Elon G. and Lucy B. Whitman Gravestone (Reverse)
Location: Whitman Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford County, Maine
See also obverse of stone.
Inscription:
CHILDREN
ELIZA E.
DIED JULY 10, 1876. Æ. 25 YRS.
EDSON L.
DIED APRIL 16, 1903. Æ. 48 YRS.
ETTA L.
DIED MAR. 18, 1895. Æ. 29 YRS.
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Albums: Whitman Cemetery, Woodstock
Location: Woodstock, Maine
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Comment by Franz Martin on May 23, 2011 at 11:04pm -
Have you noticed that her original stone, now erected as a memorial in the Bacon-Paine Cemetery, gives her death year as 1872, while here -- on the more modern replacement stone in the Whitman Cemetery -- the death is given as 1876? I'm guessing that the original is the correct one, as being closer in time to the actual death. Do you have access to death records that can clarify this?
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Comment by Chris Dunham on May 23, 2011 at 11:10pm -
Woodstock town records give her date of birth as 22 July 1847, so—given her age at death—the 1872 date is correct. I recall reading that Harold Perham found the original stone at the Whitman Cemetery leaning against a stone wall, and was given permission by the sexton to relocate it. Presumably it was discarded after her name and dates were added to her parents' stone.
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