Commander US Navy - Sullivan D. Ames - Swan Point Cemetery - Providence, Rhode Island - Occupational/Hobby Grave Stones on Waymarking.com

There are more than 600 Civil War Veterans interred at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. Laying atop the grave of Sullivan D. Ames, Commander US Navy, is a full size anchor representing his military service of more than a decade on half a dozen vessels.

The granite stone resembles a sarcophagus with its sides angled inward to form a cross atop which is the metal anchor. The north and south facets adjacent to the long sections of the cross are engraved, respectively:

SULLIVAN DORR AMES
COMMANDER U.S. NAVY

and

BORN JULY 18, 1840. DIED NOV.22, 1880.

Navy ships, ranks, and dates on which Ames served, including photos of the Colorado, Franklin, and Wabash:

1861 - USS Dacotah, Master
1862-1864 - USS Dacotah, Lieutenant
1865-1866 - USS Colorado (1856), Lieutenant
1866-1868 - USS Resaca, Lieutenant
1873 - USS Wabash, Lieutenant Commander
1874 - USS Franklin (1864), Lieutenant Commander

Location: Group 42, Lot 2; south of Forrest Avenue between Ridge Way and Hope Avenue.

Is Gravestone Showing Occupation or Hobby?: Occupation What is depicted occupation or hobby?: Commander, US Navy Date of birth: 07/16/1840 Date of death: 11/22/1880 Access hours and days: Daily: 8:00AM - 5:00PM October 1 through March 31 and 8:00AM - 7:00PM April 1 through September 30, weather permitting.

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