Oliver Whitney

Mar 10, 1754 – Dec 18, 1772

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In Memory of Oliver Whitney Son to Mr. Timothy Whitney & Mrs. Alice his wife he Dec'd Decem_r y_e 18th 1772 Aged 18 years 9 months and 8 days

Second survey on 8/13/17

Surveyed On: October 7, 2015

Stone Type: slate

Tympanum: face with ornamentation

Border: The tympanum is border along is dome by a medium thick two line blank line. Each of the two side panels are border by a thin two line border.

Remark: The background to the tympanum is formed by multitudes of single point marks. The central figure shows the beginning of the transition from simple round faces to a more humanistic approach. Because Oliver was a youth, his hair is represented by the same lozenge shape normally reserved for females. One can assume that was chosen because his hair was curly. The details of eyebrows, eye details and the cheeks and chin further the evolution taking place. The head sits on a simple neck which immediately morphs into a bird. The wings and feather are stylized in a simple but detailed primitive manner. Each of the two columns to the left and right of the tablet contain representations of plant life growing up the stone.

Physical Status: straight less_than_20_degrees

Intelligibility: broken images or writing

Biological Contaminants: minor incursion

Buried among fellow family members

Mrs. Alice Whitney Nov 25, 1711 – Aug 26, 1767
Reverend Arpon Whitney Jan 1, 1713 – Sep 8, 1779
Nancy Whitney Mar 1, 1785 – Sep 12, 1786

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