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Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.
Charles Henry Parkhurst
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Charles Henry Parkhurst
Age: 91 †
Born: 1842
Born: April 17
Died: 1933
Died: September 8
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Framingham
Massachusetts
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