ELIZABETH
HIS WIFE,
DIED OCT. _ 1665
ANNE CLAYTON
HIS SECOND WIFE,
AND WIDOW OF
NICHOLAS EASTON
DIED JAN. 30, 1707
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tombstone Tuesday -- No Bull, You Need to Look at all 4 Sides
After doing 98 Tombstone Tuesday entries for this blog and entering hundreds to Find-A-Grave.com, I am still learning new things. On a recent trip to Newport, Rhode Island, I took many photos, including several in the Coddington Cemetery, seen below. Why shouldn't I take a photo of the largest stone, the lighting was semi-perfect. Once home, I discovered I hadn't a clue what family this stone was for, no surname was listed! Apparently, I didn't walk around it, as I always tell people to do it...there are four sides. The biggest isn't always the best. Fortunately, I went to the Find-A-Grave site and able to see others listed for that cemetery, including who these two women were married to, it was Henry Bull. The site says he was an "American Colonial Governor. He emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts." Henry is listed on one of the sides of this stone. I was lucky, once again.
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I learned this lesson the hard way. I photographed a monument in Michigan simply because I found it interesting. Months later I added it to FaG. Then I got a request for more information and couldn't help the person because I couldn't remember if there was anything on the other sides.
Do as I say... None of us manage to follow the rules all the time, do we? Great reminder.
I think ladies, if we did everything right all the time, we'd be so boring, and what would we have to talk about? Thanks for your comments.
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