Author Archives: Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
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Grave-tober 8 – Rebecca White, Boston refugee
Leave a commentOctober 8, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Today’s Grave-tober entry is a demonstration of the range of biographical information one might encounter in an epitaph. Most markers …
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Grave-tober 7 – William Dickson
Leave a commentOctober 7, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
To Today’s gravestone is found in the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts, marking the burial place of William Dickson …
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Grave-tober Day 6 – William Sinclear
Leave a commentOctober 6, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
HERE LYES THE BODY OF MR. WILLIAM SINCLEAR WHO DIED JULY THE 4th. 1753 AGED 77 YEARS He WAS BORN …
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Grave-tober 5 – Mary Buss (and the Merrimack Valley style)
Leave a commentOctober 5, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
We’ve preciously touched on the idiosyncratic style of the gravestone carver William Young. Today’s carver… technically a style of carving… …
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Grave-tober 4 – Martha Green and Infant
Leave a commentOctober 4, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
We The archetypal New England gravestone is often rather impersonal – a winged skull, a few names and dates, a …
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Grave-tober 3 – Daniel Campbell
Leave a commentOctober 3, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Gravestones typically include dates for the start and the end of life and, sometimes include the cause of death. In …
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Grave-tober 2 – Lydia Hall (carved by William Young)
2October 2, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
Day two of Grave-tober takes us to Spencer, Massachusetts, a small town in south-central Worcester county on Route 9. In …
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Grave-tober 1 – Sarah Tefft, Warwick RI
Leave a commentOctober 1, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
For many years, the gravestone of Sarah Tefft was believed to be the oldest extant gravestone in New England. Recent …
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Grave-tober, an overview
1September 30, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
…or should that be a “tober”-view? Back in wilder times, when I had but one offspring, I put together a …
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Golden Goblins and Kingsport Cats
Leave a commentJuly 14, 2018 by Bret Kramer (aka WinstonP)
One of my goals for the Sentinel Hill Press blog has been to keep our readers abreast of all the …
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