Gravestone of cabinetmaker and gravestone carver Benjamin Collins (1759) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by his son Zerubbabel Collins.
Collins, Zerubbabel
Lydia Bennitt (1791)
Gravestone of Lydia Bennitt (1791) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by Zerubbabel Collins. This was one of the few stones that he sent back to Connecticut after moving to Vermont, where he had begun working in marble. Note the price inscription on the bottom: “Pr. 7 Dollars.”