Son of James M & Jerusha (Craft) Mead. Passed away at 19 years old.
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A Ballad of Frozen Men
By Lucy Kelly Avery
Published in The Griffin Corners Herald
Jan 10, 1891
Awake, awake, my friends give ear
Think on these deaths, which was severe,
"Twas on the tenth of January
Eighteen hundred twentythree.
It was then from home two men did go
In a bad storm of wind and snow
To tell their names I must proceed
It was Ruben Craft and Abner Mead.
That day was spend as many are,
To think on death was not their care.
But O how soon we now may see
Men go from home to eternity.
They then sat out for to go home
But, alas, they never did come,
The night being dark, the storm severe,
It proved their deaths as you will hear.
The day being gone, the night being spent,
Word to their parents then was sent,
Their fathers quickly did appear
To look for their sons they loved so dear.
Great lamentations then were made.
"Our sons are dead," they often said,
They wrung their hands they wept full sore,
"Our sons alive we'll see no more."
Then to the woods they all did go
To look for these men as you may know,
Then after looking all around
They found them dead upon the ground.
An awful sight they then did view.
Abner being dead and Ruben too.
God's power made known, as we may say
In an awful and tremendous way.
There is one thing ignore I will relate
Concerning Ruben's dreadful fate,
He left a wife and children dear
To lament his absence here.
Now to the friends of broken heart,
One word of comfort I'd impart,
As you know, good Job did say,
"The Lord will give and take away."
Lord sanctify this stroke I pray
And fit us for that dreadful day
That we with Christ at last may stand
In heaven above at thy right hand.
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A Ballad of Frozen Men
By Lucy Kelly Avery
Published in The Griffin Corners Herald
Jan 10, 1891
Awake, awake, my friends give ear
Think on these deaths, which was severe,
"Twas on the tenth of January
Eighteen hundred twentythree.
It was then from home two men did go
In a bad storm of wind and snow
To tell their names I must proceed
It was Ruben Craft and Abner Mead.
That day was spend as many are,
To think on death was not their care.
But O how soon we now may see
Men go from home to eternity.
They then sat out for to go home
But, alas, they never did come,
The night being dark, the storm severe,
It proved their deaths as you will hear.
The day being gone, the night being spent,
Word to their parents then was sent,
Their fathers quickly did appear
To look for their sons they loved so dear.
Great lamentations then were made.
"Our sons are dead," they often said,
They wrung their hands they wept full sore,
"Our sons alive we'll see no more."
Then to the woods they all did go
To look for these men as you may know,
Then after looking all around
They found them dead upon the ground.
An awful sight they then did view.
Abner being dead and Ruben too.
God's power made known, as we may say
In an awful and tremendous way.
There is one thing ignore I will relate
Concerning Ruben's dreadful fate,
He left a wife and children dear
To lament his absence here.
Now to the friends of broken heart,
One word of comfort I'd impart,
As you know, good Job did say,
"The Lord will give and take away."
Lord sanctify this stroke I pray
And fit us for that dreadful day
That we with Christ at last may stand
In heaven above at thy right hand.
Son of James M & Jerusha (Craft) Mead. Passed away at 19 years old.
::::::::::
A Ballad of Frozen Men
By Lucy Kelly Avery
Published in The Griffin Corners Herald
Jan 10, 1891
Awake, awake, my friends give ear
Think on these deaths, which was severe,
"Twas on the tenth of January
Eighteen hundred twentythree.
It was then from home two men did go
In a bad storm of wind and snow
To tell their names I must proceed
It was Ruben Craft and Abner Mead.
That day was spend as many are,
To think on death was not their care.
But O how soon we now may see
Men go from home to eternity.
They then sat out for to go home
But, alas, they never did come,
The night being dark, the storm severe,
It proved their deaths as you will hear.
The day being gone, the night being spent,
Word to their parents then was sent,
Their fathers quickly did appear
To look for their sons they loved so dear.
Great lamentations then were made.
"Our sons are dead," they often said,
They wrung their hands they wept full sore,
"Our sons alive we'll see no more."
Then to the woods they all did go
To look for these men as you may know,
Then after looking all around
They found them dead upon the ground.
An awful sight they then did view.
Abner being dead and Ruben too.
God's power made known, as we may say
In an awful and tremendous way.
There is one thing ignore I will relate
Concerning Ruben's dreadful fate,
He left a wife and children dear
To lament his absence here.
Now to the friends of broken heart,
One word of comfort I'd impart,
As you know, good Job did say,
"The Lord will give and take away."
Lord sanctify this stroke I pray
And fit us for that dreadful day
That we with Christ at last may stand
In heaven above at thy right hand.
::::::::::
A Ballad of Frozen Men
By Lucy Kelly Avery
Published in The Griffin Corners Herald
Jan 10, 1891
Awake, awake, my friends give ear
Think on these deaths, which was severe,
"Twas on the tenth of January
Eighteen hundred twentythree.
It was then from home two men did go
In a bad storm of wind and snow
To tell their names I must proceed
It was Ruben Craft and Abner Mead.
That day was spend as many are,
To think on death was not their care.
But O how soon we now may see
Men go from home to eternity.
They then sat out for to go home
But, alas, they never did come,
The night being dark, the storm severe,
It proved their deaths as you will hear.
The day being gone, the night being spent,
Word to their parents then was sent,
Their fathers quickly did appear
To look for their sons they loved so dear.
Great lamentations then were made.
"Our sons are dead," they often said,
They wrung their hands they wept full sore,
"Our sons alive we'll see no more."
Then to the woods they all did go
To look for these men as you may know,
Then after looking all around
They found them dead upon the ground.
An awful sight they then did view.
Abner being dead and Ruben too.
God's power made known, as we may say
In an awful and tremendous way.
There is one thing ignore I will relate
Concerning Ruben's dreadful fate,
He left a wife and children dear
To lament his absence here.
Now to the friends of broken heart,
One word of comfort I'd impart,
As you know, good Job did say,
"The Lord will give and take away."
Lord sanctify this stroke I pray
And fit us for that dreadful day
That we with Christ at last may stand
In heaven above at thy right hand.
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