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Nancy Diggins 1782334 viewsHere lies Interred ye
Remains of Mrs
Nancy Consort of
Mr Augustus Dig
gins who Departed
this life April 25th
AD 1782 in ye 26th
Year of her Age
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Pelatiah Pease 1769315 viewsIn Memory of
Mr Peletiah
Pease who died
July ye 6th 1769
in ye 60th Year
of his Age
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Hannah Pease 1756282 viewsIn Memory
of Mrs Hannah
Wife of
Mr Ezekiel
Pease
Who died
May 23 1756
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Persis Cooley 1758280 viewsPersis
Daughter of
Mr Roger &
Mrs
Mary Cooley
Augst 5
1758
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Betsey Kingsbury 1811273 viewsOne of the rare signed cherubs by Newell, this stone carries his easily recognizable clean, deep lettering style.
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Deep Relief210 viewsJohn the Carver's top of the line gravestone for the affluent and prominent members of society.
Photo by Rusty
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Keziah Bush 1796203 viewsTypical John Ely deep relief carving.
In Memory of
Mrs Keziah
Consort of
Mr Aaron Bush
who died
1 Jan'r 1796
in the 73rd Year
of her Age
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William Campbell 1782193 viewsA good example of the way a fine piece of schist withstands centuries of weathering in the harsh New England climate. Small details, like the caret used to insert the 'p' in Campbell, can still be seen more than two hundred years after it was carved.
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Deacon John Barber 1712192 viewsThe Barber family purchased a set of gravestones for Deacon John Barber in 1712 bearing a skull with wings and a crown. Gravestones were carved and erected in pairs in the colonial era. Each grave was made up like a bed with a headstone and a footstone.
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Anne Falley 1768184 viewsTypical dark stone carving
"beagle-eared" cherub of Aaron Bliss
In Memory of Mrs
Anne ye wife of Mr
Richard Falley
who died April 29th
1768 in the 37th Year
of her Age
Jesus said unto her
I am the resurrection
and the life he that
believeth in me though
he were dead yet
shall he live
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Levy Ely 1731167 viewsOne did not need to hire a fancy carver to have a gravestone placed in the burying ground. Here is a simple stone with Levy Ely's year of death - 1731.
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Tryphena Morgan 1793138 viewsWhen Tryphena Smith, great-great-granddaughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, married Lucas Morgan, great grandson of Mile Morgan, two founding families were united.
This is such an unusual carving, it just had to be featured on the cover of our Holyoke Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone book.
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