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Person Details
 
Last NameHOLMES
First NameOBADIAH, REV
Maiden 
Relation 
Cemetery NumberMT019
Cemetery NameREV OBADIAH HOLMES LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1606
Death Day15
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1682
WarCOLONIAL
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00010
Stone Materialbronze
Conditiongood
Shapehorizontal marker
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2006
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notespic - memorial plaque in brass attached to a marble base. "ancestor of Abraham Lincoln in the 6th generation. Second Pastor of First Baptist Church, Newport, RI. Persecuted at whipping post Boston, MA for his religious faith. His grave is in this family burial ground."
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