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  Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last NameBISHOP
First NameWILLIAM
Maiden 
RelationS/O JOHN & ABIGAIL
Cemetery NumberCU019
Cemetery NamePECK CEMETERY
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1754c
Death Day26
Death MonthDEC
Death Year1778
AGE nth Year 25
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00169
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingwinged cherub/other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)26
Stone Width (inches)17
Exists?
Last Seen Date2015
CarverDANIEL FARRINGTON
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "froze to death in Roxbury, MA" [SAR: 1778 employed in public service with team in RI and in Prov.] This stone is signed "DF" on the back [s/o John & Abigail. He was born in Cumberland on 20 Mar 1754. He froze to death at Roxbury, MA while returning from delivering wood at Boston. He & his oxen were caught in a bad storm and darkness. His apparent attempt to find shelter was unsuccessful.]--JJR **IBP records year of death as 1770 but the picture clearly shows 1778 Died: FROZE - ROXBURY MA
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