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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
1October 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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