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Person Details
 
Last NameGARDNER
First NameOLIVER, CAPT
Maiden 
RelationH/O MARCY
Cemetery NumberWK155
Cemetery NameCAPT OLIVER GARDNER LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1742c
Death Day4
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1825
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)21
Stone Width (inches)18
Exists?
Last Seen Date2014
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"pilot in US Navy in Revolutionary War" on a military marker [SAR: 1776 Commander of row galley "Washington." Served as pilot for the French fleet, Newport to Boston]
Transcribed ByBENN168;JNA:AJ;JES;JWN