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Submitted by: rickman@worldpath.net Date: October 8, 2000 **************************************************************************** This cemetery listing was published in 1904 in a book titled "Some Things About Coventry-Benton New Hampshire" by William F. Whitcher Published by News Print, Woodsville, N. H. 1905. The following was written in 1904. The two cemeteries in the north part of town are both well kept and compare favorably in appearance with those in other rural sections of the state. Just why the lot where the first burials were made, and which has been previously mentioned as in a field to the south of the present East burying ground, was abandoned does not appear, but it is likely that a new ground was secured when the present highway was built, and the old highway which ran by the abandoned cemetery was discontinued some time in the thirties. The inscriptions on headstones and monuments in the present East cemetery situated on an elevation a little to the west of the meeting house are as follows: ********************************************************************************************** NAME FIRST RELATION OF/TO or Born DIED Y(age)M D Oakes Francis A. Aug 8,1863 23 Day Martha A. his wife Sep 1,1863 24 Smith Hezekiah B. Jan 25, 1796 Oct 18,1871 Hoit Nancy his wife,b. Sep 17,1796 Sep 18,1883 Sherman James M. Mar 1,1858 7mo Annis Joseph Jun 5,1859 76 Currier Betsey wife of Joseph Annis Jan 16,1865 77 Annis Samuel C. b. May 27,1815 Mar 15,1899 Smith Mary F. his wife,b. Jun 6,1825 Aug 27,1892 Annis Alonzo son of Samuel C.& Mary Annis Feb 7,1865 5 6mo Morse Betsey J. May 9,1866 47 Annis William H. b. Mar 2,1832 Dec 30,1897 Morse Eliza A. dau.of William F.& Betsey J. Morse Jul 27,1842 2 Flanders Eva M. dau of John & Eliza Flanders Oct 23,1858 1 3mo Wright Elias P. son of Alvah C. & Mary K. Wright Jan 21,1842 4 8mo Flanders Israel Dec 10,1887 87 Wells Polly his wife Jul 25,1894 96 Flanders Josiah Apr 8,1836 78 Flanders Deborah M. his wife Sep 12,1846 82 Noyes Elmer N. son of Nelson F. & May 16,1856 2 2mo Hannah Flanders Noyes Wells Enos Oct 16,1862 71 Wells Lois wife of Enos Wells Apr 4,1821 31 Clark Sally wife of Enos Wells Oct 18,1894 93 11mo Wells Chester son of Enos & Sally Wells Feb 7,1843 7mo Cooley Ephraim b. Dec 13,1816 Nov 29,1897 Cooley Holman D. b. Feb 23,1843 Feb 17,1892 Cooley Myra wife of Dennis D. Davis Aug 13,1881 b. Oct. 3, 1854 Leighton William Aug 18,1877 35 Merrill Mary E. wife of Charles K. Merrill Oct 8,1839 45 9mo Brown Daniel W. Jun 28,1859 26 Brown Olive wife of John Brown Nov 12,1844 50 Cox Betsey wife of John Cox Jun 1,1855 77 Cox James A. b. Feb. 20, 1822 Jun 8,1897 Cox Sarah J. wife of James A. Cox Jun 6,1881 59 Cox Leonard C. son of James A. & Sarah J. Cox Apr 26,1853 13 Cox Hannah C. dau of James H. & Hannah Cox Oct 5,1852 20 Cox Benjamin son of James H. & Hannah Cox Mar 14,1837 6 weeks Casbier Caroline C. wife of Lemuel Casbier May 1,1857 Cox James H. born 1795 1879 French Hannah his wife, b.1801 1877 Marston George W. son of Bartlett & Anna Marston Mar 14,1849 2 Marston Hosea M. son of Bartlett & Anna Marston Mar 24,1859 1mo Marston Sarah L. dau of Bartlett & Anna Marston Oct 16,1863 19 Marston May B. dau of Bartlett & Anna Marston Oct 27,1864 4 Wells Lafayette Jul 18,1830 25 Goodwin Hannah wife of Chellis Goodwin Jun 22,1831 34 Goodwin Sally wife of Chellis Goodwin Dec 21,1832 29 Smith Ara Oct 5,1876 76 Smith Margaret wife of Ara Smith May 21,1851 52 Smith Ruth E. dau of Ara & Margaret Smith May 21,1833 8 Smith Susan P. dau of Ara & Margaret Smith Aug 10,1833 6 Smith Laura A. dau of Ara & Margaret Smith Aug 29,1833 4 Smith George B. son of Ara & Margaret Smith Mar 1836 3 Davis Nathan K. son of John K. & Sarah Davis Mar 8,1846 11mo Marston Mary wife of Orrin Marston Feb 5,1867 53 Marston Sarah J. dau of Orrin & Mary Marston Sep 27,1867 23 10mo Marston Castanus P. son of Orrin & Mary Marston Feb 3,1887 born August 27, 1845 Mann Amos C. Aug 22,1875 70 Bemis Lyman Jun 18,1887 47 Dowse John L. son of Asa & C. R. Dowse Oct 19,1882 6 Hutchins Benjamin C. Feb 27,1857 74 Hutchins Sally dau of Benjamin C. Hutchins Aug 17,1826 26 Hutchins Noah C. Jan 19,1860 37 Hutchins Benjamin F. Dec 30,1856 44 Hutchins Ellen B. Apr 29,1892 75 Hutchins Myra Ann dau of Benjamin F. & Ellen B. Dec 19,1863 23 Hutchins Emma M. dau of Benjamin F. & Ellen B. Jun 28,1861 17 Hutchins George C. son of Benjamin F. & Ellen B. Mar 8,1864 14 Hutchins Moses C. W. son of Benjamin F. & Ellen B. Mar 17,1864 10 Hutchins Benjamin W. son of Benjamin F. & Ellen B. Mar 17,1864 8 Bishop Samuel Sep 27,1858 83 Bishop Betsey wife of Samuel Bishop Mar 6,1864 88 Bishop Franklin Feb 16,1852 31 Bishop Martin Jan 10,1852 24 Bishop Helen Ann wife of James Hall Jan 10,1848 20 Bishop Sarah Ann wife of George W. Kendall Jun 18,1847 21 Bishop Maria W. Nov 13,1846 24 Keyser William Jan 20,1865 68 Keyser Abigail his wife Mar 26,1861 65 Bruce William K. Mar 7,1858 37 Keyser Hannah E. Jul 4,1848 24 Clough David Sep 27,1865 62 Clough Miriam M. wife of Chester Clough May 11,1871 32 Sherman Stephen C. born Feb. 11, 1792 Oct 19,1879 Sherman Hannah wife of Stephen C. Sherman Oct 26,1880 born Jan. 14, 1796 Sherman Hittie B. wife of C. F. G. Smith Feb 4,1872 39 8mo Davis Darius K. son of I. B. & E. F. Davis Feb 10,1869 1 4mo Davis Abel E. son of I. B. & E. F. Davis Feb 9,1869 10 8mo Brooks Levi Aug 16,1857 61 3mo Brooks Francella N. dau of Levi & Eveline Brooks 12 7mo Brooks Timothy May 25,1859 24 Brooks Isaac Mar 27,1852 15 4mo Keyser John O. Feb 16,1891 69 Harriman Eliza L. his wife Jun 22,1893 79 11mo Wilson John born England 1812 Mar 4,1891 Wilson George P. born Jan. 6, 1891 Apr 21,1893 Wilson Mildred E. born May 27, 1889 Apr 22,1893 Wilson Emily J. born Aug. 13, 1884 Sep 6,1899 Keyser John E. Jan 7,1896 73 Keyser Willie S. son of John E. & Mahala S. Keyser Mar 24,1867 16 5mo Merrill Lydia A. wife of Stephen H. R. Marden 1901 born 1839