Elizabeth Higgins 1744

headstone headstone before cleaning

HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
Mrs ELIZABETH HIGGINS
THE WIFE OF Mr
ELISHA HIGGINS
DIED DECEMBER
1744 IN THE 63D
YEAR OF HER AGE

LOCATION - No. 8 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 17" W, 21" H, 3" D

FOOTSTONE - none

CONDITION - lichen growth

COMMENTS - Headstone back and edges encased in resin bonded fiberglass applied in 1977. Headstone cleaned October 2004. The right photo shows the headstone before cleaning. Fiberglass backing removed October 2008. Headstone cleaned with D/2 and reset October 2008.


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