John Y Newcomb 1856

broken headstone broken headstone broken headstone Newcomb family stones

JOHN Y NEWCOMB
Died
Dec 15, 1856
Aged 94 Years 8 mos.

For as in Adam all die even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.

John Y Newcomb is the Oysterman made famous in Thoreau's book "Cape Cod". His gravestone is broken with the top half flat on the ground. The bottom right photograph shows some of his family gravestones. From right to left they are his wife Thankful N Newcomb (d1856), their daughter Thankful N Newcomb (d1851), their son John Newcomb (d1856) and his sister Eunice Newcomb (d1861).

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