Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name BENSON
First Name GEORGE
Maiden
Relation H/O SARAH THURBER
Cemetery Number PV001
Cemetery Name NORTH BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 20
Birth Month AUG
Birth Year 1752
Death Day 11
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1836
AGE nth Year 85
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section AA
Lot
Map 00275
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape square top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2012
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes b. Newport RI died: BROOKLYN CT; [SAR: 1777 "able to serve"]
Transcribed By JNA:FW;FTC,JES;JWN