Ida Lewis, Grave

Title: Ida Lewis, Grave
Biographical Text: Rough hewn granite headstone containing carved oar and anchor motifs.
The anchor and oar motifs carved into the grave speak to Lewis’s career as a lighthouse keeper. Lewis is buried in Island Cemetery in Rhode Island, where she lived and worked as a lighthouse keeper.
Text: IDA LEWIS
THE GRACE DARLING OF AMERICA
KEEPER OF LIMEROCK LIGHTHOUSE
BORN FEB 25 1842
DIED OCT 24 1911
ERECTED BY HER MANY KIND
FRIENDS
Relation: Lewis, Ida (1842-1911)
Type: English Grave
Bibliographic Citation: Ida Zorada Lewis, Find a Grave
Project Researcher: Bysterbusch, Hailey

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