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Plot: | H-19E-82 | |
| Name: | Date of Birth DD/MM/YY |
Date of Death DD/MM/YY | |
| Bigger, Julia M Bigger, Harry T Bigger, Archie Bigger, Henry |
May 26, 1886 Dec 11, 1889 May 26, 1886 | ||
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Direction Monument Faces: | Materials: | |
| 7 | Gray granite, white marble | ||
| Faces Inscribed: | |||
| 7 | |||
| Plot Type: | Family | Males: | 3 |
| Condition: | Fair | Females | 1 |
| Style of Monument/Gravesite: | |||
| Single-sized ground ledger with bi-columnar monument. | |||
| Site Remarks: | |||
| Monument top broken off and numerous chips, faint inscriptions. | |||
| Inscription: | |||
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N.E. Footing of column W Face:
ARCHIE BIGGER
HARRY T BIGGER S.E. Footing of column W Face:
JULIA M. BIGGER W Face base monument relief: BIGGER W curbing top: BIGGER | |||
| Description and Condition: | |||
| Single-sized ground ledger (123W x 247 L cm) raised 26 cm off the
ground. Curbing is gray granite (15 cm border), curbing is intact and level. Ledger top is soil
and is level with curbing top. Western curbing top has 'BIGGER' incised. At E end of ledger top is a white marble bi-columnar monument tilting 3 degree angle toward the east. Base of monument (53.5W x 25 x 19cm H). On W face is 'BIGGER' in relief. The footing of columns (17.5 x 17.5 x 26.5 cm high) is white marble. Inscriptions are on the W face of the 2 footings. Lettering is incised and is worn but still visible. There are numerous large chops (2-3 cms) out of the SE footing. Chip above 'M' in 'JULIA M' and 3 large chips (2-3 cms) on E face. Columns are 36 cm high topped by arch. The monument's top has been broken off and is missing. There are numerous small chips along column tops. Monument is covered with moderate covering of black mold and fungi. | |||