Captain Jones is very famous in Washington, NH. In 1804, as a result of an accident while helping to move a building, one of his legs was caught between the building and a fence and was crushed to the extent that it had to be amputated. Despite the loss of one leg, Capt. Jones went on to a successful career as a customs officer in Boston, and later in New York City. His leg is buried with its own headstone in the Old Cemetery in Washington, NH, and is a famous local historical landmark.
The Find A Grave Memorial for Capt. Jones' leg is here: findagrave.com/memorial/33607633
The article/research by Nat Taylor can be found here (page 2): http://www.ultimate.com/washington/whs/newsletters/2017winter.pdf
Captain Jones is very famous in Washington, NH. In 1804, as a result of an accident while helping to move a building, one of his legs was caught between the building and a fence and was crushed to the extent that it had to be amputated. Despite the loss of one leg, Capt. Jones went on to a successful career as a customs officer in Boston, and later in New York City. His leg is buried with its own headstone in the Old Cemetery in Washington, NH, and is a famous local historical landmark.
The Find A Grave Memorial for Capt. Jones' leg is here: findagrave.com/memorial/33607633
The article/research by Nat Taylor can be found here (page 2): http://www.ultimate.com/washington/whs/newsletters/2017winter.pdf
Gravesite Details
Supposedly the grave stones for people transferred from St Marks were also transferred, but installed flat against the ground - so that eventually the grass grew over the stones. But conceivably the stones are still present just below the ground.
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