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North Branch Cemetery
On North Branch, about 1 mile below Putnam's Mills, is another cemetery, of which Mr. Putnam furnishes the following description:
"About 1810, Jno. Davis was buried on land then occupied by him, known as the Scudder lot, nearly in front of his house, on the opposite side of the road. After that time the place was used for a burying ground, and ? of an acre was enclosed with a log-fence. At that time a man by the name of Flanders lived where Chester Taylor now lives; Levi Lewis and wife, Polly, lived where G. M. Whitney now does. J no. Davis and wife, Nancy, were the first who lived on the Stiles place.
James Pittsly and wife, Esther, commenced on the place known as the Bohonnon place, on the east side of the stream, now occupied by Jacob Putnam. After this, Wm. Lewis purchased the Scudder lot and the inhabitants erected a board fence around the burying lot. Oct. 8, 1863, an association was formed called the North Branch Cemetery Association. The trustees purchased 1½ acres, together with the old ground of Lathrop Lewis, son of Wm. Lewis, for $150, and built a good, substantial fence around it, erected a hearse-house and purchased a hearse. The location being on the main road, and the soil dry and sandy, makes it the most desirable cemetery in the town."
Some of the oldest buried in North Branch Cemetery were:
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Sabra Burreli, 85 Elizabeth Church, 60 Abel H. Coleman, 75 Ebenezer Cummings, 94 Eunice Edgerly, 64 Allen Gallison, 68 Clarissa Gould, aged 66 David Gray, 82 Ephraim Hall, 68 |
Stephen C. Jacobs, 76 Zeley Keyes, 76 Hannah Kinson, 73 Wm. R. Kinson, 56 Louiza Lane, 72 Ruth Minott, 66 Margaret Smith, 81 Betsy Thayer, 67 Timothy Worth, 84 |
Husband and Wife
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Isaac Batchelder, 61; his
wife, Mary, 68 Thomas Culver, 71; his wife, Anna, 73 John Gallison, 83; his wife, Phebe, 85 Micah Hatch, 83; his wife, Mary, 69 David Hatch, 63; his wife, Sarah, 57 David Herrick, 86; his wife, Mary, 85 Enoch Kelton, 64; his wife, Huldah, 72 Solomon Lewis, 89; his wife, Susannah, 70; his second wife, Lucinda, 68 William Lewis, 88; his wife, Hannah, 67 John McDermid, nearly 77; his wife, Adelia, nearly 72 Jacob Putnam, 73; his wife, Polly W., 57 Daniel Russell, 68; his wife. Temperance, 81 Reuben Russell, 78; his wife, Susannah, 69 Andrew Tracy, 75; his wife, Levina, 84 Elizabeth, relict of Moses Wentworth, 87 Nathaniel Wentworth, 71 Josiah Wright, 76; his wife, Betsy, 84 |
Mrs. Lydia King, widow of Elder Nathaniel King, died at the house of her son-in-law, Stephen Herrick, at the age of 91 years, and was buried in Northfield.
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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