John Smith Condit, a youth of 14, was the son of the distinguished Dr. John Condit, who represented New Jersey in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, and his second wife, Rhoda. The boy's survivors included his parents and half-brother, Silas Condit, who also rose to political prominence.
His marble gravestone, along with those of his father's first wife, Abigail Halsey Condit (d.1784) and his half-brother Caleb Condit (d.1797), is unusual in that it was imported from Connecticut at a time when the work of highly skilled stonecutters in the immediate area was widely available. Their medium of choice, however, was locally quarried brown sandstone, and John's family evidently preferred marble, a trend that arose in the Federal Era and continued into the Victorian. Unfortunately, marble quickly erodes, and all three of these Condit stones became illegible by the early 20th Century.
His marble gravestone, along with those of his father's first wife, Abigail Halsey Condit (d.1784) and his half-brother Caleb Condit (d.1797), is unusual in that it was imported from Connecticut at a time when the work of highly skilled stonecutters in the immediate area was widely available. Their medium of choice, however, was locally quarried brown sandstone, and John's family evidently preferred marble, a trend that arose in the Federal Era and continued into the Victorian. Unfortunately, marble quickly erodes, and all three of these Condit stones became illegible by the early 20th Century.
John Smith Condit, a youth of 14, was the son of the distinguished Dr. John Condit, who represented New Jersey in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, and his second wife, Rhoda. The boy's survivors included his parents and half-brother, Silas Condit, who also rose to political prominence.
His marble gravestone, along with those of his father's first wife, Abigail Halsey Condit (d.1784) and his half-brother Caleb Condit (d.1797), is unusual in that it was imported from Connecticut at a time when the work of highly skilled stonecutters in the immediate area was widely available. Their medium of choice, however, was locally quarried brown sandstone, and John's family evidently preferred marble, a trend that arose in the Federal Era and continued into the Victorian. Unfortunately, marble quickly erodes, and all three of these Condit stones became illegible by the early 20th Century.
His marble gravestone, along with those of his father's first wife, Abigail Halsey Condit (d.1784) and his half-brother Caleb Condit (d.1797), is unusual in that it was imported from Connecticut at a time when the work of highly skilled stonecutters in the immediate area was widely available. Their medium of choice, however, was locally quarried brown sandstone, and John's family evidently preferred marble, a trend that arose in the Federal Era and continued into the Victorian. Unfortunately, marble quickly erodes, and all three of these Condit stones became illegible by the early 20th Century.
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