Samuel C. Jones - North Burial Ground - Providence, Rhode Island
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This Woodmen of the World memorial for Samuel C. Jones (1894 - 1927) is within North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island. The family plot is at the north end of the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM14WVQ
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2021
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This Woodmen of the World memorial is for Samuel Cornelius Jones at North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island. An engraved, circular Woodmen of the World emblem is centered on the granite gravestone's front side, which faces north. The plot is part of the row closest to the road. Carved beneath the logo:
SAMUEL C. JONES
1894 - 1927
His parents' names and dates are cut from the top side of the stone:
1872 SAMUEL 1958
HIS WIFE
1871 CLARA 1955
Information from the Find A Grave website:
Name: Samuel Cornelius Jones
Gender: Male
Death Date: 03 Dec 1927
Death Place: Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 33
Birth Date: 1894
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anna Fitzsimons
Father's Name: Samuel Jones
Mother's Name: Clara Hattie Shaw
The historic North Burial Ground is quite sizeable - it dates from 1700 and covers about 110 acres with over 40,000 gravestones - and is still active with over 200 burials annually. You can drive right up to and park beside the small Jones plot which is in Section 33. Following the ring road to the site at the far north end of the cemetery, it just over 0.75 miles (1.25 km) from the main gate, which is at 5 Branch Avenue.