Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name BROWN
First Name JOSEPH, HON
Maiden
Relation S/O JAMES & HOPE (POWER)
Cemetery Number PV001
Cemetery Name NORTH BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 13
Birth Month DEC
Birth Year 1733
Death Day 3
Death Month DEC
Death Year 1785
AGE nth Year 52
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section AB
Lot
Map 01277
Stone Material slate
Condition fair
Shape box tomb
Carving no carving
Legibility fair
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2026
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "Left widow and four children; Representative for the town of Providence; Assistant to the Governor in Council; Trustee of RI College." [SAR: appointed to Council of War]
Transcribed By JNA:FW;FTC,JES;JLS;JWN