Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name EARL
First Name OLIVER P, CAPT
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1768c
Death Day 15
Death Month JAN
Death Year 1803
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 35
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0430
Stone Material marble
Condition good
Shape pointed top
Carving urn/willow
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 30
Stone Width (inches) 15
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "Died at Brents Island of a fever on the coast of Africa" [SAR: says he served in the Alarm Co. in 1777 bur he was only 9 years old]
Transcribed By BFW,HSB;LRC