Williston Seminary
Williston Academy Headmaster’s House
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Olde Center Burial Grounds
Olde Center Burial Grounds is where the Providence Methodist Church and the Old First National Bank of Easthampton 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.
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.
Longmeadow First Church of Christ
The first meeting house was in use from 1716 to 1769. This second church is from 1768. It is now at 777 Longmeadow Street. It was moved in 1873 from the Green to its present location. The steeple is 75 feet to its pinnacle.
A chapel was built in 1853 at the site of the present white church. The chapel was often called a parish house and was used both for religious and social reasons. When the church was moved in 1873 the chapel at that point was moved slightly south to accomodate the church.
Their EXTERNAL WEB site. Their HISTORY page.
LOOK at the church in 1907 (exernal link)
Longmeadow First Church of Christ Parsonage
The Longmeadow First Church of Christ Community House at 735 Longmeadow Street is from 1921. The parsonage at that point was moved from the grounds of the community house to alongside the church. The chapel was moved to the backyard of the community house and at that point the chapel became a gymnasium. The town hall took its location in the 1930s and the chapel was taken out. A new parish house was attached to the church in 1949.
Longmeadow Cemetery is behind the church.
Longmeadow Cemetery
Longmeadow Cemetery is from 1716. They had their own hearse house as did most towns.
They have their own web site:
http://longmeadowcemetery.org/index.html
Bliss family is still in the correct orientation.
Webster children are in order.
And Maria Bliss is too.
Ezra Stebbins died in 1819. His footstone is still there.
Moses Field has his footstone behind his headstone.
Mary Ann Booth has the same.
The Lucy Stebbings gravestone pair has the same pillar shape.
In the original older section, some gravestones point to the north and some to the south. They have been placed that way right from the beginning.
First Longmeadow Church of Christ
Stephen Williams – FINDAGRAVE
Longmeadow
Longmeadow
PARKS
Williams Street Playground
Turner Park – Turner Park Pond – off Williams St at Turner Park Drive and Academy Drive
Longmeadow Historic District
Longmeadow Street–North Historic District
Bay Path University
CHURCHES – LIST
CEMETERIES
Burial Grounds of Longmeadow throughout its History
NEIGHBORHOODS – LINK
SCHOOLS
Willie Ross School for the Deaf
Florence Congregational Church
Florence Congregational Church is from October of 1861. The first pastor was T A Leete. The society to organize the congregation was formed on October 20 1860. This Pine Street church is quite gorgeous. The Florence Congregational Church is at 130 Pine and the chapel is at 132 Pine.
The minister was living at 110-112 Pine. This is the Florence Congregational Church Parsonage. It was most likely built at the same time as the church and chapel. The style is Italianate.
Sojourner Truth Memorial
Sojourner Truth Memorial – EXTERNAL LINK
African-American Heritage Trail (from Sojourner Truth Memorial group) – EXTERNAL LINK to trail map
Lilly Library
Lilly Library
Park Street Cemetery
Park Street Cemetery is from the 1820s.
The Porter curbing is still there but the family tombstone is gone. They were most likely disinterred in the 1890s during the national movement to have better burial places for the families.
Burleigh family
George Hoderstia
