Mr. Stephen Foster
Died Aug 31, 1787
Buried at Mount Vernon
Transcription
In Memory of Mr. Stephen Foster, who departed this life August 31st, 1787 In the 67th year of his age.
- Surveyed On
- March 29, 2023
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation, memento mori
- Border
- A medium-thick two-line border surrounds the entire stone including the tympanum. This border forms the outer margin, the demarcation of the tablet section, and is further emphasized by the indented two-line border around the tablet.
- Remark
- The tympanum has a thick Memento Mori at its apex, and a background filled with a multipoint design (for the stars in the sky), a winged skull at its center and an abstract plant along the bottom. This plant design is repeated and modified to fit in the two upper corners around the tablet, reconstituted as a long plant filling the illustrated side and bottom panel around the tablet, and accents the bottom of the tympanum.
- Physical Status
- straight less_than_20_degrees
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Cleaning Type
- wiped
Buried among fellow family members
- Asa Foster Died Oct 10, 1735
- Caleb Foster Died Aug 31, 1736
- Caleb Foster Died Aug 31, 1736
- Beniemin Foster Died Sep 2, 1736
- Hannah Foster Died Dec 18, 1736
- Mr. Ephraim Foster Died Apr 8, 1738
- Mr. Ephraim Foster Died Sep 21, 1746
- Mary Foster Died Dec 10, 1747
- Isaac Foster Died Jan 12, 1748
- Joshua Foster Died Sep 7, 1752
- Nathan Foster Died Oct 9, 1752
- Deacon David Foster Died Jun 22, 1759
- Mrs. Hannah Foster Died Jan 22, 1760
- Mrs. Jemima Foster Died Jan 24, 1763
- Mrs. Sarah Foster Jan 30, 1742 – Oct 2, 1767
- Mr. John Foster Jr. Died Jul 24, 1772
- Mr. John Foster Died Oct 28, 1778
- Mr. Joshua Foster Died Oct 29, 1784
- Mrs. Rebecca Foster Died Oct 16, 1794
- Mr. William Foster Died Apr 29, 1797
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