Experience Tarbox

First of all, awesome name.

Add Experience Tarbox of Wenham, MA to the list of the "depated."

Wenham Cemetery gets its best light in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, I was there at 11 a.m. and couldn't hang around all day. I had a tiny mirror, so Pete helped me illuminate the relevant part of the inscription.

HERE LYES BURIED

the BODY OF Mrs

EXPERIENe TaRBOX

WHO DEPAtED

THIS LIFe MaRCH

the 2nd 1739 &

in the 85th YEaR

OF HER AGE

Notice the strange mix of upper- and lower-case letters and the crossed capital Is.

Other "depated" gravestones:

• John Potter, NJ, 1780
• Manassah Fairbank, MA, 1767
• Martha Brown, RI, 1769
• Abraham Gibson, MA, 1740
• Francis Brown, MA, 1800
• Ephraim Terry, CT, 1797
• Daniel Tyler, CT, 1741
• Sarah Swan, RI, 1767
• William Pabodie, RI, 1707