George Harris

George Harris died in 1817 at 62 years of age. He is listed in Revolutionary Soldiers - Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, NY as a probable Revolutionary War veteran. The following information is provided : “The name is in the 4th Conn. Line, from Saybrook, and also in the N.Y. Line, but was too frequent for certainty without further knowledge. Quite probably he was a soldier.” The use of the willow and urn symbolism on the stone is an indication that it is one of the older ones in the cemetery. The inscription reads “In Memory” -that is frequently a recognition that the stone was erected in honor of the individual rather than to mark an actual burial.

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Nadia C, Jane B, Christine M