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Last NameCARTER
First NameBENJAMIN B, MD
Maiden 
RelationELDEST S/O JOHN
Cemetery NumberPV011
Cemetery NameST JOHN'S CEMETERY
Birth Day16
Birth MonthDEC
Birth Year1774
Death Day21
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1834
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 59
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00061
Stone Materialmarble
Condition 
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibility 
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)51
Stone Width (inches)24
Exists?
Last Seen Date1992
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"b. Providence" "After completing his collegiate and medical education in this city he spent a large portion of his life in foreign countries, ____ and successfully cultivating his taste for literary and scientific research. He was well versed in many of the ancient and modern languages and deservedly had the reputation of an excellent scholar. He was mild and amiable in his disposition and passed through life witha character beyond reproach." Erected by his sisters died: NEW YORK, NY
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