A brief introduction to three stonecutters: Nathan Fobes (1761-1814) of Plympton, son-in-law to the carver Ebenezer Soule, Jr. of Plympton; Ebenezer Wood, Sr. (1771-1862) of Halifax, son-in-law to the carver Asaph Soule of Plympton (and his son Ebenezer Wood, Jr. (1801-1865)); and William H. Soule (1791-1871) of Plympton, son of the Plympton stonecarverAsaph Soule. Includes a partial list of Fobes' gravestones (mostly on Cape Cod), as well as probate references to the three men.