HERE LYES THE
BODY OF MR. JOSEPH
COCHRAN HE
DIED JUNE 24TH
1758 AGED 31
YEARS
The primitive face and unsophisticated lettering on this little tombstone are charming. This simple little tombstone is typical of the early Scots Irish in this area of New England.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Joseph Cochran, died 1758, Bedford, NH, killed by a falling tree", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 18, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/10/tombstone-tuesday-joseph-cochran-died.html: accessed [access date]).
I have a 4th great-grandfather who was killed by the fall of a tree in 1798. See From Maine to Kentucky.
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