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ESTHER, wife of EBENEZER KENDALL, Died Apr. 26, 1848, Ae. 87. [True age, 88.]
XII. 6. LOT OF SAMUEL LOCKE.
[NOTE. On the old parchment chart of the cemetery, this lot is assigned to Josiah G. White. There are no burials in it of any members of his family. Several citizens seemed to have engaged lots before an occasion to use them. They usually passed to the possession of the persons who came into future pos- session of their farms. The White family came into possession of what was once the farm of Thomas Morse. Possibly this was Morse's lot, instead of VII. 5, which see.]
JUDITH FIFIELD, wife of SAMUEL LOCKE, died May 12, 1861, Ae. 60 yrs., 2 mos., & 8 days. [Her body was buried here because there was not room in her husband's lot, XIII. 6, which see.]
XII. 7. LOT OF D. EMERY BOYNTON.
DAVID E. BOYNTON died Oct. 23, 1836, ag'd 79 years.
BETHIAH, wife of DAVID E. BOYNTON, Died July 14, 1845, Ae. 78. BETSEY, dau. of David E. & Bethia M. Boynton, died Apr. 6, 1831, Ae 22.
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In memory of MARY, dau. of David E. & Bethiah M. Boynton, who died Dec. 5, 1825, Ae. 28 years. [She died at Chelmsford, Mass.]
[NOTE. Eliza Boynton, dau. of David Emery and Bethiah Boynton, died at Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 24, 1855. Burial there.]
[NOTE. Clementine, dau. of D. E. & B. Boynton, died at Troy. Burial in the old cemetery in that village. Inscription on her headstone: CLEMEN- TINE, dau. of David E. & Bethiah M. Boynton, died July 10, 1830, ae. 25.
Think, mourning friends, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, so you must be; Prepare yourselves to follow me.]
[NOTE. An infant son of D. E. & B. Boynton, died Sep. 28, 1811, ae. 4 days. The burial was probably in this lot, possibly on the farm.]
Unmarked grave: EPHRAIM BOYNTON, father of D. E., died at latter's house February, 1826, ae. nearly 91.
Unmarked grave: ABIGAIL EMERY, widow of EPHRAIM BOYN- TON, died at house of her son, D. E. Boynton, Nov. 28, 1827, ae. 90.
Unmarked grave: ABNER BLODGETT, a nephew of Mrs. D. E. Boyn- ton, died, unmarried, at the latter's house, August, 1828; ae. 21.
XIII. I. LOT OF E. KEMP AND D. W. HOUGHTON.
Unmarked grave: ERASTUS KEMP, died, at Peterborough, Feb. 13, 1876, ae. 91.
Unmarked grave: FANNY HUBBARD, wife of ERASTUS KEMP, died in Keene, May 28, 1839, ae. 49.
Unmarked grave: SAMUEL H. KEMP, son of Erastus, died at Keene, Mar. 25, 1840, ae. 24.
E. KEMP: This small obelisk of native granite is in memory of ERAS- TUS, son of Erastus Kemp, who died in the city of NEW YORK, of small pox, Feb. 6, 1845. Burial there.
Unmarked grave: DAVID, son of Erastus Kemp, died, Feb. 16, 1828, ae. 3 yrs.
Unmarked grave: ROSWELL, son of Erastus Kemp, died in Peterborough, Oct. 1867, ae. 40.
Unmarked grave: SARAH JANE, dau. of Erastus Kemp, died in Peter- borough, Jan. 1, 1850, ae. 19.
CALVIN M., son of DANIEL W. & MIRECA HOUGHTON, died Mar. 1, 1832, Ae. 2 yrs. 6 mos. [The bodies of the parents were buried in lot, XVI. 3.]
XIII. 2. LOT OF H. NIMS AND A. MASON.
Probable grave: An infant of HENRY NIMS, born in Sullivan, May 31, 1829, died there, the same day, was probably buried here.
Unmarked grave: A twin infant of HENRY NIMS, born in Sullivan, Dec. 24, 1834, died there Dec. 31, ae. one week, was certainly buried here.
[NOTE. Burials of other members of this family were in Roxbury.]
Unmarked grave: Edna Augusta, dau. of Alonzo Mason, died at Worcester, Mass., Sept. 26, 1851, ae. 15 yrs., 4 mos., 20 days. [Her father told the writer
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that she was buried immediately west of the head of the grave of Salome E. Brown. There were no other burials from that family in Sullivan.]
XIII. 3. LOT OF ZADOK AND PHILANDER NIMS.
ZADOCK NIMS, Died Jan. 31, 1842, Ae. 88.
BETSEY, wife of ZADOCK NIMS, died Dec. 7, 1822, Ae. 67.
GEORGE NIMS, died May 10, 1829, in his 34 year.
[One stone.] PHILANDER NIMS, Died Aug. 18, 1848, Ae. 66 yrs. SARAH W., his wife, died June 20, 1865, Ae. 83 yrs. [The year of death upon her headstone is wrong. It should be 1866.]
Unmarked grave: George Washington, son of Philander Nims, died Mar. 2, 1811, ae. nearly 18 months.
Unmarked grave: Francis Ormond, son of Philander Nims, died Jan. 25, 1817, ae. I yr., I mo., 2 days.
Unmarked grave: In all probability, Stephen Brown, son of Silas Brown, and nephew of Mrs. Zadok Nims, was buried here, who was born, Sept. 22, 1781 ; died, April 23, 1805.
XIII. 4. LOT OF BREED OSGOOD.
[One stone.] BREED OSGOOD, died Apr. 8, 1826. SOPHIA, dau. of Breed & Sophia Osgood, died July 19, 1815. CHARLES, son of Breed & Sophia Osgood, died Aug. 26, 1819. GEORGE, son of Breed & Sophia Osgood, died Aug. 11, 1819. GEORGE, son of Breed & Sophia Osgood, died Feb. 12, 1825. [Sophia, widow of Breed Osgood, married Roswell Osgood. See lot, IV. 6.]
HENRY OSGOOD, Died Dec. 30, 1861, Ae. 31. [He was son of Roswell. See lot, IV. 6.]
XIII. V. LOT OF JAMES AND CALVIN LOCKE. Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.
LUTHER ABBOTT, ESQ., Died Mar. 2, 1872, Aged 76.
NANCY LOCKE, wife of David Wilkinson, and formerly wife of Luther Abbott, born, Apr. 10, 1802 ; died July 15, 1885.
In memory of MRS. HANNAH LOCKE, wife of MR. JAMES LOCKE, who died Oct. 27, 1798, Ae. 65.
Draw near my friends and take a view, For this cold earth must cover you.
In memory of MR. JAMES LOCKE, who died Jan. 19, 1808, Ae. 79.
Surviving friends, come drop a tear, Here I must lie till Christ appears.
CALVIN LOCKE, died Aug. 12, 1843, Ae. 78.
Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God.
MRS. SARAH LOCKE, wife of MR. CALVIN LOCKE, died Sep. 20, 1834, Ae. 67.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
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EUNICE R. LOCKE, dau. of MR. CALVIN & MRS. SARAH LOCKE, died June 14, 1812, Aet. 4 yrs. 6 months.
The blooming rose that bids so fair From friends is gone and is no more.
MR. AMOS J. LOCKE died May 10, 1834, Ae. 34 yrs.
MRS. CLEMENTINA S., wife of AMOS J. LOCKE, died triumphing in hope of a glorious immortality, Nov. 26, 1832, Ae. 29. By her side rests two infant babes. Be ye also ready. [These babes were Charles Stoughton Locke, born, Aug. 21, 1826, died Aug. 26, 1826; also Amos Jewett Locke, born and died, May 30, 1827.]
XIII. 6. LOT OF SAMUEL LOCKE.
MRS. BEULAH LOCKE, wife of DEA. JOHN LOCKE, died Aug. 13, 1813, Aet. 68.
DEA. JOHN LOCKE, died Feb. 16, 1823, in the 90 year of his age.
SAMUEL LOCKE, Died Jan. 20, 1860, Ae. 74 yrs. 4 Mos.
LYDIA, wife of SAMUEL LOCKE, died Aug. 25, 1830, Ae. 47. [See also lot XII. 6.]
SARAH, dau. of SAMUEL & LYDIA LOCKE, died Oct. 2, 1831, Ae. 19. LOVINA, dau. of SAMUEL & LYDIA LOCKE, & wife of ABIJAH W. KINGSBURY, died July 29, 1836, in the 20 year of her age.
SAMUEL, son of SAMUEL & LYDIA LOCKE, died Apr. 2, 1838, in the 18th year of his age.
SUSAN, dau. of ISRAEL B. & JUDITH FIFIELD, Died Aug. 12, 1840, Aet. 16. [Her father's body was buried at Franklin. Her mother was the second wife of Samuel Locke. See lot, XII. 6.]
XIII. 7. LOT OF DEA. DALPHON GIBBS. DEA. DALPHON GIBBS Died Nov. 21, 1859, Ae. 82.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
In memory of ASENATH F., wife of DALPHON GIBBS, who died, Oct. 19, 1826, Ae. 49.
Beneath this mound here rests her day The wife, the mother, christian, friend.
She's gone, we trust, to endless day, With ransomed hosts of saints to blend : And now her notes of praise aspire ; Joined to a seraph's lofty lyre.
BETSEY, wife of DALPHON GIBBS, died Mar. 28, 1843, Aet. 66 yrs. 7 mos.
[NOTE. Dorothy, 3d wife of Dalphon Gibbs, died at Wilmington, Del., July 4, 1865, and her body is not buried here.]
XIV. I. LOT OF NAHUM NIMS.
EDWIN T., son of NAHUM & LUCINA NIMS, died June 29, 1841, Aet. 2 yrs. 6 mo. [The bodies of other members of the family of Nahum Nims are buried in the Meetinghouse Cemetery.]
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XIV. 2. LOT OF OLIVER BROWN.
Unmarked grave: Oliver Brown died, Feb. 12, 1831, ae. 48.
Unmarked grave : Mary, widow of Oliver Brown, died, Feb. 19, 1870, ae. 80.
Unmarked grave: Elvira, dau. of Oliver Brown, died, Dec. 5, 1814, ae. 4.
Unmarked grave: Francis Ormond, son of Oliver Brown, died, Nov. 29, 1867, ae. 50.
Unmarked grave: Henrietta Melvina, dau. of Oliver Brown, died, June 12, 1877, ae. 53.
Unmarked grave : Salome Elvira, dau. of Oliver Brown, died, Jan. 23, 1846, ae. 19.
[NOTE. Julia Maria, dau. of Oliver Brown, died at Keene, Feb. 13, 1886, ae.
65. Burial there. ]
XIV. 3. LOT OF EBENEZER COLLESTER.
EBENEZER B. COLLESTER, died Nov. 9, 1832, Ae 43.
REBECKAII, wife of EBENEZER B. COLLESTER, died May 24, 1837, Ae. 46. 7 [One stone.] SARAH M., wife of THORLEY COLLESTER, Died Aug.
4, 1842, Ae. 23. Also EDWARD E., son of T. & S. M. COLLESTER, Died Aug. 10, 1842, Ae. I yr. II mos. [No other burials from Thorley Collester's family in Sullivan.]
[One stone.] LAURA M. died Mar. 18, 1834, Ae. 17; ELIZA G. died Nov. 20, 1834, Ae. 13; daus. of EBENEZER B. & REBECKAH COLLESTER.
XIV. 4. LOT OF BENJAMIN AND ABIJAH HASTINGS.
BENJAMIN HASTINGS Died Nov. 9, 1845, Ae. 82. A soldier of the Revolution.
In memory of EXPERIENCE, wife of BENJAMIN HASTINGS, who died Oct. 13, 1828, Ae. 64.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
SARAH, wife of ABIJAH HASTINGS, died Feb. 26, 1840, Ae. 36.
ABIJAH HASTINGS Died Oct. 24, 1856, Aet. 54 yrs. & II mos.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
[NOTE. The bodies of an infant of Benjamin Hastings and an infant son of Abijah Hastings were buried on the farm, where Mr. Howard lives, under the shade of the first tree north-west of the house. Sarah Richardson, second wife of Abijah Hastings, died at Marlow, May 5, 1862, and her body was buried in the old west cemetery of Marlow.]
XIV. 5. LOT OF OLIVER STONE.
Unmarked grave : A child of Oliver Stone died, Apr. 10, 1827, having lived a few months. [There were no other deaths or burials in that family in Sullivan.]
XIV. 6. LOT OF BENJAMIN EATON.
[One stone.] MR. BENJAMIN EATON died Feb. 20, 1822, in the 54 year of his age. MR. BENJAMIN EATON, JR., died Aug. 27, 1820, Aet. 26. ELIZABETH, wife of BENJAMIN EATON, died May 2, 1839, Ae. 69. In memory of SYRENA EATON, who died Oct. 3, 1825, ae. 29.
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XIV. 7. LOT OF JACOB SPAULDING.
JACOB SPAULDING. Died Aug. 13, 1875, Ae. 83 yrs.
WAITSTILL, wife of JACOB SPAULDING, Died May 4, 1847, Ae. 61. [The true date of her death was May 7.]
Unmarked grave : Jacob A., son of Jacob Spaulding, died Sep. 5, 1822, ae. 3.
[NOTE. Mrs. Betsey W. Howe, the second wife of Jacob Spaulding, and formerly the wife of Moses Moody, died, July 29, 1888. The burial was in the Moody lot in the cemetery on upper Court St., in Keene.]
XV. I. LOT OF JOHN DUNN.
[One stone.] HARRIET NIMS, wife of JOHN DUNN, died Sep. 10, 1846, Ae. 27. THOMAS N., son of JOHN & HARRIET N. DUNN, Died Aug. 8, 1846, Ae. 2 mos. & 4 dys.
[NOTE. John Dunn died at Keene, June 21, 1872. His second wife, Emily L. White, who, after his death, became the wife of Joseph W. Fassett, died at Jaffrey, Apr. 7, 1888. Both of their bodies are in the Woodland Cemetery at Keene. The age on Mr. Dunn's headstone, and the date of birth on that of Mrs. Emily (Dunn) Fassett, are both wrong.
XV. 2. LOT OF ALEXANDER B. BROWN.
ALEXANDER B. BROWN Died Dec. 23, 1894, Ae. 80 yrs. 5 mos. 18 dys. ORINDA S., wife of ALEXANDER B. BROWN, died Apr. 6, 1869, Ae. 49 yrs. 4 mos.
HERBERT MILTON, son of Alexander B. & ORINDA S. BROWN, Died July 25, 1851 Aet. 2 yrs. 5 mos. 7 days.
HERBERT R. BROWN Died May 24, 1885, Ae. 30 yrs. 3 mos. [Son of Alexander B. The true age was 31 years, 3 months.]
[NOTE. Fred. Milton, son of Alexander B. Brown, died at Keene, Apr. 23, 1895, ae. 32. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene.]
XV. 3. LOT OF NATHANIEL MASON.
NATHANIEL MASON Died Nov. 12, 1841, Aet. 66.
SALLY, wife of NATHANIEL MASON, Died Aug. 20, 1865, Ae. 85 yrs. 5 mos. 9 d's.
Thy sufferings are o'er, Sweet is thy rest. DEAR MOTHER.
MR. LYMAN MASON died Nov. 6, 1832, Aet. 26.
MOTHER Died Jan. 16, 1865, Ae. 56 yrs. 7 mo's. [This "mother " was Elizabeth V., dau. of Nathaniel Mason, and the wife of Levi Mason of Boston, where she died.]
MR. HORACE WHITCOMB, husband of ELIZA ANN WHITCOMB, died May 7, 1831, Aet. 26. [Mrs. Whitcomb, subsequently married to Israel Ray, died at Topsfield, Mass., Mar. 5, 1868, where her body was buried.]
ELIZA ANN CLANDESTINE, only dau. of Horace and Eliza Ann WHITCOMB, died Apr. 16, 1831, Aet. 4 mos.
Weep not o'er the tomb Of infancy. Flowers of sweetest bloom Must pass away.
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[One stone. NATHANIEL, died Aug. 18, 1813, Aet. 2 yrs, 10 mo. AL- VINA died Mar. 4, 1819, Aet. 30 days. Children of NATHANIEL & SALLY MASON.
XV. 4. LOT OF CHARLES P. LOCKE.
DEA. CHARLES P. LOCKE Died in Marlboro, May 28, 1879, Aet. 73 yrs.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord.
MARY ANN J., wife of DEA. CHARLES P. LOCKE, died Aug. 4, 1885, Ae. 77 yrs. II mos.
SARAH A. J., only Daut. of Charles P. & Mary A. J. LOCKE, died at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Mar. 15, 1857, Ae. 18.
Many fond hopes lie buried here.
LYDIA CLARK died Apr. 22, 1865, Ae. 96.
Christ is my hope.
[A maiden lady without near kindred in Sullivan.]
XV. 5. LOT OF EPHRAIM HOLT.
EPHRAIM HOLT Died July 31, 1857, Ae. 78 yrs., II mos. & 17 Ds.
A sickness sore I long have borne ; Physicians were in vain, Till death was pleased to give me ease From my distress and pain.
RHODA, relict of EPHRAIM HOLT, Died June 28, 1867, Ae. 85 yrs., 5 mos.
She's gone home to die no more.
Unmarked grave: Diah Holt, son of Ephraim, died, Apr. 17, 1818, Ae. 5. Unmarked grave: Rena, dau. of Ephraim Holt, died, Oct. 5, 1840, ae. 23.
[NOTE. Henry, son of Ephraim Holt, died at Temple, Aug. 20, 1803, ae. I year & 16 days. Burial at Temple. Sally, dau. of Ephraim Holt, died at Nelson, June 17, 1813, ae. 2 years, I mo., 14 days. Burial in old Nelson cemetery.]
XV. 6. LOT OF REUBEN WRIGHT.
[NOTE. The old parchment chart assigns this lot to Reuben Wright. The existing town and church records contain no notice of any death in this family while in Sullivan. Nor did we discover any newspaper notice of such a death. Nor did a family register, which was shown to us by a kinsman, allude to anything of the kind. It is most likely that Reuben Wright engaged this lot, in advance of any death, because it is adjacent to the lot of Benjamin Eaton. These two men married sisters. The body of some young infant may have been buried here. They were Baptists, and the Baptist records are very defective.]
XV. 7. LOT OF STEPHEN FOSTER.
STEPHEN FOSTER, born, Dec. 11, 1768, died, Dec. 10, 1855, ae. 87. A member of the Baptist church in Sullivan from its organization in 1808.
LYDIA, wife of STEPHEN FOSTER, died April 10, 1833, ae. 55.
Death is the path that must be trod If we would pass from earth to God.
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ELIZABETH, dau. of STEPHEN & LYDIA FOSTER, died July 22, 1831, ae. 16.
LYDIA, dau. of STEPHEN & LYDIA FOSTER, died Oct. 4, 1816, Ae. 16 yrs.
Unmarked grave : Thomas Nichols, son of Stephen Foster, died Apr. 29, 1817, ae. II days.
[NOTE. Lois Stratton, second wife of Stephen Foster, died at Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1859, ae. 77, and the burial was not here.]
XVI. I. LOT OF POMPEY WOODWARD.
Unmarked grave: Pompey Woodward, a respectable negro, died, Jan. 13, 1843, upwards of 80.
Unmarked grave: Milly Woodward, dau. of Pompey, by his first wife, died Sept. 27, 1811, ae. 21.
[NOTE. Pompey's first wife died at Sterling, Mass., and Mary, his 2d wife and widow, for many years a character in Sullivan, died at Worcester, Mass. The burials were not here.]
XVI. 2. LOT OF DEA BENJAMIN KEMP.
DEA. BENJAMIN KEMP died July 1843, ae. 82. [Died on July 6.]
ABIGAIL, wife of BENJAMIN KEMP, died Mar. 1842, ae. 79. [Died on Mar. 27.]
ABIGAIL KEMP died June 1849, ae. 63. [Died on June Io.]
[NOTE. Eliakim Nims, an infant of Benjamin Kemp, died, Aug. 7, 1792, ae. I yr. 6 mos., 17 days. The burial was probably here, but perhaps on the farm.]
XVI. 3. LOT OF C. NIMS AND D. W. HOUGHTON.
CALVIN NIMS died Jan. 22, 1816, ae. 39 years.
ABIGAIL W., wife of CALVIN NIMS, died Oct. 17, 1851, ae. 74 yrs.
[NOTE. For grave of Rufus, son of Calvin Nims, see Meetinghouse Ceme- tery, lot 23, II. 9. Calvin's son Minot died at Nelson. The inscription in the old cemetery of Nelson, on his headstone, is: In memory of MINOT, son of CALVIN & ABIGAIL NIMS, who died Dec. 27, 1822, in the 15 year of his age.]
DANIEL W. HOUGHTON died Apr. 15, 1856, ae. 57.
One less to love on earth ; One more to meet in heaven.
MIRECA N., wife of DANIEL W. HOUGHTON, died Dec. 2, 1861, ae. 61.
We miss thee mother. [See also lot, XIII. I.] XVI. 4. LOT OF WILLIAM HASTINGS.
MOTHER. MARY, wife of JONATHAN EMERSON, died Dec. 10, 1877, ae. 89 yrs. 8 ms.
She has gone to the realms of the Blest ; Where her spirit shall sorrow no more.
[She was mother of Mrs. William Hastings. Her husband's body was buried in the old cemetery on the hill, at Stoddard.]
WILLIAM HASTINGS died Jan. 4, 1866, ae. 60 yrs. 5 m's.
Dear one we miss thee.
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[One stone.] LESTINA Died May 13, 1858, ae. 13 yrs. NANCY Died Oct. 22, 1858, ae. 19 yrs. Daus. of WILLIAM & LESTINA HASTINGS.
Earth has two loving spirits less,
And Heaven two Angels more.
BENJAMIN, son of WILLIAM & LESTINA HASTINGS, Died Aug. 18, 1853, ae. 10 yrs. & 5 mos.
THOMAS, son of WILLIAM & LESTINA HASTINGS, died June 27, 1850, Ae. 3 yrs. & 2 mos.
[NOTE. Nancy's twin mate died on day of birth. Burial on the farm. Mrs. William Hastings's body was buried in her son's lot, No. 40, at East Sul- livan Cemetery.
XVI. 5. LOT OF A. & T. T. WETHERBEE.
ABIJAH WETHERBEE Died Apr. 20, 1840, Aet. 78. A Revolutionary Soldier.
MEHITABLE, wife of ABIJAH WETHERBEE, died Feb. 6, 1844, Aet. 80.
SARAH, wife of CAPT. THOMAS T. WETHERBEE, died June 28, 1850, Aet. 44. [The bodies of Capt. Wetherbee and his last wife rest in Mt. Caesar Cemetery at Swanzey.]
XVI. 6. LOT NEVER USED.
XVI. 7. LOT OF SILAS MORSE.
Unmarked grave: Elizabeth (or Betsey), widow of James Morse, and mother of Silas Morse, died, Sept. 5, 1833, ae. 82. Her husband's body was buried in Fitzwilliam.
NOTE. During the time that the old cemetery at the Four Corners was used for burials, there occurred the deaths of several persons whose graves are not in town. Except in cases specified, where the burials may possibly have been in cemetery lots, the graves of infants were probably upon the farms of their parents, as some are known to have been. The reprehensible custom of burying upon farms was once quite common, especially in the case of infants. Several times, in preparing materials for the genealogies contained in this volume, in seeking facts about young children, the writer would be asked : " Do you make any account of them ?" His reply usually was: "They were of more account than many who lived to maturity." It did not occur to our ancestors that their farms would not always be inhabited by their descendants, who would have large families like themselves, wherein would be always one or two boys who would patriotically keep the old farm. There is not a farm in town inhab- ited by persons who are descendants of the first owner of it. There are two occupied by persons whose ancestors were living on them more than a hundred years ago. There are other farms and pieces of land owned by persons whose ancestors first owned them, like a little piece still owned by the writer. Any sentiment, therefore, about "home burials," as burying upon farms was called, becomes null and void from this circumstance of the constant change of owner- ship. Farm burial lots would almost certainly become cruelly neglected. A public burial place is the correct thing.
We append a list of deaths of persons whose graves are not noted on pp. 297-326: Joel, son of Thomas Powell, died, Aug. 20, 1798, ae. 25 days,
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possibly buried in the lot of his grandfather, Jona. Baker, V. I. Martin, son of Samuel Mason, died July 7, 1800, known to have been buried on the farm where Henry Davis lives, near the old house on the hill to the south. Levi Nash died, Dec. 3, 1802, burial perhaps in IV. 4. Tirzah, dau. of Moses Bartlett, died Oct. 3, 1803, in her 8th year, most likely buried in some other town. She was a granddaughter of James Locke, Sr. Hannah, dau. of Jona. Powell, died, Sept. 18, 1805, about 3 yrs. old; burial perhaps in the lot of her grandfather, Philip Proctor, IX. I. A child of Charles Damon (probably Martha -- or Patty-, then about 2 yrs. old) died, Mar. 28, 1806. A child of Benjamin Mayo, sex and age not stated, died, 1806, perhaps May 12, but the record is confusing. Mr. Mayo had three children when he came to town, that same year. It is not known which of the three is here intended, and perhaps it was an infant born later. The burial was perhaps in the lot afterwards used by Mr. Mayo's brother-in-law, Amasa Brown, III. 7. An infant of Asahel Newton d'ed, Cct. 12, 18c7, age not given. The burial was quite likely in the lot of its grandfather, Jonathan Heaton, XI. 2, where a child of Mr. Heaton was already buried. David, son of David Porter, died, July 24, 1810, ae. 28 days. Nancy, a dau. of Benjamin Hancock, died, Oct. 17, 1810, ae. 4 yrs., 6 mos., 18 days. The burial was very likely in the lot of her grandfather, Philip Proctor, IX. I. The two twin infants of Alpheus Nims, 2d, died, May 4, 18II, very young. Elvira, dau. of Nathan Ellis, died, Aug. 12, 1811, 20 mos. old. The burial may perhaps have been upon the farm. See, however, V. 5. An infant of Jasper White, sex not stated, died, Mar. 9, 1813. Perhaps the burial was in the lot of its grandfather, Solomon White, X. 6. Elias, son of Rev. Chas. Cummings, died, Apr. 12, 1813, at Roxbury, of spotted fever. Burial in the northeast ceme- tery of Marlborough. Mrs. Martha (Fairbanks) Mason, mother of Bela, died at latter's house, Feb. 4, 1815, and the burial was at Dublin. Eunice, a dau. of Philip Proctor, Jr., died, Dec. 14, 1817, ae. I day. Burial probably in the lot of its grandfather, Philip Proctor, IX. I. Silas Atwood died, Feb. 2, 1818, ae. 32 ; burial in the old Nelson cemetery. Wm. Farrar, son of David Porter, died, May 20, 1818, ae. 4 yrs., 17 days. Mary, dau. of Daniel H. Corey, died, Oct. 6, 1824 ; burial on farm or, more probably, in its grandfather's lot in Bond Cemetery in Gilsum. Josiah Parker of Nelson dropped dead in the road near Dr. Cannon's, Jan. 31, 1828; burial in Nelson. Mrs. Matilda Nash, widow of James, was mur- dered, June 13, 1829; burial in the Bond Cemetery in Gilsum. An infant of Silas Davis, sex, age, and exact day of death not stated, died in 1829, perhaps on the day of birth, if born alive. The burial was on the farm, by a rock near the house. Lucretia, dau. of Silas Davis, died, Apr. 4, 1831, ae. 10; burial in the Bond Cemetery in Gilsum. Ellen Elizabeth, dau. of David Kemp, died, Dec. 3, 1832, ae. 16 mos. Henry Melville, a son of David Kemp, died, Jan. 24, 1835, ae. I mo., 13 days. According to the Sullivan records, another infant of David Kemp died in 1838, time not stated. The age, if it had any, is not known. It is not certain where these children were buried, but perhaps in their grandfather Kemp's lot, XVI. 2. Esther, dau. of Iddo Osgood of Keene, N. Y., died, Oct. 13, 1834, in her 23d year; burial in the cemetery in Roxbury. Ruth, widow of John Farrar, died, Jan. 5, 1835, ae. 85 years. Her body is said to have been buried in the old cemetery at the Four Corners, probably in the same
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lot as the two Porter children, already mentioned in this paragraph. Which lot it is cannot be positively determined. It is thought to have been VII. 5, but this is uncertain. Nathaniel, son of Thomas Spaulding, died at Brattleborough, Vt., Dec. 3, 1839, ae. 42. The burial was undoubtedly in his father's lot, VIII. 3. Mrs. Phebe (Norcross) Mason died at the house of her son, Jeremiah Mason, July 1, 1841. Burial at Dublin. Susannah, widow of David Bill, died, Nov. 14, 1842, ae. 86; burial in the Bond Cemetery in Gilsum. An infant of Rev. Alan- son Alvord died July 8, 1843. The burial is said to have been in the lot once used by Rev. Mr. Muzzy's family, VIII. 2, but this is not absolutely certain. An infant of Claudius B. Hayward died, May 17, 1851 ; burial in Gilsum. Phædrus E. Parker, a grandson of Dea. Gibbs, was drowned at Gilsum, May 23, 1852, ae. 15; burial in the northeast cemetery of Marlborough. Mrs. D. Alvaro Felt died, June 2, 1852, ae. 24; burial in Nelson old cemetery. Mrs. Dorcas Southwick died, at the house of her son-in-law, G. W. Nims, Jan. 31, 1854; burial at Dublin. Widow' Rebecca Parker, dau. of Dea. Gibbs, died, Feb. 26, 1854; burial in the northeast cemetery of Marlborough. Widow Lucinda Beverstock died, Apr. 24, 1854; burial in the Bond Cemetery in Gil- sum. A Mrs. Trumbull died in Vermont, Apr. 3, 1855. The funeral was in Sullivan and burial at Nelson. Jas. Scollay Whitney, son of Joseph, died, June I, 1856, ae. 2; burial at Nelson old cemetery. John Barrett died, Dec. 10, 1856; burial in Gilsum. Josiah Whitney died, June 17, 1857, ae. 75; burial at Nelson old cemetery. His widow, Sarah E. Whitney, died, Feb. 22, 1858; burial in Nelson old cemetery. Hattie A. Felt died, Jan. 11, 1864, ae. II ; burial in Nelson old cemetery. Lois E. Osgood died, Sept. 17, 1867; burial in Nelson old cemetery. Mrs. Hannah C. Fiske died, Nov. 3, 1867 ; burial at Munsonville. A Mr. Macy died, Sept. 7, 1868, ae. 22; burial at Hillsborough. Later deaths of persons whose bodies were not buried in the Sullivan cemeteries will be noted in a later paragraph, at the close of the inscriptions in the East Sullivan Cemetery.
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