Rural Cemetery North Inner Avenue Section 30 Worcester Massachusetts
Date:
1876
Notes:
Worcester Historical Museum, 1985, "B.H. Kinney."
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On base, below John Davis' medallion, in raised letters:) JOHN DAVIS (On base, below Eliza Davis' medallion, in raised letters:) ELIZA DAVIS (On side of base, incised:) JOHN DAVIS/BORN IN NORTHBOROUGH/JAM.13, 1787/DIED IN WORCESTER/APRIL 19, 1854 (On side of base, incised:) ELIZA DAVIS/DAUGHTER OF (...transcription illegible)
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Summary:
The rectangular granite grave marker for Mr. and Mrs. John Davis is adorned at both ends with a bronze portrait medallion. At one end is a profile bust portrait of Mrs. John Davis (Eliza) wearing a bonnet, and at the other end is a profile bust portrait of Mr. John Davis.
