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Last NameCARD
First NameJONATHAN C
Maiden 
RelationH/O MARY C
Cemetery NumberCY030
Cemetery NamePINE GROVE CEMETERY
Birth Day22
Birth MonthFEB
Birth Year1815
Death Day2
Death MonthMAR
Death Year1862
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarCIVIL
Gravestone Details
SectionC
Lot 
Map00047
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shaperound top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2012
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes'He was a member of Co. B Fourth/Reg. R.I. Infantry'. Per Peter Sarazin, this stone is a cenotaph. Jonathan Card died of typhoid at a hospital on Roanoke Island and is buried in Section 11, Plot 1880 at New Bern National Cemetery in North Carolina. A military stone is present there with the inscription, "Jonathan Card, Drummer, 4 R.I.INF." His name is also engraved on the 1871 Providence Soldiers & Sailors Monument located at Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island.
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