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:
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
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.
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Maria Carpenter | 07-09-1806 | 02-12-1831 | 1st wife of Seth Prime Carpenter Esq. |
Seth Prime Carpenter | 11-25-1802 | 00-00-1884 | Married 2nd Diana Barber (was a lawyer) |
Diana Carpenter | 03-31-1808 | 00-00-1889 | 2nd wife of Seth Prime Carpenter |
Hannah M. Carpenter | 08-16-1836 | 07-24-1843 | |
George W. Carpenter | 07-28-1834 | 08-10-1837 | |
Louis K. Barber | 01-26-1852 | 03-31-1911 | Husband of Hannah Maria Carpenter |
Hannah M. Carpenter | 06-20-1850 | 10-07-1933 | |
Joseph Edward Lynch | not avail | 08-18-1960 | |
Marion (Carpenter) Lynch | 00-00-1899 | 01-15-1967 | cremated |
Diana Carpenter | 00-00-1845 | 01-10-1883 |
"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] |
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Byron Carpenter | 09-14-1829 | 03-15-1872 | Husband of Jane Mason |
Jane A. Carpenter | 06-04-1831 | 05-14-1911 | |
Seth Prime Carpenter | 04-07-1853 | 01-25-1877 | |
Reuben E. Carpenter | 07-28-1861 | 00-00-1864 | |
Martha (Wheeler) Mason | 12-25-1827 | 08-24-1836 | Daughter of John & Sally (Wheeler) Mason |
Martha Mason | 03-14-1804 | 06-30-1825 | 1st wife of John Mason |
Rodolphus A. Mason | 09-04-1824 | 05-08-1825 | |
John Quincy Mason | 04-14-1823 | 12-09-1864 | Husband of Susan Pierce & son of John & Martha |
Sally Mason | 06-08-1794 | 08-30-1870 | 2nd wife of John Mason, oldest sister of 1st wife |
John Jerome Mason | 10-13-1847 | 01-24-1857 | Son of John Quincy & Susan Pierce Mason |
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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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.
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These two adjacent stones are immediately east of the MASON obelisk.
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Name | Location | Birth | Death |
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Carpenter, Harris | Lot #75, Sect 3C | 11-06-1853 | 10-07-1904 |
Carpenter, Minnie | Lot #282, Sect 6C | 1862 | 12-01-1946 |
JOHN A. WATERMAN MAR. 19, 1865 NOV. 25, 1903 HIS WIFE GRACE G. CARPENTER FEB. 10, 1865 NOV. 16, 1945 |
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:
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The central stone.
METCALF
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1903 ELEANOR M. PROUTY 1966
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On the west, a row of five stones which are lichen-encrusted but largely readable:
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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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SAMUEL NEWELL NELSON M.D. 1856-1893 NEWELL NEWTON NELSON 1825-1906 HARRIET N. NELSON 1828-1900 [foot] NELSON |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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Observed 29 June 2001
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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 |
1839 STEPHEN A. COOK 1930 1847 ELLEN M. NELSON 1933 |
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] |
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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 - 1914BURIED AT WINFIELD NY
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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 |