Location:
Newtown Cemetery
Section no: G
Memorial no: 17
Orientation:
See map of this cemetery: https://cemeteries.nha.org/newtown-cemetery/section-g/
Personal Information
Name: Mrs. Rebecca Bruff
Gender: Female
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Death: July 13 1808
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Number interred: 1
Notes
Inscription:
Sacred
To the Memory of
Mrs. Rebecca Bruff
Wife of
Mr. George Bruff,
who departed this Life
July 13th 1808
In the 20th Year
of her Age.
Who lived beloved and died lamented
by all that knew her
Stop kind reader and shed a tear
Or’e the dust that slumbers here
And when you read the fate of me
Think on the glass that runs for thee
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Monument
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Stone Shape: Round top, semicircular shoulders
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Condition assessment: Significant staining
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Stone exists 1900: yes
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Stone exists 2005: yes
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Citation source: NHA Cemetery file (MS115, Box 2)
Field recorder:
Data input by: Amanda Nicholas
Reviewed by: Automatic