Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name PALMER
First Name BENJAMIN
Maiden
Relation H/O CLARINDA W
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1802c
Death Day 9
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1849
AGE nth Year 48
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0103
Stone Material marble
Condition good
Shape pointed top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 42
Stone Width (inches) 20
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "Farewell my wife and children dear, Nothing on earth can keep me here, My Saviour calls and I must go, Farewell to all living things here below"
Transcribed By BFW,JBC;LRC