HEADSTONE INSCRIPTIONS, TOWN OF WESTBROOK, MIDDLESEX CO., CT

From the Hale Collection
Hard copy provided by Janece Streig
Transcribed by Jane Devlin

[This list of inscriptions, town of Westbrook, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, was compiled under the supervision of Charles R. HALE, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. BABIN, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937.] NEW UPPER CEMETERY [715-4] Copied by Walter COX, 3 Dec 1934 BLEICHNER, Caline G., b. 1862, d. 1926 SCHUMACHER Plot: SCHUMACHER, Mother, b. 1824, d. 1899 SCHUMACHER, Father, b. 1830, d. 1909 SCHUMACHER, Josephine, b. 1856, d. 1933 SCHUMACHER, Charles F., b. 1857, d. 1924 DOANE, Elizabeth Bindhammer, wife of Samuel E., b. 1861, d. 1924 GLAHN, Antonie Hans, wife of William, b. 1870, d. -- GLAHN, William, b. 1866, d. 1922 GLAHN, Legion marker, Veteran World War, (no stone) MILLS, Harry, b. 1855, d. 1919 PALM, Fannie Stokes, b. 1885, d. 1925 ACKERMAN, John H., b. 1873, d. -- ACKERMAN, Lesette Haser, wife of John H., b. 1876, d. 1930 ACKERMAN, J. Chester, b. 1906, d. 1934 HILL, J. Franklin, b. 1877, d. 1930 -- Plot, One grave, but no marker -- Plot, Two graves, but no marker* -- Plot, Footstone: G. W. T. -- Plot, Footstone: L. C. T. OAKES, William C., b. 1877, d. 1920 OAKES, Marie I. Runnerstrom, wife of William C., & wife of Carlos E. STOKES, b. 1874, d. 1932 BOHLING, Henry W. A., b. 1865, d. 1924 BOHLING, Sophie Hasser, wife of Henry W. A., b. 1873, d, 1928 BOHLING, Dayton W. H., son of Henry & Sophie, b. 1897, d. 1918, Veteran World War, USN VESSER, John, b. 1867, d. 1920 HARVEY, Samuel E., b. 4 Dec 1862, d. 14 Apr 1925 HARVEY, Aretta McVeagh, wife of Samuel, b. 1 May 1870, d. -- HARVEY, Elizabeth Maresylvia, $ Samuel & Aretta, b. 31 Dec 1899, d. 26 Dec 1918 HARVEY, Francis M., son of Samuel & Aretta, d. -- HOLBROOK, John Geroge, son of S. H. & L. M., b. 1926, d. 1927 HOLBROOK, Mary Alice Chapman, wife of John G., b. 1876, d. 1918 STEVENS, Samuel E., b. 9 Jan 1849, d. 2 Apr 1919 TONKS, Doctor James T., b. 1853, d. 1920 TONKS, Mary J. Weeks, wife of Doctor James, b. 1861, d. 1915 BURNETT, Anna E., wife of John C., b. 1843, d. 1926 BURNETT, John C., b. 1853, d. 1928 FENWICK, Charles E., b. 1862, d. 1925 SCHURER, Emil, b. 1862, d. 1933 SCHURER, Anna, wife of Emil, b. 1865, d. 1923 -- Plot, One grave, but no marker DOANE, Charles T., d. 1859 DOANE, Jennie W., wife of Charles T., d. -- KELSEY, Elda D. Doane, daughter of Charels & Jennie, d. -- -- Plot, One grave, but no marker DEE, Henry Horace, b. 1886, d. 1933 -- Plot, One grave, but no marker LEWIS, Schudder A., b. 1875, d. 1933 LEWIS, Grace V. Hallock, wife of Scudder, d. -- -- Plot, One grave with --- KUNZ, Louis P., b. 1869, d. 1930 SCHMIDT, Edward F., d. -- SCHMIDT, Anna M. Kunz, wife of Edward F., b. 1867, d. 1927 CHAMPION, Harold C., d. 18 Mar 1930, age 35 yrs., 1st Company, Cost Artillery Corps, National Guard, Veteran World War -- Legion marker (no stone) Veteran World War MORSE, Jessie F., b. 1895, d. 1933 LANG, Claud R., b. 1899, d. 1917 -- Small white footstone, but no inscription SMALL POX CEMETERY [715-5] Copied by R. B. WARD, 18 Mar 1935 STANNARD, Peter, d. 3 Aug 1778, age 48 yrs Three Field Stones marking the graves of the Children of Peter S. STANNARD BEN WRIGHT CEMETERY [715-6] Copied by R. B. WARD, 18 Mar 1935 WRIGHT, Ben, d. --- [There is no grave or marker as the ground was plowed and the grave has been lost, but Miss Moore of Westbrook has record of this grave.] DAVID WRIGHT CEMETERY [715-6] Copied by R. B. WARD, 18 Mar 1935 On a large boulder near the shore and about one hundred feet directly in front of the Grove Beach Post Office is the following inscription: WRIGHT, David, Esquire, b. 1716, d. 1761 (Buried at the foot of this boulder)