Last Updated on October 26, 2012 by
WEST RUTLAND POOR FARM CEMETERY
Loc: Route 4A, drive south on Clarendon Ave., Route 133, 1 mile, turn right or west on North Lane & drive .1 mile. The cemetery on the north side of the street, about 25 feet from the street. It has a fence & was between a white & yellow house when copied on May 14, 1993. It was in reasonable condition. Child’s Gazetteer notes that the Town Farm housed 35 poor people on 250 acres under Wm. F. Kelley.
HANDLEY
John III, d. 15 Aub. 1879, ae. 27 yrs.
NEWTON
Robert, d. 1872, ae. 1 yr.
BARKER
Francis, d. 1872, ae. 95 yrs.
ALDRICH
Annie, d. 1859, ae. 30 yrs.
RICHARDSON
A., d. 1858, ae. 74 yrs.
JACK THE SAILOR, d. 1858, ae. 74 yrs.
DUGAN
Patsey, d. 1855, ae. 40 yrs.
BURNHAM
No name, d. 1855, ae. 20 yrs.
HANLEY
James, d. 5 July 1873, ae. 27 yrs.
JACKSON
Mary, d. 1853, ae. 50 yrs.
Miss, d. 1853, ae. 20 yrs.
SHAW
Caroline, d. 1856, ae. 25 yrs.
STOCKER
Girl, d. 1865, ae. 2 yrs.
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Infant (on 3 stones)
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Unknown (on 6 stones)