* PLEASE NOTE: Based on his partially legible gravestone, his death date appeared to be 7 April 1868, which when deducting 83 years 10 months 9 days led to the calculated birth date 28 May 1784. (May has 31 days, so it could be argued the calculated birth date should be 29 May 1784). But calculating from his date of death in the newspaper notice of death: 17 April 1868 - 83 years 10 months 9 days = 7 June 1784. (The usual way of thinking was that the person had not completed their final day, and that the hours of the final day were not mentioned; although for someone famous such as Abraham Lincoln even the minutes were recorded, as is done on some death certificates in the 21st century.)
The error appears to have occurred during WPA Project No. 5175 in 1936, when an inventory of all the contemporary grave markers in Rohrsburg Cemetery, Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA was completed.
The error appears to have occurred during WPA Project No. 5175 in 1936, when an inventory of all the contemporary grave markers in Rohrsburg Cemetery, Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA was completed.
* PLEASE NOTE: Based on his partially legible gravestone, his death date appeared to be 7 April 1868, which when deducting 83 years 10 months 9 days led to the calculated birth date 28 May 1784. (May has 31 days, so it could be argued the calculated birth date should be 29 May 1784). But calculating from his date of death in the newspaper notice of death: 17 April 1868 - 83 years 10 months 9 days = 7 June 1784. (The usual way of thinking was that the person had not completed their final day, and that the hours of the final day were not mentioned; although for someone famous such as Abraham Lincoln even the minutes were recorded, as is done on some death certificates in the 21st century.)
The error appears to have occurred during WPA Project No. 5175 in 1936, when an inventory of all the contemporary grave markers in Rohrsburg Cemetery, Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA was completed.
The error appears to have occurred during WPA Project No. 5175 in 1936, when an inventory of all the contemporary grave markers in Rohrsburg Cemetery, Greenwood Township, Columbia County, PA was completed.
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h/o Elizabeth; age 83yrs 10mons 9days
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