Pages 60 through 69
Page 60: This page memorializes Prudence's older sister Harriet Jones. It includes an obituary column from the local newspaper, a resolution in her honor passed by her church and reprinted in the newspaper, and a poem titled "God Knows the Best" that counsels resignation in the face of death. The page also contains an obituary for Kate Davis, who was a resident of Louisburg but whose relationship to Prudence is unknown.
Page 61: This page contains a die-cut illustration of an azalea branch, an picture of an outdoor scene, an essay warning against discontentment, a prayer in the form of a poem, and a short anecdote about a hard-working boy who grows up into a business tycoon.
Page 62: This page follows a general theme of sickness and rest. There are poems about longing and wishing for death, poems about enduring sickness with resignation,, a poem about missing one's dead children, and an illustration of a sick woman in bed. But because Prudence was very thrifty about using the page space in her scrapbook, the rest of the page is filled out with jokes that seem out of place in this context.
Page 63: This is one of the few pages in the scrapbook filled entirely with images. Two of the scrapbook's most common themes are flowers and religion, and these themes are combined here in die-cut images that depict crosses covered in flowers.
Page 64: This page contains a single item: a postcard featuring a picture of a horseshoe decorated with roses.
Page 65: The most prominent item on this page is a humorous sketch called "Cousin Sally Dillard," attributed to a North Carolina author, Hamilton C. Jones. The page also contains another humorous sketch purporting to be "a school-girl's composition on a cow," as well as two more serious items: one poem about the vanity of life and another about waiting for death.
Page 66: This page has an image and a poem about the importance of water to children growing up in rural areas. The poem was written by early 19th century American poet Samuel Woodworth.
Page 67: This page of the scrapbook contains one long article titled "Cupid Sharpening His Arrow" regarding the different aspects of love along with an illustration literally depicting Cupid sharpening his arrow.
Page 68: The illustrations on this page depicts a couple's marriage, honeymoon, or general relationship as constantly changing like the phases of the moon. Depending on when Prudence included this in her scrapbook, it may have been a way to justify her being single until she was over 40 years old or in response to difficulties in her relationship with her husband, Willie Mangum Person, once she did marry.
Page 69: This page's general theme is of a man trying to persuade a woman to marry him; the illustration on this page depicts a scene in Wissahickon, Pennsylvania.
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