Near the northern section of Groton Township's Deyo Cemetery is the broken tombstone of Elnathan Steevens (sometimes spelled Stevens.) Two flags decorate the grave marker.A record from the IGI portion of the FamilySearch database provides this information about Elnathan Steevens/Stevens:
He was born on December 6, 1770 in Killingworth, Connecticut. His father's name was the same name as his. On March 6, 1800, Elnathan married Pauline Parsons. Elnathan Steevens/Stevens died on August 10, 1838.
A lengthy inscription appears on Elnathan's tombstone, but I was unable to decipher it. If anyone knows more about Elnathan Steevens, please leave a message in the comments field. Thank you.
Such a shame when stones are allowed to degrade like this, but it looks like the pieces are there. Have you tried rubbing to decipher the inscription?
ReplyDeleteI will have to go back and try again to figure it out.
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