This gravestone is for William Henry Tew, the son of Adam Tew and Susan A. (Walker) Tew, my 2x great grandparents. Little is known of William other than he was born in 1858, most likely in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. He died on December 20, 1883 possibly in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He married Eva Almeda Blanchard on December 7, 1880 in Warwick, Rhode Island and it appears they may have had one son before William died in December 1883 -- Adam H. Tew who was born in 1881 and died in 1964.
It appears Eva married Antone August Graemiger on February 7, 1885 in Scituate, Rhode Island about fourteen months after William's death. William is buried in Coventry, Rhode Island in the Walker-Tew family cemetery (Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Town of Coventry 14).
William is the youngest brother of my great grandfather, John Andrew Tew, and he is my great grand uncle. From the inscription on his gravestone, William was known in the family by his middle name, Henry. The inscription reads. . .
Dear Henry thou hast gone and left us
And thy loss we deeply morn [sic -- mourn]
But again we hope to meet thee
On the resurrection morn.
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Photograph of William's gravestone courtesy of Don Benoit, a cousin of the author.
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Copyright 2013, John D. Tew
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