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Definition of Headstones
1. headstone [n] - See also: headstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headstones
Literary usage of Headstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (1993)
"headstones and Markers Benefit VA provides headstones and markers for the graves of
... headstones and markers are inscribed with the name of the deceased, ..."
2. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1906)
"In addition to the names mentioned in this paper, I have carefully copied the
inscriptions on all the headstones in this cemetery. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... only remaining records of those buried there are to be sought from the
thickly-strewn headstones in the extensive burying-ground surrounding the church. ..."
4. History of the Fiftieth Regiment of Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteer by William Burnham Stevens, William C. Eustis, Solomon Nelson (1907)
"... writer visited Baton Rouge and Port Hudson in 1891, and found in the National
Cemetery at Baton Rouge headstones at the graves of the following comrades ..."
5. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to by William Richard Cutter (1908)
"His headstones in the ancient burial ground near the common shows that he died
January 8, 1703, and this date agrees with that in the town records. ..."
6. Orders, Instructions, and Regulations Governing the Pension Bureau by United States Pension Bureau (1915)
"Applications for headstones for graves of deceased soldiers should be filed with
the Chief, Quartermaster's Corps, United States Army, War Department. 513. ..."
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