Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name GARDNER
First Name WILLIAM THURSTON
Maiden
Relation H/O MARY; S/O GEORGE & MARY
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 7
Birth Month JUL
Birth Year 1732
Death Day 10
Death Month AUG
Death Year 1758
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 26
AGE Months 1
AGE Days 3
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BH
Lot
Map 00269
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving winged cherub/other
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2007
Carver WILLIAM STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes ["Died Thurston Gardner, Son to George Gardner of Newport. Had been long Ill with the Consumption." Samuel Tillinghast's diary.] footstone has 2 hourglasses
Transcribed By GHR;AGB;BA