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Person Details
 
Last NameJENCKS
First NameHOPESTILL
Maiden 
RelationW/O RUSSELL
Cemetery NumberCU009
Cemetery NameBALLOU CEMETERY
Birth Day13
Birth MonthJUL
Birth Year1785
Death Day6
Death MonthNOV
Death Year1818
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00003
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone5
Stone Height (inches)36
Stone Width (inches)82
Exists?
Last Seen Date2023
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"One fate surprised them, and one grave received them" "This monument is erected by Russell Jencks to the memory of his wife and ì their four children; who on the 6th day of November 1818, were ì unfortunately drowned in Scott's Pond." Died: DROWNED
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