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Submitted: 10/11/09 • Approved: 10/12/09 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R111050-G111050-S3
Absalom and Mary Whetstone share an eight foot tall granite marker in row R4-10 and 11.
The east face, shown here, is engraved:
MARY A
WIFE OF A. WHETSTONE
BORN AT CANTON, O. DEC 5, 1816
DIED APR. 18, 1878
AGED 61Y 4M 18D
The west face is engraved:
ABSALOM WHETSTONE
BORN IN SCHUYLKILL CO, PA. AUG 16 1814
DIED SEPT. 29, 1879
AGED 85Y 1M 13D
The south face is engraved: MOTHER AND FATHER
Mary Shriver Whetstone's maiden name reference is son Alva Whetstone's Ohio Death Certificate- 1920 #25618.
Contributed on 10/11/09 by murmering-markers
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