Ammonoosuc Meadows Cemetery
Also known as Meadows Cemetery , The Meadows Cemetery
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
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The remains of many persons originally buried here were removed to the Glenwood Cemetery when it was opened in 1853/4. The eldest person here is Mary, widow of Nehemiah Hoskins, who lived to the age of 93. There are also many unmarked graves here.
In 1900 this cemetery was so choked by the "fabric of wild beauty of the blueberry, juneberry, spurge, and cinnamon rose" that it was "almost impossible to move from one part of the grounds to another". Sometime before 1950, the cemetery was cleared (except for a single cedar tree in the center) and a chain-link fence erected along the highway.
Today, "meadows" seems a misnomer, as at the turn of the 21st century the entirety of the meadows was covered with large "box stores" and in 2008 the fence was removed. What was a beautiful spot for a cemetery 10 years ago, no longer is; an artificial wet-land having been created around the cemetery to replace the natural one where Wal-Mart now stands. [extracted from the History of Littleton] (provided by ancestors-R-us)
The remains of many persons originally buried here were removed to the Glenwood Cemetery when it was opened in 1853/4. The eldest person here is Mary, widow of Nehemiah Hoskins, who lived to the age of 93. There are also many unmarked graves here.
In 1900 this cemetery was so choked by the "fabric of wild beauty of the blueberry, juneberry, spurge, and cinnamon rose" that it was "almost impossible to move from one part of the grounds to another". Sometime before 1950, the cemetery was cleared (except for a single cedar tree in the center) and a chain-link fence erected along the highway.
Today, "meadows" seems a misnomer, as at the turn of the 21st century the entirety of the meadows was covered with large "box stores" and in 2008 the fence was removed. What was a beautiful spot for a cemetery 10 years ago, no longer is; an artificial wet-land having been created around the cemetery to replace the natural one where Wal-Mart now stands. [extracted from the History of Littleton] (provided by ancestors-R-us)
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Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed88%
- Percent with GPS10%
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
- Total memorials6k+
- Percent photographed83%
- Percent with GPS14%
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
- Total memorials3
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS100%
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
- Total memorials11
- Percent photographed91%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 102969
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