Documentation for Ebenezer Vining and Abigail Eason
Below is a picture of the gravestone and military marker of Ebenezer Vining. These are in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York (Monroe County). Although the gravestone is now broken and worn, the inscription was recorded on page 244 of Rochester: A Story Historical by Jenny Marsh Parker (Scranton, Wetmore and Company, Publishers and Book Sellers, 1884, Rochester, NY) as follows (line breaks are mine):
"Rev. Ebenezer Vining
"Born October 5th, 1754.
"Died in Rochester, August 24, 1843. Aged 89.
"He served his country in the Revolutionary struggle as a private soldier under the immediate command of General Washington; after which he united with the Baptist church in Leyden, Mass., and entered the work of the ministry, the duties of which he discharged until the 89th year of his age."