Funeral Card · primary-source record
Morgan B. Spidell
circa August 1857 (computed from age at death) – September 1857
Died 1857 · aged 1 month, 20 days
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At-a-glance facts
Record type
Funeral Card
Date of death
September 1857
Date of birth
circa August 1857 (computed from age at death)
Age at death
1 month, 20 days
The funeral card
From the funeral card
There is no Death! what seems so is transition;
This life of Mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call Death.
In Loving Remembrance of
Morgan B. Spidell,
Died Sep. 2[?], 1857. Aged 1 months 20 days.
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep!
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
Asleep in Jesus! far from thee,
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Contributor's notes
Morgan B. Spidell died 1857 1 month 20 days old
An infant's funeral card.
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- From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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- Last verified
- 2026-06-12
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