High Street Cemetery: Benton, Grafton County, New Hampshire ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Rick Girtman rickman@worldpath.net *********************************************************************** 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. High Street Cemetery The following was written in 1904. The cemetery at "High Street" is in a very neglected Condition. Many of the headstones have fallen and are partly buried under decaying grass and leaves, while others are broken and the pieces so scattered that the inscriptions are indecipherable. The following were, however, found there in the autumn of 1904. ********************************************************************************************** NAME FIRST RELATION OF/TO DIED Y M D Ayer Judith Daughter of Timothy & Betsey Ayer Jan 13 1834 19 7 - Batchelder Stephen - Mar 15 1827 22 - - Boynton Eliza Wife of James Eastman Jan 29 1813 35 - - Eastman Mehitabel Wife of Obadiah Eastman Dec 27 1815 68 8 - Eastman Moses - Mar 06 1813 31 - - Eastman Obadiah, Esq. - Jan 10 1812 64 8 - Eastman Ruth Wife of Obadiah Eastman, Jr. Oct 19 1813 33 - - Flanders Eunice G. Daughter of Granville & Isabel Flanders Dec 26 1856 17 - - Falnders Susan G. Daughter of Granville & Isabel Flanders Nov 03 1856 12 - - Gray Alitha Wife of Elijah Gray Apr 19 1862 82 - - Gray Elijah - 1823 78 - - Gray Elijah - Nov 06 1855 83 - - Jackson Samuel - Jan 28 1813 70 - - Jeffers John - Sep 05 1859 77 - - Jeffers Josiah F. - Sep 21 1866 55 - - Jeffers Lydia Wife of John Jeffers Dec 08 1831 27 - - Jeffers Polly Wife of John Jeffers Sep 19 1861 76 - - Jeffers Susan Wife of John Jeffers Apr 27 1833 30 - - Littlefield Bert L. - Apr 10 1861 26 - - Matthews Hugh - Sep 23 1838 87 - - McQuestion William D. Son of Daniel & Betsey Patch Jan 14 1829 4 2 - Nudd Lucinda Wife of Joseph Nudd Dec 29 1869 58 - - Sampson Mary Wife of William Sampson Dec 14 1861 86 - - Sampson William - Jun 16 1845 76 - - Stevens Alice R. Wife of John L. Stevens Sep 16 1877 44 - - Formerly wife of Bartlett Welch Swift Hetty Wife of Curtis C. Swift Mar 18 1836 20 - - Welch Bartlett - Mar 16 1863 33 4 - Welch Franklin Son of Bartlett & Alice R. Welch Oct 01 1873 19 6 - Welch Louisa J. - Feb 27 1863 21 - - Welch Nancy Wife of Silas M. Welch Apr 28 1877 55 - - Welch Ruth Wife of Jonathan Welch Dec 19 1855 66 6 - Welch Silas M. - Feb 23 1863 38 4 - Wright Abijah - Feb 26 1870 91 - - Wright Effie Daughter of D.L. & L.M. Wright Mar 26 1872 - 6 23 Wright Hannah Wife of Abijah Wright Apr 18 1852 74 - -