I recently took a trip to a nearby cemetery called the Canfield-Doremus Cemetery(the old Cedar Grove Cemetery).in Northern New Jersey.  It is a relatively small cemetery and not affiliated with any religious group.This is a one acre plot that was on a farm  that belonged Thomas Doremus. It was used for 70 years as a burial ground. Other land was later added.

It has some burials going back to the 1700's. Some of the older stones were made of red

sandstone and i found some profound inscriptions on them.

The photo above caught my attention: It states

IN
MEMORY OF
JOHN W. WHITE
WHO DIED. 9.TH APRIL. 1841
AGED. 52 YEARS.
Behold. me here. as. you. pass by
As you. are now. so once was I.
But as I am so. you must be.
Prepare for ???

Picture of the stone for Margaret-Caroline Delany

Another read

SACRED
to the Memory
of ROZIL DAVIS who
died September 10th,
1804, in the 40th Year of
his age.

to mortals and sure hope I bid a dieu
And no more the riling sun will view
ready remember thou must die
and like me go into eternity

Canfield Cemetery

I did find a branch of my family also-Sindles

FAMILY OF
GEORGE SINDLE
1821 -
and
SOPHIA, 1823 - 1895.
MARGARET ANN 1846-1885
?ESTER 1848-1874
RACHAEL 1850-1876
ELIZABETH 1853-1874
WILLIAM H 1855-1887
REBECCA 1857-1883
MARY 1863-1895
?HARLES 1865-1884
SINDLE

A very interesting day. I love reading the inscriptions on the old stones. They are always very

touching.

Nan