Springfield
Hampden County
Massachusetts USA
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Cemetery notes and/or description:
This cemetery has burials dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries and is still active to this day. It contains over 26,000 burials on 40 + acres. Some the records from 1875-1894 were destroyed by fire.
. Dedicated in 1841
· Land once known as “Martha’s Dingle”
· Sold to a member of the locally prominent Bliss Family
· Alternately and unofficially was referred to locally as “Peabody Cemetery” in honor of Unitarian minister and founding member, Rev. William B. O. Peabody |
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