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three centuries of young williams'

Maura Brennan June 2, 2019

Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island

archaeologically, infants are often buried and memorialized differently than adults. however, these three children were each interred with contemporary burial practices of their time: William Waterman (d. 1817) has a beautifully preserved slate headstone, William Francis Sayles (d. 1902) is buried in a bronze-capped sarcophagus, and William M Renard (d. 2009) resides in some of the newest plots near the columbaria. 

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