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[Ichabod Scranton died in East Guilford after a march from Albany, New York. Because of their contagious nature, he and his remaining men were buried in the Smallpox Cemetery located off Tanner Marsh Road in the Clapboard Hill area of Guilford, Connecticut. Their remains would not have been removed. There is a memorial marker in the West Cemetery.
Contributor: MED (49074105)]
[There is also a memorial stone for Capt. Scranton in the Smallpox Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, Memorial # 83396317, so it is not clear where he is actually buried.
Contributor: Eric (48012218)]
[Capt. Ichabod Scranton, born February 19, 1717 In East Guilford (now Madison), New Haven, CT.
(from "Descendants of John Scranton" by Erastus Scranton, 1855):
He was in the 'old French war' and went in that capacity to Ticonderoga. He caught the small pox at Albany, NY, which caused his death, age 43 and was buried in the night on Clabbord Hill, privately. He was a man of patriotism, enterprise and also strong and brave and his death deemed a public loss.]
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[Ichabod Scranton died in East Guilford after a march from Albany, New York. Because of their contagious nature, he and his remaining men were buried in the Smallpox Cemetery located off Tanner Marsh Road in the Clapboard Hill area of Guilford, Connecticut. Their remains would not have been removed. There is a memorial marker in the West Cemetery.
Contributor: MED (49074105)]
[There is also a memorial stone for Capt. Scranton in the Smallpox Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, Memorial # 83396317, so it is not clear where he is actually buried.
Contributor: Eric (48012218)]
[Capt. Ichabod Scranton, born February 19, 1717 In East Guilford (now Madison), New Haven, CT.
(from "Descendants of John Scranton" by Erastus Scranton, 1855):
He was in the 'old French war' and went in that capacity to Ticonderoga. He caught the small pox at Albany, NY, which caused his death, age 43 and was buried in the night on Clabbord Hill, privately. He was a man of patriotism, enterprise and also strong and brave and his death deemed a public loss.]
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