The East Street Cemetery is named as such due to the fact that East Street was the nearest street when the cemetery started. The land of the cemetery was donated by Eliakim Clark (FINDAGRAVE). CORBIN DATA
East Street Cemetery
“Gateway and Fence Erected by Jerome A and Margaret M Lyman
In Memory of Elijah Austin Lyman and Sophronia P Lyman 1935″
Sophronia at FINDAGRAVE and Elijah at FINDAGRAVE
Jerome at FINDAGRAVE and Margaret at FINDAGRAVE
If you read through the death dates, you get the sense that all theses people were dead before 1935. Correct but the money that was donated was in the will of the last one Margaret.
First Burial
Parsons Janes is the first burial within this cemetery and does have a gravestone here. FINDAGRAVE He is the son of Jonathan Janes. His gravestone is 2 rows in to the east from the central path and 6 columns along. His footstone is slightly offline.
Samuel Janes
Samuel Janes is buried within the cemetery but has an extra memorial stone outside the cemetery. His gravestone is 5 rows in to the east from the central path and 11 columns along.
Eliakim Clark Gravestone
Eliakim Clark donated the land for this cemetery. He is right next to Samuel Janes.
Solomon Ferry
FINDAGRAVE – you can see the footstone behind the headstone
Luthar Clark Family Tomb
Other Stones
Neighborhood
There once was a road from East Street to this cemetery and hence the name.