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Person Details
 
Last NameGIBBS
First NameJOHN
Maiden 
RelationS/O GEORGE & MARY
Cemetery NumberNT010
Cemetery NameTRINITY CHURCH YARD
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1781c
Death Day26
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1797
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00165
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapebox tomb
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)72
Stone Width (inches)21
Exists?
Last Seen Date2008
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"who lost his life by the accidental discharge of a fowling piece" [the second son of George at Newport by explosion of a gun 26 Aug 1797 in the 16th year of his age. RI American]
Transcribed ByJES;BA;JB