ERECTED In memory of Mr. JOHN DICKEY who departed this Life April 30th 17 79 In the 80th year of his age |
Apparently the carver started to engrave another numeral and
had to disguise his boo boo with a large concave circle
John Dickey was born in Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland about 1698, and died 30 April 1779 in Chester, New Hampshire. He married Margaret Reed/Reid, and she died on 4 July 1787.
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To Cite/Link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ A carver makes a boo boo", Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 26, 2013, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/03/tombstone-tuesday-carver-makes-boo-boo.html: accessed [access date]).
I call these "carvos"
ReplyDeleteAt least he corrected his error. I’ve never seen this before. Thanks for sharing.
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