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French and Indian Wars in Holyoke

French and Indian Wars

Captain Elisha Chapin – FINDAGRAVE – Commander at Fort Massachusetts in 1754

In Memory of Capt. Elisha Chapin who was killed by the savages at Williamstown in the County of Berkshire

Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 2

Shepherd’s Woolen Mill Canal number 2

Spring Grove Cemetery

Spring Grove Cemetery was purchased in 1881 and ready in 1883. The first burial was in April of 1883. The land belonged to Warner and Graves. There one was a holding tomb near the North Farm Road entrance.

Estabrook

John Lord Otis

Warner

John Serex – This is a cenotaph since he is buried in Florence Italy.

William Cordes

Walter Corbin

Julius Perry Maine – Julius donated the sidewalks, curbing, and fountain

Donald Leith

Luther Ashley Martin – Luther donated the gates

Griggs

Willie Holmes Packard

This is a cenotaph for this young child.

Sectional Map of the Cemetery – External Link to Northampton Site

Easthampton Veterans Monuments

Easthampton Veterans Monuments

Civil War

EXTERNAL LINK

World War One

Charles Bromley
Michael C Cameron
Abner Clark
Leo Courtemanche
Louis Cummings
Leonard Dalton
Joseph Dineen
Joseph Gilarowski
Rudolph Gradnitzer
Stephen Guernsey
Vincent Hayewski
James Hourihan
Andrew Lachance

World War Two

KOREA

Vietnam

John Campbell

Company 1 in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment Spanish American War 1898 veteran and also 2nd Calvary at Fort Sheridan Illinois

Williston Seminary

Williston Seminary

Wikipedia article

FINDAGRAVE

FINDAGRAVE

Williston Academy Headmaster’s House

Olde Center Burial Grounds

Olde Center Burial Grounds is where the Providence Methodist Church is now. It was opposite the original Williston.

It was given to Easthampton in 1787.

In 1865 it was moved to the Main Street Cemetery.

East Street Cemetery

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.

FINDAGRAVE

Solomon Ferry

FINDAGRAVE – you can see the footstone behind the headstone

Luthar Clark Family Tomb

FINDAGRAVE

Other Stones

Neighborhood

There once was a road from East Street to this cemetery and hence the name.

Longmeadow First Church of Christ

The church is from 1768. It is at 777 Longmeadow Street. It was moved in 1874 from the Green.

The first meeting house was in use from 1716 to 1769.

Their EXTERNAL WEB site. Their HISTORY page.

The Old Parsonage at 777 Longmeadow Street is from 1848. It was built on the Stephan Williams house. Then it was moved across Williams Street to this location.

Longmeadow First Church of Christ Parsonage at 715 Longmeadow Street is from 1833. It was first used by Jonathan Cordis.

The Longmeadow First Church of Christ Community House at 735 Longmeadow Street is from 1921.