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Person Details
 
Last NameSMITH
First NameWESSON G
Maiden 
RelationS/O JOSEPH E & MARY SMITH
Cemetery NumberNK013
Cemetery NameWILLIAM SMITH CEMETERY
Birth Day14
Birth MonthMAY
Birth Year1875
Death Day16
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1906
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialgranite
Conditiongood
Shapepointed top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2012
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesHe was engineer on John Archbold's steam yacht "Vixen" and was killed in Tarrytown, NY. He was crossing the train tracks on his way back to the "Vixen", and in avoiding one train stepped into the path of another.
Transcribed ByJNA:097;BUR:027;LRC