Cemetery Records & Monument Inscriptions, Pine Grove Cemetery, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts

What's Here

Several of Old Man Scanlon's ancestors and relatives are in Pine Grove Cemetery, located on the southwest corner of Cedar St. (Rte. 85) and Dilla St. next to the old dump. Enter from Cedar St.; the Dilla St. gate has been closed to thwart traffic light short-cutters. I first viewed the stones in July, 2000.

Pine Grove was incorporated in 1841. It is now the responsibility of a Milford National Bank & Trust foundation. Mr. Robert J. Moore of Hopedale has custody of cemetery records; the transcriptions below are exact copies of the records he provided. Below are:

• CARPENTER - BARBER, lot #182, records and inscriptions
• MASON - CARPENTER, lot #167, records and inscriptions
• Other CARPENTER records and inscriptions
• BARBER inscriptions
• NELSON inscriptions
• KELLY inscriptions

Surnames Appearing in the Documents

The following surnames appear:

BARBER, BIXBY, BROWN, CARPENTER, COOK, CROCHET, DAY, ELLIS, GRAVES, HIXON, JONES, KELLY, KIMBALL, KLEIN, MASON, METCALF, NELSON, PARK, PROUTY, SIBLEY, TAFT, TOWNE, TRAVIS, USHER, WATERMAN, WHEELER, WHITE

History of this Document

12 August 2000, revision 1. Initial publication.
03 September 2000, revision 2. Added cemetery records, corrected Martha W. Mason's age.
23 September 2000, revision 3. Added Barber obelisk.
25 September 2000, revision 4. Added Day stone.
28 September 2000, revision 5. Added Nelson stones.
29 September 2000, revision 6. Added Metcalf stones.
08 October 2000, revision 7. Additional Metcalf stones.
27 July 2001, revision 8. Additional Nelson and related (Cook, Kelly, White) stones.
07 March 2002, revision 9. Debug HTML.
02 May 2002, revision 10. Succeeded reading Rodolphus Mason's inscription.
31 January 2003, revision 11. Provenance of Martha Mason's inscription.
27 February 2003, revision 12. Added Brown stone.
19 September 2003, revision 13. Additions to Brown stone.

CARPENTER - BARBER Records and Inscriptions

Cemetery Record

CARPENTER - BARBER Stone

"Dianna" appears thus.

BARBER 1852        LOUIS K. BARBER        1911 HIS WIFE 1850        HANNAH M. CARPENTER        1933 1899        MARION M. LYNCH        1967 1926        CHARLES M. USHER              HIS WIFE 1924        MATHILDE C. CROCHET                [East]

CARPENTER 1802        SETH P. CARPENTER        1884 HIS WIFE 1806        MARIA BARBER        1831 HIS WIFE 1808        DIANA BARBER        1889 1834        GEORGE W.        1837 1836        HANNAH MARIA        1843 1845        DIANNA CARPENTER        1883 [West]

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MASON - CARPENTER Records and Inscriptions

Cemetery Record

MASON Obelisk

JOHN MASON died Nov. 19, 1864 Æ. 65. MARTHA his wife died June 30, 1825. Æ. 21. SALLY his wife died Aug. 3, 1870. Æ. 76. [base] J. MASON

RODOLPHUS A. MASON DIED May 8, 1825 Æ. 8 ms. 4 ds.

MARTHA W. MASON DIED Aug. 24, 1836. Æ. 8 ys. 8 ms. 29 ds.

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MASON Stones

There is a row of marble stones immediately west of the MASON obelisk, shown below from left to right. There is a substantial gap between the three children on the left and Martha MASON on the right. John J. MASON's stone is sunken and tilted; the ground partially obscures the bottom line. The stones are deteriorated enough so that some lettering is ambiguous or partially unreadable, particularly the small verses. Mrs. Martha's verse is the first six lines, slightly modified, of the circa 1759 "Epitaph on Mrs. Clerke" of Thomas Gray.

JOHN J. Son of John Q. & Susan M. & Grandson of JOHN MASON

RODOLPHUS A. son of Mr. John & Mrs. Martha Mason. died May 5, 1825 aged 8 months Weep not for babes for they are blest And in their Saviour's Arms do rest

MARTHA W. daughter of JOHN & SALLY MASON Died August 24 1836 Aged 8 years

Erected in Memory of Mrs. MARTHA, wife of Mr. John Mason who departed this life June 30, 1825 aged 21 years Lo! where this silent Marble weeps A wife a tender partner sleeps. A heart within whose sacred cell The peaceful virtues loved to dwell Affections warm and faith sincere And soft humanity were there

CARPENTER Stones

These two adjacent stones are immediately east of the MASON obelisk.

SETH P. CARPENTER, 2ND 1853-1877

BYRON CARPENTER 1829-1872 HIS WIFE JANE MASON 1831-1911

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Other CARPENTER Records and Inscriptions

CARPENTER Records

Name	Location	Birth	Death
Carpenter, Harris	Lot #75, Sect 3C	11-06-1853	10-07-1904
Carpenter, Minnie	Lot #282, Sect 6C	1862	12-01-1946

CARPENTER Stone

JOHN A. WATERMAN MAR. 19, 1865        NOV. 25, 1903 HIS WIFE GRACE G. CARPENTER FEB. 10, 1865        NOV. 16, 1945

METCALF Stones

Observed on September 28, 2000. There is a large central stone with rows of smaller stones to the east and west.

On the east, a row of five stones:

GARDNER B. METCALF 1868-1960

CAROLINE S. METCALF 1867-1943

DWIGHT HOBART PROUTY MASSACHUSETTS PFC HO BN 1 ARMY WORLD WAR 1 SEPTEMBER 14 1897 JUNE 24 1960

ELIZA METCALF 1811-1862

CHARLES METCALF 1810-1890

The central stone.

METCALF     [West]

1903        ELEANOR M. PROUTY        1966     [East]

On the west, a row of five stones which are lichen-encrusted but largely readable:

ACTON H. METCALF 1872-1938

EDITH C.[?] METCALF 1876-1932

CHARLES E. METCALF 1869-1870

NANCY M. METCALF 1847-1927

CHARLES H. METCALF 1839-1916

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BARBER Inscriptions

BARBER Obelisk

Starts south, goes clockwise

JAMES BARBER DIED OCT. 15, 1844, Æ. 66. NANCY PARK HIS WIFE, DIED APR. 27, 1864, Æ. 83. ANN M. DIED MAY 10, 1849, Æ. 37. [base] BARBER

JOHN P. BARBER 2, MSS. ARTLLERY, DIED AT FLORENCE, N.C. NOV. 10, 1864, Æ. 43. WALTER J. HIS SON, 12 MASS. VOL. DIED AT WARRENTON, VA. AUG. 1, 1862, Æ. 20.

RHODA L. WIFE OF JOHN P. BARBER DIED MAR. 20, 1870, AGED 62. JOHN N. KLEIN DIED JULY 15, 1866, AGED 28. EMMA J. TOWNE DIED MAY 24, 1874, AGED 28.

SIMPSON BIXBY DIED JAN. 6, 1853, Æ. 48. SALLY P. HIS WIFE DIED DEC. 7, 1858, Æ. 54. MARY S. BIXBY DIED SEPT. 3, 1919, Æ. 82.

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NELSON Inscriptions

Newell NELSON Stones

In Memory of MISS HANNAH NELSON, daughter of Newell & Betsey Nelson, who died Oct. 1, 1844, aged 22 years.

In Memory of MRS. SALLY T. N. GRAVES, consort of Willis Graves, & daughter of Newell & Betsey Nelson, who died Nov. 28, 1841, aged 31 years.

In Memory of Miss ELIZA W. NELSON, daughter of Newell & Betsey Nelson, who died Aug. 8, 1835, [aged?] 27? [years.?]

BETSEY, Wife of NEWELL NELSON, Died Jan. 8, 1862, Aged 75 years & 8 months.

NEWELL NELSON, Died Jan. 26, 1869, Aged 84 years & 10 months.

SAMUEL NEWELL NELSON M.D. 1856-1893 NEWELL NEWTON NELSON 1825-1906 HARRIET N. NELSON 1828-1900 [foot] NELSON

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David NELSON Stones

New batch, adjacent to those above. 27 Apr 2001, corrected 29 June 2001

DAVID NELSON 1819-1911 HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE L. TRAVIS 1826-1908 SYLVANIA K. N. CLAFLIN 1815-1906 NELSON

HERBERT A. HIXON 1853-1919 HIS WIFE CALLIE L. HIXON 1857-1930

H. A. H.

C. L. H.

FATHER

MOTHER

S. K. N. C.

Otis Torrey NELSON Stones

The large monument starts with the West side and goes clockwise. "Torry" is written thus, minus the usual "e." There is a row of small stones on both the East and West sides of the large stone; they all lack a period after the final initial.

L.K.N

H.E.N

H.H.N

O.T.N

OTIS TORRY NELSON 1812-1900 HIS WIFE HANNAH HARKNESS TAFT 1824-1899 ANNA F. NELSON ELLIS 1856-1941 NELSON

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THEIR CHILDREN HENRY EDWIN 1838-1858 LOUISE KELLY 1854-1873

THOMAS OTIS 1864-1924 HIS WIFE FANNIE JONES 1864-1935 PERPETUAL CARE

A.F.E

F.J.N

T.O.N

WHITE Stones

Observed 29 June 2001

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WHITE 1845-1915

ELIZABETH NELSON 1849-1920 WIFE OF WILLIAM A. WHITE

DOLLIE ~~~ LILLIAN NELSON WHITE BORN JULY 21, 1878 DIED MAY 3, 1894

HENRY O. WHITE

DAY Stones

DAY [South]

1821        CORNELIUS T. DAY        1901 HIS WIFE 1822        ANNIE A. DAY        1880 1856        HARRY N. DAY        1945 HIS WIFE 1861        HENRIETTA E. DAY        1944 1860        A. BLANCHE SIBLEY        1892 [North]

A. BLANCHE

COOK Stone

BROWN Stone

Observed 27 February 2003; also during the Spring, when the snow cover had disappeared and revealed the footstones.

BROWN MARY ELIZA 1841 - 1924 LOTTIE M. KIMBALL 1875 - 1904 CORA N. BROWN 1877 - 1962 BERTHA M. BROWN 1873 - 1958 [North]

MOTHER

LOTTIE

BERTHA

CORA

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KELLY Inscriptions

The monument starts with the North side and goes clockwise.

KELLY

J E R E M I A H ~ M E L L E N 1836 - 1914 BURIED AT WINFIELD NY

JEREMIAH KELLY 1796 - 1856 LOUISA C. HIS WIFE 1803 - 1855

J E R E M I A H ~ L U T H E R 1830 - 1830

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Published Thursday, 26-Apr-2007 04:01:37 EDT. Copyright ©1999-2024 Raymond W. Scanlon.

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