From Contributor: Laura Hughes (46960853)
Suggested edit: Last name sometimes spelled Sykes
She died in 1823 "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNX-S3L : 11 March 2018), Mercy Colton, 07 Sep 1823; citing p 131, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,417.
From Contributor: Laura Hughes (46960853)
Suggested edit: Last name sometimes spelled Sykes
She died in 1823 "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNX-S3L : 11 March 2018), Mercy Colton, 07 Sep 1823; citing p 131, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,417.
Inscription
In Memory of
Mercy Colton
who died Sept.
(illegible) 1825
Æ. 96
Also Frederick
Colton her son
died March 20
1821 Æ. 75
Gravesite Details
The stone for Mercy and Frederick COLTON has sunk beneath the surface. However, the inscription has been taken from an historical record, transcribed many years ago and housed in the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, MA.
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