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Person Details
 
Last NameANDREWS
First NameABRAHAM, COL
Maiden 
RelationGS/O THOMAS & ANNA
Cemetery NumberCR034
Cemetery NameTHOMAS ANDREWS LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1757c
Death Day3
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1797
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00003
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)30
Stone Width (inches)15
Exists?
Last Seen Date1998
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[SAR: 1776 Ensign in Capt. Abenelech Riggs Co.; 1777 2nd Lieut. Same; 1778 Lieutenant then Q. M. same] There is also a bronze plaque on a boulder thar reads Colonel Abraham Andrews / born Sept 8, 1756 / died Aug 3, 1797 / dedicated Aug 14, 1957 / by Cranston Blues R.I.M.
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