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Person Details
 
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Last NameWELLS
First NameJAMES
Maiden 
Relation[H/O ANN; H/O NANCY (LOVE)]
Cemetery NumberHP021
Cemetery NameNOYES-WELLS LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1760c
Death Day29
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1835
AGE nth Year 76
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military ServiceREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00003
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shaperound top
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)30
Stone Width (inches)16
Exists?
Last Seen Date1994
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notesin 1932 Grace Tillinghast found this stone lying flat next to the farm house. The farmer says he will put it back into the burial ground. In 1991 it is not in the cemetery. In 1994 it is back. Pension record exists [Pvt. - RI Militia]; married Nancy Love 10 Dec. 1820 Providence]
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