ZINC - DELONG, Barss Corner, Nova Scotia - Zinc Headstones on Waymarking.com

A zinc spire mounted on two zinc plinths and a stone base. The lower plinth is simulated stone, the upper plinth has CRANDALL on one side and epitaphs on the other three. The upper and lower sections of the spire have ornate patterns and symbols with panels in the middle of each side. The spire is topped with an urn. The headstone is about 8 feet high.

Side 1:

Symbols: Sheaf of wheat and rose

ABRAHAM
DELONG.
DIED JAN. 22,
1889,
AGED 71 YEARS
3 MONTHS.

MARK THE PERFECT MAN
AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT.

Side 2:

DEATH IS CERTAIN
THE HOUR UNSEEN

Symbol: Cross with crown

ALTHOUGH HE SLEEPS, HIS MEMORY
DOTH LIVE,
AND CHEERING COMFORT TO HIS
MOURNING GIVE;
HE FOLLOWED VIRTUE AS HIS TRUEST
GUIDE,
IVED AS A CHRISTIAN, AS A CHRISTIAN
DIED.

Side 3:

Symbol - Pine cones

ELIZA. C
DELONG
DIED
OCT 23 1897
AGED
80 YRS 7 MOS

THERE IS SWEET REST
IN HEAVEN

Side 4:

Symbol - Shaking hands and Bible

DELONG

Additional Genealogy:

Abraham G. DELONG, b. 23 Oct 1817, Wilmot, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, son of Henry DELONG and Mary BIEHER. He married 1 Nov 1842 to Eliza C BAKER, b. 20 Mar 1817, Daughter of Conrad BAKER.

Children:
1. William Henry DELONG
2. John Leander DELONG
3. Lemuel S. DELONG
4. Mary Eleanor DELONG
5. Simon Peter DELONG
6. George Wellesley DELONG
7. Harriet Idella DELONG
8. Isaac Baker DELONG

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