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Last NameGREENE
First NameRUFUS
Maiden 
RelationH/O SARAH (GREENE) RICE; S/O THOMAS
Cemetery NumberWK023
Cemetery NameMAJ GEN GEORGE SEARS GREENE
Birth Day10
Birth MonthMAY
Birth Year1773
Death Day15
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1853
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00022
Stone Materialslate
Conditionpoor
Shapepointed top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitypoor
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)28
Stone Width (inches)17
Exists?
Last Seen Date2023
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notess/o Thomas (5th); S/O Richard (4th); S/O Richard (3rd); S/O Thomas (2d); of Stone Castle; S/O John Greene of Salisbury Co. Wilts, England who came to America in 1635 and settled in Warwick. His children: Sylvester Wickes b 1805 d. 16 Jan 1838 unmarried Rufus b. 28 Dec 1806 settled in Providence William Benjamin b. 19 Jan 1817 settleed in Providence Mary Tibbetts b. 28 Oct 1819 W/O William W Keech of Prov Erected in 1867 by his grandsons: Gen George Sears Greene of NY and Rufus Greene of Prov
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