Asa Osgood

Aug 19, 1770 – Aug 19, 1791

Buried at Meeting House Hill

Transcription

IN Memory of ASA OSGOOD Son of M_r: Ephraim & M_rs: Abigail Osgood, who died Aug. y_e 19th 1791: in y_e 21_st Year of his Age.

You young men all, attend ye call, For death prepared be; For you may die, as well as I, From death no age is free.

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Surveyed On

November 3, 2015

Stone Type

slate

Tympanum

face with ornamentation

Border

The stone exhibits a beveled edge which is complemented by a single line creating a border around the stone's circumference. The tablet section is presented in bas-relief. The gabled plaque is surrounded by a three line, thin width, double border with the inside edge depressed into the negative space.

Remark

The tympanum utilizes three design elements. The arch above all is serrated along its top edge and sits in harmony with the winged head. The winged head exhibits period imagery (pulled back hair, cheeks, chin, eyebrow to nose transition, tab and more shaped feathers with little other detail)

Physical Status

straight less_than_20_degrees

Intelligibility

readable

Biological Contaminants

minor incursion

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