USNA Cemetery Documentation Project
Cemetery Inventory Form
Summer 2005
Name: Taylor, Thomas
Material:
Shape:
Marble
Basket Tablet
Section/ Lot Number:
06- 1569
Type:
Private
Photograph:
Features:
- faces East
- footstone to East
- West of Cushing Rd.
Ornamentation:
Category:
Top center has large circle with ?
anchor beneath weeping willow
& next to water.
Condition Assessment:
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bio growth
broken
chipped
detached from plinth
fallen
listing
offset
other: erostion
Comments:
Inscription (face):
Inscription (back):
This Stone is Erected
in the memory of
N/A
- Some bio growth
- Two repaired brakes
- Inscription eroded
THOMAS TAYLOR
by his Messmates & Ship
mates as a totem of their
comrade & friendship.
He was drowned on the
night of the 21st April 1832
From the U.S. Sloop Preble
In the 23rd year
of his age
and is buried here.
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Surveyor:
Hillori L. Schenker
University of Maryland
Date/ Weather Conditions:
07/20/05
sunny