The minute I saw this
stone I was instantly enchanted.....It's absolutely gorgeous! Made of
black slate, it has a beautiful heart with three angel cherubs: one
laying in the top, one with its back holding up the right side, and the
other facing you holding the left. It also has three pegs with funereal
crepe draped over each peg, and a mammoth scroll underneath the heart.
The epitaph reads:
"Here lies the dust of
REBEKAH TINGLEY,
wife of Samuel Tingley,
and daughter of
Jacob & Elizabeth Cushman
She died Dec. 6th,
1790,
aged 30
years."
The scroll can be read, but
unfortunately the photo doesn't show it well. (I will add the rest as
soon as weather permits).
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