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Burying Grounds, Middlesex, Vermont
At an early date, Hon. Seth Putnam deeded his one-acre lot in the white pine division, which is in the village, on the east side of the street opposite the railroad depot, to the town for a burying ground. The yard is well fenced, and kept in as good condition as the scanty room will admit. I have not learned who was the first person buried there, and the number cannot be very accurately determined, but the cemetery is nearly all occupied.
The following names, taken mostly from the headstones there, show that there sleep some of the brave veterans who fought to establish our nation, and some of the daring pioneers who cleared the dense forest from our fertile fields:
| Lyman
Tolman, aged 95 Cyrus Hill, 94 Ebenezer Woodbury, Revolutionary soldier Hon. Seth Putnam, fourth settler in town, 93 Capt. Holden Putnam, Captain at Plattsburgh, 86 Jesse Johnson, Sen'r, 86; Luther Haskins, 84 Mary Petty Haskins, wife of Luther, 81 Sally, wife of Dr. Joseph Lewis, 83 Polly Goldthwait, 79 Elihu Atherton, 79 Moses Holden, 78 Aaron Ladd, 78 Jesse Johnson, Jr., 77 |
As the ripened autumn leaves surely and successively drop from the forest trees and are borne to the silent earth, so are we, in sure succession, dropping from the stage of life, and being borne to the silent cities of the departed. And as the inhabitants of these cities will soon outnumber those living in our villages and along our valleys and hill sides, it seems just and appropriate proper mention should be made of them; and I think much credit is due the inhabitants of this town and near vicinity for the improving and adorning of their cemeteries.
| Middlesex Centre Cemetery | North Branch Cemetery |
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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