Isolated Burial

A rectangular tomb with a flat, slightly elevated top, featuring a large marker set horizontally on its surface and a small cross above it. A separate marker is also mounted on the front of the tomb.

Source of photos: www.findagrave.com

Upper marker text:

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY

OF

JOHN CRAFT

AN ARMOURER LATE OF THE

U.S. SHIP DELAWARE 74

A NATIVE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 7ᵗʰ A.D. 1829

AGED 31 YEARS

___________________________

THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST

SHALL FLOURISH WHEN THEY SLEEP IN DUST

_______________________________

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO HIS

MEMORY BY HIS MESSMATES

Front marker text:

JOHN CRAFT

SEA US NAVY

USS DELAWARE

1829