Gravestone of the Day: Lydia Duncklee

Here is a sweet stone that is in a sad state of decay:

Lydia Duncklee, 1797, Charlestown, MA

This Stone

Was Erected

By JOHN P DUNCKLEE, 1797

In memory of his beloved wife

LYDIA DUNCKLEE,

who died Feby. 22 1797

Aged 38 Years.

And of their Infant son

Nathaniel Mead Duncklee

who died Jany. 31 179-

age 2 Weeks.

There are several notable things here:

• the stone tells us when it was erected
• the name of the person who erected the stone comes before the name(s) of the deceased
• the epitaph makes explicit reference to emotional attachment