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Person Details
 
Last NameREED
First NameJOSEPH T
Maiden 
RelationS/O BENJAMIN & SARAH (OF GREEVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA)
Cemetery NumberSK063
Cemetery NameJOHN BROWNING LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1826c
Death Day11
Death MonthFEB
Death Year1852
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00029
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapepointed top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)40
Stone Width (inches)20
Exists?
Last Seen Date2002
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"perished on board the brig 'Ellen Maria' wrecked on Charlestown Beach RI 11 Feb 1852." Stone erected by Sons of Temperance Cornwallis, NS in memory of Brother Reed whose firmness to maintain and willingness to cooperate in promoting the cause of temperance is admitted by all.
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