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Person Details
 
Last NameBALCH
First NameALICE H
MaidenPOTTER
RelationW/O BENJAMIN; D/O JEREMIAH NILES POTTER
Cemetery NumberSK043
Cemetery NameRIVERSIDE CEMETERY-WAKEFIELD
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1822c
Death Day12
Death MonthMAY
Death Year1847
War 
Gravestone Details
SectionI
Lot 
Map00108
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2017
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesmentioned in Daniel Stedman's journal, May 14, 1847, "I went again to the Depot with the herse to bring Alice Balch who died 12th at Providence, funeral 15th at Mr. Potter's house." "I and Aldridge Smith dug a Gravefor J. N. Potter to bury Alice Balch in. She was in her 26 year."
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