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Simmons History349

Franklin C. Waid’s parents and deceased brothers, as well as his grandparents - Pember and Anna (Lord) Waid - and other relatives not here mentioned, are interred in the Blooming Valley Cemetery, and on August 13, 1884, Mr. Waid, assisted by Sherman and Root, of Cambridgeboro, this county, and others, erected to their memory a plain Quincy gray granite monument brought from Massachusetts. It is known as the "Waid Monument." On the west side of it are the names of Franklin’s grandparents, father and mother, all born in Connecticut; on the south side is his father's family record; on the north side his own family record, and on the east side the following inscription: "In memory of my father, mother and kindred, this monument is erected by F. C. Waid." The height of the monument is nine feet, and it cost $400.