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Person Details
 
Last NamePARKER
First NameJAMES
Maiden 
RelationS/O CORTLANDT AND ELIZABETH WOLCOTT PARKER
Cemetery NumberPO024
Cemetery NameST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHYARD
Birth Day20
Birth MonthFEB
Birth Year1854
Death Day2
Death MonthJUN
Death Year1934
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionB
Lot0194
Map00002a
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapehorizontal marker
Carving 
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)70
Stone Width (inches)36
Exists?
Last Seen Date1996
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"He gave his body to this pleasant country's earth/And his pure soul unto his captain Christ/Unto whose colors he had fought so long" [Congressional Metal of Honor]
Transcribed ByR&PW