John Crosby 1714

full stone tympanum

HERE LYES Ye BODY
OF MR JOHN CROSBY
WHO DIED MAY Ye
25 1704 IN Ye
41st YEAR OF HIS AGE

HIS SLEEPING DUST
IS HERE BURIED

This old gravestone has a fearsome indented skull with large eye sockets. A row of teeth is suggested but no individual teeth are carved. There is a deeply carved scroll border. The gravestone is carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston.


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