Tucke Monument – Tallest Gravestone in New Hampshire

I visited the Tucke Monument on Star Island on while touring the Isle of Sholes. This is a very tall monument obelisk. It stands 45 and a half feet tall.

There is a large inscription on this monument dedicated to John Tucke (1702-1773). He was a minister, judge, physician, and philanthropist. On the monument there is an inscription that reads:

Underneath
are the Remains of the
REV. JOHN TUCKE, A. M.
He graduated at Harvard
College A. D. 1723, was ordained
here July 26, 1732,
and died late in august, 1773,
Aet. 71.
—
He was affable and polite in his
Manner, amiable in his disposition,
of great Piety and Integrity,
given to hospitality,
Diligent and faithful in his
pastoral office, well learned
in History and Geography as
well as general science, and a
careful Physician both to the
Bodies and the Souls
of his People.
—
Erected 1800 in memory of the Just.
—
The inscription above is taken from
the sandstone slab placed over the
grave of the Rev. John Tucke
by Dudley A. Tyng of Newburyport, Mass.
—
In 1914 a kinsman,
EDWARD TUCK,
renewed in permanent form
this memorial

This was a cool monument to see and a nice piece of history to discover. This is a must see for anyone who likes graves and gravestones.