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Last NameFONES
First NameDANIEL, CAPT
Maiden 
RelationH/O CATHERINE
Cemetery NumberNK004
Cemetery NameCAPT DANIEL FONES LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1761c
Death Day27
Death MonthJUL
Death Year1817
AGE nth Year 57
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00001
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)35
Stone Width (inches)17
Exists?
Last Seen Date1997
CarverF. COOLEY
Notes/Misc Details
NotesFS-broken and displaced "Capt. Daniel Fones, 1817" repaired in1997. Headstone slipping down side of bank toward the railroad tracks. EPITAPH: Behold and see as you pass by, As you are now so once was I. As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me. Repaired in 1997
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