Tombstone Tuesday: Gen. John WHETCOMB

Gen. John WHETCOMB, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

This is an excellent gravestone! I wish he was my ancestor.

He's General John Whetcomb (1712-1783) Close-up of the carving at the top.

I located a Whitcomb genealogy at archive.org and discovered a page with this gravestone on it and an transcription. Here's a clip from the page:

 

The Whitcomb Family in America, a Biographical Genealogy.

Charlotte Whitcomb, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1804