Desier Cowing 1723/4

headstone tympanum

HERE LIES Ye BODY
OF Mrs DESIER COWING
Ye WIFE OF Mr JOHN
COWING WHO DEC'D FEBry
Ye 8th 1723/4
IN Ye 40th YEAR
OF HER AGE

This is the oldest gravestone in the Provincetown old burying ground. The round winged skull and scroll border are carved in the style of Nathaniel Emmes of Boston.

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