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Book Title: The History Of The Town Of Dummerston : The First Town Settled By Anglo Saxon Descendants In The State

The first burials in town were made in the old grave-yard, formerly in 
Dummerston, now in Putney, about 40 rods northwest from the railroad 
station. In 1873, seventeen ell gravestones were left standing in the yard, 
and at the present time only nine remain. The rest have been In-oken down 
and trampled in pieces by cattle. The grave of Capt. John Kathan, the first 
settler in Dummerston. is, therefore, left unmarked. Quite a number of the 
first settlers must have been buried in that yard ; for in making the 
excavation for a cellar on its site a few years ago, seven bodies or 
skeletons w^ere found, and the owner of the land states that his horses 
sometimes step into soft places where graves were dug. Thus ends the record 
of the births, marriao^es and deaths in the first three . I femilies in 
town, | The following inscription was taken from one of the old grave-stones 
left standing in that cemetery of ohlcn time. *■'/« memory Colonel Charles 
Katlian InDied May 22 1793.......

Mansfield, David Lufkin. The history of the town of Dummerston : the first 
town settled by Anglo Saxon descendants in the state (Kindle Locations 565-
572). Ludlow, Vt. : A. M. Hemenway. 

Additional Comments:
Contains original spelling

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