Lo and behold, a website was found with a gravestone for a Thomas J. Neuton (1797-1839), taken in West Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont. Here is the gravestone that they published (yes, I know i'm violating their copyright - let them sue me!):
So is this my third great-grandfather Thomas J. Newton? The dates are in the ballpark. The death date indicates that he died young, leaving a widow and two small children. The place is approximately where his children were supposedly born. Why isn't his daughter Sophia, my 2nd great-grandmother, listed on the stone?
I'm a bit suspicious of this website - it wasn't there when I checked back today. The gravestone looks pretty new -- it isn't weathered. Is someone trying to spoof me?
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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver
2 comments:
According to whois.com that website is not registered to a current owner.
Note no surrounding markers, although there is a nice background with an apparent cemetery on the other side of the body of water.
Hmm... I wonder if April 1st has anything to do with this post? :)
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