I am going home to heaven
Olive Matthews
widow of
Capt. Joseph Matthews
Born in Barnstable, Mass.,
Aug. 9, 1794.
Died in New York,
July 20, 1875,
Aged 80 years 11 mos.
& 11 days
"A voice from the spirit land
A voice from the silent tomb,
Entrats with a sweet command -
Mother come home!
Ah loved ones I haste to thee
Soon, soon shall I reach thy home,
and there will thou welcome me. --
I come, I come."
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