
Plumed her light wings and rose and tower'd away,
To realms of purer joy, and brighter day.