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Jesse,
Franklin,
Joseph W. Otis G.
Jason P.
Marden, Rodney W.
Black, Charles
Sebastian S.
Jonathan P.
Emery, William
Jesse L. S.
Clement, Jesse
Josiah G.
Everett, Charles W.
Booth, Charles
Jesse, Jr.
Lewis,
Favor, George
Bowers, Albert W.
Jonathan D. Moses H.
Moses,
Orrin C.
Boynton, Daniel John,
Philemon,
Demars, George
William,
Lovilla,
Cohn, John C.
Dickerson, Geo. H.
Felch, Frank Harvey B.
Bragg, Frederick
Colburn, Aaron
Dodge, Angelo P. Israel P.
Hiram M.
David C.
Cyrus L.
Dow, Charles
Ira,
Emily,
John,
Cyrus,
Laura Ann,
Enoch W
Mark,
Daniel G.
Lewis,
Homer F.
Colby, Calvin F.
David,
Lydia,
Jolın,
David,
Elijah,
President,
John,
George H.
Ezra,
Squire,
John C.
George W.
John Q.
Sydney B.
Moses,
Harvey G.
Josiah,
Fifield, Robert S.
Stephen,
Hazen,
Levi H.
Fisher, Albert S.
Stephen P.
Jacob,
Nathan C.
Thomas E.
Thomas F.
John B.
Obed H.
Flanders, Frank
Willie O.
Porter,
Winthrop,
Joshua,
Zephaniah,
Stephen P.
Downing, Oscar
Lorin H.
Brown, David F. John K.
Caroline,
Drew, Dan G.
William,
William H.
Horatio J.
Druker, Henry
Follansbee, Almon
Burnham, Ezra
Samuel,
Dunlap, Samuel G.
Almus,
Buswell, Hiram
Susanna P. Warren L.
Eastman, Wid. E. G. Ezra C.
Benjamin,
Buxton, Charles N.
Copeland, Hezckiah
Francis,
Ezra S.
Charles W.
Courcy, John D.
George F.
Jacob,
George M.
Cram, James
George W.
Jesse,
Ira M.
John F.
James M.
John,
Jonathan,
Joseph,
John L.
Ranson,
Call, Reuben
Moses W.
Josiah B.
Samuel,
Carlton William H.
Nathan,
Squier G.
Foster, Frederick George, Henry,
Chapin, L. B.
Cronin, Dennis
George W.
Fracheur, Orrin P.
Chapman, Charles
Cross, Cleaveland
James W.
Frost Abner,
Chase, Almira Amos,
Currier, Bradbury B. Eunice,
Perry A.
Benjamin H.
George W.
Charles F.
Harrison E.
Robert,
Garney, Frank George, Charles O.
David G.
Herbert H.
Ruth,
Eli,
Levi, Moses F.
Thomas,
Frank,
John H.
Walter S.
Harvey,
John W.
Danforth, Charles
William,
Jesse,
Jonathan D.
Daniels, George S.
William S.
Jesse E.
Barnard, Buzzell Joseph, 2d Lottie,
Otis,
Philip,
Rodney G.
Jeremiah, Sabra,
Thomas,
John,
John,
Perley E.
Clark, Josiah B.
John,
Luther G.
Hiram H.
Bowie, Joseph V.
Clough, Cyrus
William H.
Thomas,
Breed, Amos
Charles,
Collins, Abner P.
Downs, John,
Philip,
Carpenter, Guy
Eaton, Daniel B.
Carswell, Samuel B.
Nathan G. Rebecca,
David,
Nathan,
Abner A.
Gardner, Alden S. Hannah Q.
Pillsbury R.
Alonzo C.
Butterfield, T. R.
Israel P.
Ezra,
Edwards, Oliver
1870.]
DIVISION OF THE TOWN.
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ploying an agent or agents for that purpose, or such other means as they may deem proper the more effectually to cary into effect the wishes of the town."
This was the last effort for a division. No doubt some of the next generation will make a similar one. We hope the citizens may always have love enough for old Halestown, now Weare, to keep her territory intact as long as the state may exist.
George, John
Hanson, John W. Susan P.
Kieley, Lawrence
George W.
Lewis,
Hawes, Eugene M.
Labonta, Israel
John D.
Mary E.
Hazen, Cyrus
Laney, Levi B.
Reuben A.
Gile, Daniel
Hamon, Mary K.
Leach, Hamlet H. John L. Leighton, D. B. E.
H. Romeyn,
David,
Hedding, Damon
Lufkin, Thomas
Samuel O.
Humphry N.
Hoag, Charles E. Israel, Joseph,
Dudley,
Simeon S.
Jerome B.
Hodgdon, Moses A.
Hannalı,
Niles, Charles Osborn, Daniel Daniel, 2d
John E.
Holmes, George W.
Luther E. .
Hood, Andrew J.
Marshall, Almus L.
Daniel B.
Rodney W.
Hoyt, Cynthia Hiram S.
James E.
James B.
Gove, Alvah
Archie R.
Isaiah,
Joseph,
John,
Charles,
John C.
Setlı N. William H.
Samuel,
Charles L.
Warren, Ziba A.
Martin, Albert F. Charles W.
Page, John
Ebenezer,
Hunt, Mary
Jonathan, Richard H.
Paige, Alfred F. Daniel,
Edwin,
Huntington, A. W. John, Polly,
Samuel,
Denis A.
George Ira
Huse, Hazen
Mayo, Joseph
Jane P.
James,
Hutchins, John T. William H.
McAlpine, J. Henry Lucy,
John H. Samuel,
Mahala M.
Jewell, Otis F.
Nathan G. Parmenter, Aaron
Paige E.
Andrew J.
Melvin, Abraham Daniel R.
Simnon G.
Charles H.
Abraham, 2d
Elbridge D.
Squires.
Charles H., 2d
Isaac J. C.
Franklin H.
Squire L. William II.
Daniel,
John P.
Harvey F.
Grandy, Emery
Edmund,
Lorenzo D.
Grant, James M. Laura M.
Henry,
John C.
Moody, David
Nathaniel, 2d
Hannah,
Josepli G.
Nathaniel P.
Guilford, Tyler S.
Moses,
Joseph C.
Robert,
Hadley, Alonzo George,
Moses, 2d
Olive P. Rollins D.
Rosilla A. Stephen,
George L.
Willard,
Morgrage, Andrew J. Peterson, James
John L.
William B.
Morrill, Albe Jabez,
Phelps, Julia A.
John R. Sylvester,
Charles A.
Morse, Moses W.
Philbrick, Abigail, Widow Andrew,
Hadlock, Alvin C. Dana B.
Daniel W.
William B. William T.
Andrew J.
Hall, Andrew J.
James E. John G.
Moulton, David J. Edwin A. True D.
John B.
Hanson, Alfred G.
Mudgett, Ezra T.
John S.
Daniel,
Lorenzo,
David,
Roland,
George S. Moses,
Melissa,
John,
Kendrick, Eliza
Muzzy, Dimond
Moses C
Jesse N.
Hollis, Benjamin E.
John, Willard,
Hiram D.
Sarah,
Horace J.
John C.
Jesse B.
Lindley H.
Charles E.
Samuel B.
William, William P.
George C.
Ira,
John M.
Jameson, Benj. T.
McCoy, James N. Palmer, Aaron
Nelson H.
Johnson, Abijah Albert B.
Mckellips, Harvey J. Peaslee, Alfred D. Silas, Anna S.
Samuel,
Benjamin F.
Dorcas,
Oscar, Rodney,
Moses R,
Nathaniel,
Greene, Charles F. Ezra,
Jonatlıan,
Moore, Charles Ezekiel W.
Nathaniel, 3d
Hiram F.
Horace,
Hamilton, Alfred Alfred M.
Kane, Jerry
Kelley, Charles James,
Kendrick, George G. Muzzy, Edna J.
John L.
Gilman, Hiram A.
Gould, Amos S.
Moses,
Josiah H.
Hannah,
Lull, Andrew J.
Simeon,
James,
Franklin G.
William,
David,
Frank E.
Eben L.
Hial,
Peter C.
Jonathan,
Greene,
Merrill, John Paige R.
Rhoda,
Jones, Bagley B.
Eliphalet,
Nichols, Henry Hiram,
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1763.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CEMETERIES.
THE Puritans in Massachusetts, bringing the custom from the large towns and cities of England, had one central or general grave-yard, usually near their meeting-house. But the people in south-eastern New Hampshire, borrowing the idea, perhaps, from the manors and country-seats of England, often had a family burying-ground on each farm. Neither of these customs fully prevailed in Weare. There were but few places of private sepulture, and no general, central burying-ground. The tendency was to have small grave-yards to ac- commodate the different sections. The ruggedness of our territory and the great distances of the neighborhoods apart made it difficult to carry the dead to a central yard.
At present there are thirty-seven places in town where the dead lie buried :-
1. THE CORLISS BURIAL-PLACE at the mountain. In 1763 Abi- gail Corliss, said to have been the first to die in Weare, the young wife of Joshua Corliss, was buried there, and afterwards several other persons near by.
Philbrick, Nathan Ruth,
Sawyer, O. D. Philip, William,
Straw, Abigail Israel, Seth N.
Whitney, Eben S. Whittaker, Alvah Charles, Peter,
Poor, Frank
Prescott, George
Puffer, Edwin
Scribner, Leslie D. Scruton, Charles H. Eliza, George W. Stephen C.
Sumner, John G. Sylvanus, Taylor, Jacob
Whittemore J. S Whittle, James P.
Purington, Elijah Frederick, John S.
Simons, Elbridge C. Tewksbury, Wm. P. Willard, Cyrus S.
Putnam, Elbridge
George,
Quint, Josiah D.
Harrison,
Rand, Asoph
James,
Thatcher, Charles Thorndike, Chas. H. John,
Willson, Clark Daniel,
Raymond, Stephen B. Susan, William,
Jason P. William B.
Thomas W. Wilson,
Hiram L.
Robie, Mary
Roxannalı,
Thorp, Abraham Elmira D. Isaac H. Thurston, Peleg B.
Wood, Alonzo H. Amos E. Cyrus E.
Rockland mills
William H.
Rogers, Thomas
Smith, Albe M.
Rowe, David B.
Edgar,
Rowell, Stephen
Elizabeth,
Tuttle, Lewis
George W.
Runlett, Jacob
Ethan,
Vance, William W.
James, 2d
Saltmarsh, Gilman M. Jonathan, Thomas,
Perry A.
Saralı B.
Sargent, Jacob K.
Reuben,
Moses D.
Reuben A. Robert C.
William, Woods, Samuel R.
Samuel, Sarah,
Spaulding, Elisha A. Webb, Benjamin N. Worthley, Eleanor,
Saunders, George W. Stevens, Henry
Webber, Isaiah J. White, Dustin
James, Jesse, Jonathan,
Moses,
Wright, Eben W.
Nathan,
Stoning, A. J. Jonathan,
. George I. John C. William D.
Wyman, James I.
Tenney, Edwin J. William B.
John, John W.
Wilkins, Ira
Ira G.
Nancy W.
Richards, John
Sleeper, Almon L. G. W.P.
Town, George W. Luke,
Woodbury, Caleb P. Daniel P.
Moses,
John, Levi P.
Nathaniel B.
Vitty, Albert O. Jonathan F. William C. Wadleigh, Rufus Waite, George Walker, James
Stephen E.
Sawyer, Daniel
Joel, Samuel,
Lindley M.
Pierce, Joseph B.
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2. THE WORTHLEY GRAVE. Elizabeth Yarrow Worthley, wife of Thomas Worthley, the third settler, was very early buried on their farm in the valley of the Otter. Her grave is still shown un- der a pine tree, paved with pebbles.
3. MRS. BURBANK'S GRAVE. Burbank and his wife early set- tled on lot ninety-three, range one, near the Piscataquog. It is told that in the winter they were short of provisions, and the husband went back down country. While he was gone Mrs. Burbank died, and the neighbors buried her near the river. When Mr. Burbank returned in the spring, with a yoke of cattle, he drew a great pile of logs upon her grave and burned them. The charred brands lay there for more than fifty years.
4. THE SOUTH WEARE CEMETERY Was s begun very early, maybe in 1765. The first burials were made on the rangeway, which was four rods wide. Who was the first person buried here can not now be told. Thomas Worthley, the third settler, aged one hun- dred and six years, was the oldest person buried in the yard. He lies in an unmarked grave. Rev. Amos Wood, who died Feb. 3, 1798, has, perhaps, the most prominent grave-stone, being a thick slate. On it is inscribed : -
" Partner in life and my dear babes farewell,
Parents and friends depart, restrain the falling tear; Here in death's peaceful slumber I would dwell Till Jesus, my Redeemer, doth appear."
Some of the leading men of the town who are buried here are Jesse Woodbury, James Wallace, Jonathan G. Colby, Ichabod East- man, Ebenezer Bailey, William Dustin, a Revolutionary soldier, keeper of the Dustin tavern, and for whom the Dustin meadow was named, Josiah Dearborn, another Revolutionary soldier, Dea. Moses Wood, Simon P. Colby, Daniel Bailey, Amos W. Bailey, John Bart- lett, Enoch Bartlett and many others. Timothy Corliss, Sr., and Timothy Corliss, the hunter, and several other first settlers are here interred.
What grave-stones there are at the earliest graves are all of slate, the most durable material, or of freestone. The first white marble stone was erected at the grave of William Dustin, who died June 4, 1818, and is inscribed with this line : "The grave is the subterraneous road to bliss." Josiah G. Dearborn has a handsome tomb in the old part of this cemetery, in which are deposited the remains of his father and mother, his wife and child.
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1770.
The small part of this cemetery on the rangeway was first en- larged in 1796. Samuel Bailey, Dec. 22d that year, gave Ichabod Eastman, Jesse Woodbury and Jabez Morrill a deed of what is called the old cemetery, to their use and the use of their associates, pro- vided they would keep up the wall and maintain two good gates; and he reserved to himself, his heirs and assigns " forever the privi- lege of pasturing said burying-place with sheep or spring calves and nothing besides." About four hundred persons have been buried in this old part.
The yard was again enlarged in 1858. Oct. 2d Amos W. Bailey gave a deed of forty-eight square rods of land to Luther E. Gould and others. It was enclosed with a good fence, divided into lots and sold to different individuals. Eighty-six persons have been buried in this part of the yard.
President Felch, the successor of Amos W. Bailey, March 1, 1880, sold to " The Hillside Cemetery Association," Amos J. Stoning pres- ident, Alonzo Hadley secretary, Luther E. Gould treasurer, four and one-half acres as a further addition to the old cemetery. It has been divided into lots, and many of them sold. Also quite a number of free lots have been laid out for the use of those who do not feel able to buy. A very nice monument has been erected by Abner L. Hadley, of Bedford, and about forty persons buried in this addition.
Recently the fences about the three parts of the cemetery have been removed, the whole made into one, which is enclosed with a good, substantial fence and wall; and the right to pasture sheep and spring calves has been purchased from Samuel Bailey's heirs or as- signs and abolished.
5. THE OIL MILL CEMETERY is in the valley of the Piscataquog, about a mile above that village, and was very early laid out. The oldest stone is at the grave of Joseph Webster, in the history of Weare a familiar name, who died Sept. 13, 1810, aged eighty-six. Jacob Carr, the Revolutionary soldier, is here interred. He died Dec. 17, 1826, aged eighty-two years. John Priest, who died Oct. 29, 1823, was carried from Oil Mill to his grave on a bier, the coffin covered with a heavy black pall, by sixteen bearers, who relieved each other at short intervals. Most of the old settlers of this section are buried here : the Clements, Emersons, Melvins, Follansbees, Simons, Hobsons, Priests, Marshalls, Worthens, Wilsons, Hoits, Stevenses and many others. Lydia Hoit Emerson, widow of James Emerson,
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aged ninety-seven, was the oldest person buried; Polly Dow Emer- son, widow of Marden Emerson, aged ninety-three, and Lucy Brewer Dow, widow of John Dow, aged ninety-two, were the next eldest. There have been about two hundred interments in the yard.
6. THE SUGAR HILL CEMETERY was established about 1779. It was part of Ithamar Eaton's farm, and he and his brother Oba- diah walled in about half an acre for their own use, and gave their neighbors leave to bury whenever they might have occasion. It has always remained free to all who chose to use it. Ithamar and Obadiah Eaton, with their families, are buried in it. Aaron Greeley, Esq., the surveyor, Capt. John Hale, Daniel Murray and many others were brought here from Hopkinton and buried ; also Joshua F. Hoit, Benjamin Hoit and a few more from Dunbarton. One of the oldest marked stones is at the grave of Abigail Eaton, daughter of Ithamar Eaton ; she died Jan. 28, 1781, aged ten days. The oldest persons buried in the yard are Widow Hannah Bachelor, who died in 1802, aged ninety-one years; she was the mother of Col. Ithamar Eaton ; - Widow Elizabeth Caldwell, who died Feb. 4, 1825, aged ninety-seven years; she was the wife of Lieut .- Col. Samuel Caldwell ; - Sarah Clark, who died May 8, 1883, aged ninety-eight years, three months and ten days ; she was the daughter of John and Hannah (Barnard) Page, and the widow of Jonathan Clark ;- and Mary Col- lins Hoit, aged one hundred and three years, the mother of Abner Hoit. There are many soldiers buried in the yard, the first, per- haps, being Lieut. Samuel Caldwell's son, John Caldwell, of the Revolution, who died in January, 1780, aged twenty years. One thing especially noticeable is the large number of children's graves, much the larger part without marked head-stones.
About 1870 Lewis and Sidney Felch made an addition to the grounds, and lots have been sold to those desiring to purchase.
7. THE FRIENDS' SOUTH CEMETERY was begun about 1780. It is situate just back of their South meeting-house on lot ninety-two, range four, the Wibird lot, and contains about a half acre. The graves, after the Quaker style, are marked with rude boulders, mostly porphyritic gneiss, no names or dates on them. There are very few head-stones and no monuments.
8. THE FRIENDS' NORTH CEMETERY was also commenced about the same time on the farm once owned by Jedediah Dow, and is near the Friends' North meeting-house. Several hundred persons have been buried here. Nathan G. Chase, aged ninety-four, and
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[1782.
Hannah Peaslee, one hundred and one, are the oldest. The first grave-stone erected in the yard was that of Samuel Brackenbury.
9. THE MUZZY CEMETERY, near Emery brook, on lot seventy- four, range seven, by the road to Craney hill, was begun about 1782. The first rude head-stones, marked, were erected at the grave of Miriam Jones in 1790. Susannah Emery, aged ninety-five, is the old- est person buried in the yard. There have been about forty inter- ments.
10. THE EAST WEARE CEMETERY, on lot ninety-eight, range five, just north of the Piscataquog, was probably first occupied about 1788. At that time Thomas Davis, of Newburyport, who formerly lived on the lot, sold without reservation to Benjamin Collins, who soon conveyed about two acres to Edmund Johnson, Benjamin Cil- ley and Joseph Huse, to be used by themselves and associates as a grave-yard. In 1852 Col. Edmund Johnson bought an acre of the John Peasley farm on the east side of the yard and sold burial lots. At his decease his heirs put what was not sold into the hands of Albert B. Johnson, to sell the same in lots and use the proceeds for the bene- fit of the yard. Subsequently Richard Kenniston bought half an acre next east of Johnson's purchase, and buried some of his children there; but failing to pay, the land went back to John Peasley's heirs, and what is not sold in lots is now owned by Mrs. George Ira Gove. The oldest marked grave, Nov. 25, 1789, is that of Jenny Cilley, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cilley, and the next, Sept. 14, 1797, is of John Peasley. A large number of the older graves have no marked head-stones. The oldest persons buried in the yard were Agnes Stewart, died May 19, 1835, aged ninety-one years; Lydia Bean, died Jan. 31, 1823, aged ninety-two years ; Susan Cilley, died April 2, 1866, aged ninety-two years ; Daniel Gould, died March 19, 1860, aged ninety-two years, four months, seventeen days; Dea. Tristram Barnard, died April 10, 1860, aged ninety-three years ; Jonathan Cilley, died Dec. 21, 1870, aged ninety-four years, one month ; Dorothy Barnard, died Aug. 1, 1817, aged ninety-five years, and Fanny Morse,* died Dec. 12, 1869, aged one hundred years and nine months. This is the largest yard in town, nearly seven hundred having been buried here. Benjamin Brown, father of Elijah Brown,
* FANNY MORSE, daughter of Enoch Chase, of Hopkinton, married first, John Favor, Jr., second, Nathan Worthley, and third, Mr. Morse. After the death of the Jatter she lived with her son, John Favor, until her death. She retained all her men- tal faculties to the last, but was feeble and nearly blind. She was a member of the Baptist church for sixty years.
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was the first. Among the most common names on the grave-stones are Cilley, Collins, Johnson, Peasley, Day, Barnard, Gould and Hunt- ington. There are ten monuments, the two largest being at the graves of Moses Johnson and Timothy Hovey. Horace P. Marshall and many others have fine, well-kept lots. The yard is well cared for, and was neatly and durably fenced by the subscriptions of in- terested parties in 1879.
11. THE CENTER SQUARE CEMETERY. Center Square was re- served by the Robiestown proprietors for several purposes, one of which was for a public burying-ground. The boundaries of the yard were established by the selectmen in 1794, and the Friends were as- signed a part. In 1860 Solomon O. Hanson enlarged the yard on the south and east sides and sold a few lots. He sold his farm to John Whittle, who made a further addition and also sold lots. The oldest marked grave-stone is at the grave of Shuea Philbrick, who died Nov. 1, 1786, aged thirty-three years. She was the wife of Richard Philbrick. The oldest person buried here was Abigail (Hodgdon) Peaslee, who died June 8, 1844, aged ninety-five years. Others were Sally Edwards, died June 5, 1852, aged ninety-one years, three months ; Lydia P. Chase died Sept. 19, 1879, aged ninety years, one month, ten days ; Mary Kinson, died Jan. 12, 1825, aged ninety years, and Amos Stoning, who died in 1850, aged ninety years. There are nineteen graves in the Stoning row. Dr. Samuel Peterson, Dr. James Peterson, Israel Peaslee, Esq., John Robie, Esq., and many others among Weare's most prominent men are buried here. The Bakers and the Peaslees have filled many graves in this yard. A large proportion of the graves are unmarked, the Friends for many years deeming it wrong to erect marked head- stones. More than four hundred have been buried in this yard.
12. THE BUXTON AND PHILBRICK CEMETERY was. first used about 1806. Henry Tuxbury, who fell dead from his horse, was buried here Dec. 1st, that year. Sarah Buxton, aged ninety-four, was the oldest person buried in the yard, which is on the line of the Philbrick and Buxton farms. Each family was buried on their own land, and the heirs own the yard to this day.
13. THE PHILBRICK CEMETERY is on the side of Mine hill, a mile and a half westerly of the South Weare meeting-house. Capt. Samuel Philbrick (1806) was the first to be buried in it, and his son- in-law, David H. Bailey, aged eighty-five, is the oldest person in- terred here. The remains of Hon. Joseph Philbrick are also here.
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The yard, well walled in, is in a dense pine woods between two roads.
14. THE ELIJAH GOVE CEMETERY is on the road to the moun- tain west of the Peacock and was first used in 1814, when Mr. Gove's wife, Sarah, was buried there. Samuel Gove, aged ninety, is the oldest person interred. Nancy (Gove) Cram, his daughter, once a preacher, is also buried in this yard. Mrs. James Eastman (Eliza Gove), now ninety-three years old, is the last surviving child of Elijah Gove. The yard is nicely fenced and well preserved.
15. THE BENJAMIN PERKINS CEMETERY is a small yard on the farm of the late Andrew Philbrick, near Mount Odiorne, and was first used about 1818. Joseph Perkins was the first to be buried in it, and the oldest persons there are his son Benjamin and Benja- min's wife, Ruth, aged respectively ninety-eight and ninety-two years.
16. THE HADLEY CEMETERY contains a tomb all of hammered stone, built about 1820, in which are deposited the remains of Capt. George Hadley and those of his mother and his wife. Elder David Harriman and wife, Cleora Philbrick, daughter of Hon. Joseph Philbrick, are buried here.
1. THE WHITTAKER CEMETERY, founded in 1825, is on the northern slope of Mount Dearborn, and Asa Whittaker, aged eighty- one, a Revolutionary pensioner, was the first buried in it. Mary Saunders, who died June 13, 1844, at the great age of one hundred years, is the oldest person in the yard. Elder Jesse Whittaker, who was a farmer, blacksmith and preacher, died at the age of eighty- three, and is also buried here.
18. THE COLLINS CEMETERY, near the Putney place, on Put- ney brook, by the road to Craney hill, was begun in 1834. William Collins, aged seventeen, was the first buried in it. The oldest per- sons in the yard are Elisha Brown and wife, each aged about ninety-two.
19. THE TOBIE YARD is on the summit of Toby hill. It was first used in 1836, when Samuel Brooks Tobie, aged eighty-six, was buried in it. His wife, aged ninety-nine, was afterwards buried be- side him. Capt. Moses Mudgett and wife are also buried here, she being an heir to the Tobie estate.
20. THE POOR FARM CEMETERY was begun in 1838. It is at the town farm. Many very old people have been buried in it, but they have no grave-stones to tell their name or age. John Gale and
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CEMETERIES.
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John Philbrick, pensioners and old soldiers of the 1812 war, are well remembered. The cemetery has a good stone wall round it, and is kept free from bushes. In it is a lettered monument of the rudest pattern.
21. THE ELIJAH DOW CEMETERY is near the west line of the town, by the road from Clinton Grove to Deering, and not far from Dudley brook. Elijah Dow, who died in 1840, was the first buried here, and Judith Dow, who died at the age of ninety-nine, is the oldest.
22. THE TRISTRAM JOHNSON GRAVE-YARD is on Barnard hill, lot sixty-four, range three. Edmund Johnson was the first buried in it, about 1840. His father, Tristram Johnson, his sister, Judith John- son, are interred beside him. Moses Hadley is also here. He had been washing sheep in the Piscataquog, down by Jacob Carr's, and died of drinking too much apple-brandy. John Boynton and sev- eral of his family are buried in this yard.
23. THE DOW - PEASLEE BURYING-GROUND in North Weare village, was begun in 1840. It was formed from portions of the Dow and Peaslee farms, lots forty-four and forty-five, range six. Winthrop Dow had the west end and was the first person buried there, Caleb Peaslee had the east end. Sarah Dow, aged eighty- nine, was the first person buried in the yard, and the whole number of interments is fifty-two.
24. THE WORTHLEY BURYING-GROUND was first taken up in 1849. It is on the west line of the Worthley farm, now owned by Rodney W. Emerson, on the road north from Oil Mill. Jesse Worthley, aged twenty-two, was buried here July 12, 1849; James Worthley, aged eighty-eight, the oldest person in the yard, died Oct. 1, 1879. He was the son of Jonathan Worthley, a Revolutionary soldier, who served in the army with Capt. George Hadley.
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