George Corderman’s scalloped stone

The stone carver clearly did not sketch out the lettering first, but the casual corrections and misspellings on the gravestone for George Corderman (d. 1828) seem almost charming.

The stone has an unusual scalloped top, quarter sunbursts, and delicate vine-y carvings. Look closely and you notice the I that is carved to be a column.

SACRED
IN Memory of
George Corderman
Consort of eve Corderman
& Born April 2^th A.D. 1772
& DC July 12^th 1828 & Aged
56 years & 3 monts
& 9 Days.

New Reading Cemetery, Perry County, Ohio