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Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name
CLARKE
First Name
WALTER, GOV
Maiden
Relation
SEE NOTE FOR WIVES; [S/O JEREMIAH]
Cemetery Number
NT014
Cemetery Name
CLIFTON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day
0
Birth Month
Birth Year
1640c
Death Day
22
Death Month
MAY
Death Year
1714
AGE nth Year
74
AGE Years
-
AGE Months
-
AGE Days
-
War
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map
00091
Stone Material
slate
Condition
poor
Shape
fancy top
Carving
winged cherub/other
Legibility
poor
Number of Graves on Stone
1
Stone Height (inches)
23
Stone Width (inches)
22
Exists?
Last Seen Date
2006
Carver
JOHN STEVENS I
Notes/Misc Details
Notes
"a former Governor of this colony and was worthy of doble honor for his religious and civil concerns" [H/O (1) Content Greenman (2) Hannah Scott (3) Freeborn (Williams) Hart, widow of Thomas (4) Sarah Gould, widow of John. WS found a separate, new bronze marker in 1956 - Governor 1676-1677, 1686-1686, 1696-1698]
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