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David Smith Photographs 
The marker is of red fieldstone. The most recent photograph received from K. Yatto of Sloatsburg, NY clearly shows that the birth date is 1701. David's stone still stands in Monroe Cemetery and is the oldest stone there. In a note attached dated Sep 13, 2000, Kurt says, "the gravestone leaves no doubt in my mind that David was born 1701. The sevens and ones look nothing alike." She also quotes an article, "Old Tory at Heart held in respect", from "Old Orange Houses" (also recieved from K. Yatto) which says: "David Smith, a God fearing man, as evidenced by the epitaph he himself prepared for the tomb- stone above his grave in the Old Monroe Cemetery, diagonally across Route Seventeen from the house (shown below),was a Tory at heart. 'Tory Smith' the neighbors called him."  |