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Rural Valley Cemetery Assn Inc.
A Not-For-Profit Corp.
Inquiries & Donations:
P.O. Box 722, Port Jervis, NR 12771
Regulated By:
NYS Cemetery Board - 518-474-6226
The picture on the left is the Signboard at the entrance of the cemetery reading "Rural Valley CEMETERY".
The Middle sign reads:
BENJAMIN EATON
MEMBER OF WASHINGTON'S
BODYGUARD, 1780-1783
LIES BURIED HERE
TOWN OF
DEERPARK
The sign on the right reads:
A Not-For-Profit Corp.
Inquiries & Donations:
P.O. Box 722, Port Jervis, NR 12771
Regulated By:
NYS Cemetery Board - 518-474-6226
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This stone reads as:
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN EATON
WHO SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
AS A MEMBER OF THE BODY GUARD OF
GENERAL WASHINGTON
1780 - 1783
BENJAMIN EATON
WHO SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
AS A MEMBER OF THE BODY GUARD OF
GENERAL WASHINGTON
1780 - 1783
"CONQUER OR DIE"
PLACED HERE BY THE VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1876
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