From the Old South Burying Ground in Connecticut:
When the epitaph runs longer than the stone is wide... A consistent little stylistic touch on several stones to mark where a dangling line belonged to the previous.
His name does indeed seem to have been Tubal. The first round of searching for "Major Tubal Case" is... decidedly gynecological. He pops up on some ancestry sites, though, and is listed among Continental Army soldiers in this History of Tolland County. (There are some other amazing names in there, too: Amaziah, Jabez, Eliphalet, Eleazer... Seems like there used to be a lot more male names starting with E in circulation back in the day.)
And yes, a typo! An actually typo and not just unexpected spelling.
Bummer -- chiseling in a whole unnecessary extra letter. |
Mr. Elijah Wright died Dec. 23d 1802 in ye 73d Year of his age. I yield my body to the ( dust / My foul to God that gave ( it first / And at the refurrection ( day / My God will raif3 my [...] |
And from Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry, New Hampshire,
Here lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Crifty [Cristy] (wife of Mr. Jeffe Crifty) who departed this Life Decr ye 24th 1776 Aged 79 years. |