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Person Details
 
Last NameRATHBUN
First NameMARY
Maiden[LEIGH]
RelationW/O JOHN PECK; [D/O REV BENJAMIN LEIGH]
Cemetery NumberSK020
Cemetery NameJOHN CLARKE JR LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1759c
Death Day18
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1782
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionB
Lot 
Map00001
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingangel
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)24
Stone Width (inches)36
Exists?
Last Seen Date2002
CarverJOHN STEVENS III
Notes/Misc Details
NotesThis is a very unusual John Stevens III carved stone, Vincent Luti has never seen one like it. It has epitaphs vertically on the side panels. On the left panel it says "Life is Short," and on the right panel it say"eternity How Long." Across the top it says "Remember the Dead." [mar in Boston 4 May 1775]
Transcribed ByGH:9;PHS;ACA;JLW;VFL;JWN