Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday - Jonathan & Melinda Sanford

Jonathan Sanford, Melinda Woodworth & their children
Another tombstone from Berwick Cemetery. The top of this gravestone is lying on the ground.  Jonathan Sanford would be a distance cousin of Robert.  The gravestone in inscribed:
JONATHAN SANFORD
1792 - 1883.
HIS WIFE
MELINDA WOODWORTH
1796 - 1865.
THEIR CHILDREN
BERTIE
1860 - 1862.
LINDIE
1862 - 1873.

As I look at this gravestone, I was baffled by the dates of birth of the children.  Melinda would be in her 60 if she had these children.  Is this an error or is there some other explanation?

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