Michael Collings 1828

headstone & footstone footstone

IN
Memory of
Capt Michael Collings
who died
June 23, 1828
AEt 73

Man shall rise again
triumphant from the grave to
endless bliss and immortality.
Delightful thought ! This
softens the toils of life, & we look
on Death as our best friend.

footstone
M. C.

The gravestone displays a lightly inscribed urn and willow. The left photo shows the headstone with the footstone in the background. The right photo shows the footstone.

LOCATION - No. NW 1 on EHS 1976 survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 22" W, 53" H, 2" D

FOOTSTONE - 11" W, 17" H, 1" D

CONDITION - serious diagonal crack in headstone

COMMENTS - Headstone back and edges encased in resin bonded fiberglass applied about 1977. Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004.
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