Jane Eaton Monument, Clinton Cemetery


Jane Eaton monument

A simple and inexpensive zinc monument that has lasted much better than many of the more expensive stone monuments around it.

JANE
EATON
BORN
JULY 4,1832,
DIED
MAY 2, 1914

This was one of the last generation of zinc monuments: in three years, production would end as all the zinc was diverted to the war effort, and the industry never resumed after the First World War, although interchangeable zinc plates continued to be available for new inscriptions for some years afterward.

This monument has a zinc footstone to go with it.

Footstone inscribed “Mother”

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