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Person Details
 
Last NameBARBER
First NameEDWARD, COL
Maiden 
RelationH/O PHEBE TILLINGHAST
Cemetery NumberHP004
Cemetery NamePINE GROVE CEMETERY
Birth Day17
Birth MonthJUL
Birth Year1779
Death Day30
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1847
War1812
Gravestone Details
SectionB
Lot 
Map00169
Stone Materialpolished granite
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone4
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2018
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesBorn in the town of Exeter RI; rem. to Voluntown, then to Hopkinton; not engaged in active service in 1812, but his department was repeatedly called out to repel expected coast invasions; served from May 1809-May 1815 in 3rd Hopkinton Company, 3rd Regiment Militia RI (eventually titled 'LT COL COMMANDANT')
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