BARBER, Ruth (1785-1877)

More of the head and foot stones found in Richmond Historic Cemetery Site 14.

This site was designated as an historical site after a hunter friend of my uncle (Leroy James) found them. The Rhode Island Historical Society was not aware of these very old graves and because of his efforts this has become a protected site so that this history can be preserved. My uncle and aunt cleaned the head and foot stones as best they could, stood them up since many were laying on the ground, and as a result I was able to take these photos.

The headstone reads:

We trust she sleeps in Jesus
Ruth
Wife of
Jonathan James
Died Aug. 2, 1877
In her 92 year.

We miss you dear mother, we miss you now.
The grave has closed upon your brow.
We would not call you back again,
Into this world of sin and pain.

Photographed in November 2000 in Richmond, Rhode Island.

JAMES, Jonathan (1785-1861)

More ancestors from the Richmond cemetery site.


The headstone reads:

In Memory of Jonathan,
son of
Jonathan & Mary
James.
Died November 12, 1861.
Aged 76 years, 1 month
& 5 days.

Note: there was additional writing on the bottom that I could not read. Nor did I have any paper to do an etching.

This was photographed in November 2000, at Historic Cemetery Site 14 in Richmond, Rhode Island.

JAMES, Jonathan (1712-1787)

In the woods of Richmond, Rhode Island. This burial plot is solely James family members, situated between two properties originally owned by this branch of the James family.

Headstone reads:

In Memory of
JONATHAN JAMES,
Died 1782,
-----
Also,
Mehetabel
his 1st wife
died
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MARY,
his 2nd wife,
died Oct. 1832

Jonathan and Mary are my great (5x) grandfather and grandmother. They are ancestors of Everett Curtiss James and lived in the 18th century.

This was photographed in November 2000, in Richmond, Rhode Island.