Gravestone Record

Individual burial and gravestone information

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name COGGESHALL
First Name BENJAMIN WILSON
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1756c
Death Day 15
Death Month MAY
Death Year 1821
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 65
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0858
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 18
Stone Width (inches) 16
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "of Newport" [sunken stone] died: "in this town"
Transcribed By BFW,HSB