Poor Family Cemetery in Deerfield, New Hampshire

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Get directions Deerfield, New Hampshire, 03037 USA

Coordinates: 43.21019, -71.27834
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The Poor Family Cemetery is an abandoned family cemetery located in the woods not far off the trail which is the remains of the Old Ritchie Road Loop. The cemetery was first the burial site of Joseph Ham (d. 1805) and his wife Mary Ham (d. 1822) before being used as the Isaac Poor (d. 1870) family burial site. The site is crumbling. Without preservation, it won't be long before the wilderness completely reclaims it.

The cemetery contains the following monuments:

THOMAS W. POOR / DIED / Feb. 22, 1900 / AE. 74

SARAH S. / wife of / Tho. W. Poor / Feb. 23[?], 1882 / AE. 33 yrs. 6 mo. / At Rest.

ISAAC POOR / Born / Nov. 8, 1777. / Deceased / Mar. 12, 1870.

DEBORAH, / Consort of / ISAAC POOR, / Born / Jan. 15, 1787, / Died / Feb. 12, 1860.

Smaller footstones [?] or headstones of infant children [?] with initials "D.P." and "F. [or I?] P."

Mr. / Joseph Ham / died April 30, / 1805, aged 79 / years.

Mrs. Mary, / wife of Mr. / Joseph Ham. / died Dec. 17 / 1822, aged / 93 years.

Smaller footstones [?] with the initials "J.H." and "M.H."

The cemetery possibly held at least two more headstones at one point in time. There are two visible headstone bases with no headstones on top of them. These stones may have been stolen or may be toppled and buried.