Tasseled drapery is a very common motif in a certain era, but this pair manages to feel particularly closed off in its arrangement. (Note, too, how wife Fannie's stone is more petite compared to husband Richard's.)
Front/north view:
Epitaphs (as transcribed in Cheetham, Donald, and Mark Cheetham. Pine Grove Cemetery, Bath Road, Brunswick, Maine, Cumberland County. Vol. 1, 2005. Richard's is pretty illegible to me.):
Richard's:
Fanny, we meet to part no more
and bud of them shall not fall to the grave
without your father.
Fannie's:
But Fannie dear we'll meet again
for thy few sins have been forgiven
and thou hast gone with God to reign
an angel fair and bright in heaven.
Side view:
Rear/south view is very plain but offers more details. The couple died about a year apart, both pretty young:
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| Fannie E. Wife of R. L. McManus Died Dec. 28, 1857. Aged 18 yrs. 8 mos. R. L. McManus Died Dec. 7, 1858. Aged 24 yrs, 10 mos, & 21 days |
But look sharp! The obelisk to the far right from earlier in the family plot includes a "lost at sea" note (on the south face):
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| Capt. Richard McManus Born April 1 1795, Died Sept. 2 1875 Capt. Nathaniel McManus Lost at sea 1832 AEt. 35 |
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