WHO'S BURIED IN THE GRAND TRUNK CEMETERY?

THE GRAND TRUNK CEMETERY SITE LEGEND

This legend is but a partial record of the grave sites, listing only 42 names.  However, there is evidence from previous research of 197 burials. There are tales of indigent travelers who died on the train from the northern regions who were left and buried in this cemetery. Old maps also refer to a burial mound.

 

SECTION I (Row 3)

Joseph Lunt
B. April 3, 1757

D.  September 15, 1804, Aet. 47 years

 Jane Lunt

Wife of Joseph
B. c 1754

D.  September 12, 1834, Aet. 80 years

SECTION II (ROW 1)

Francis Smith
B. c 1791

D. June 4, 1840, Aet. 49 years

Simon Davis
B. September 2, 1765 

D. March 17, 1810, Aet. 44 years

 Susanna Barton Sawyer

Wife of Capt. Thomas Sawyer
B. c 1765

D. February 6, 1805, Aet. 40 years

Thomas Sawyer, Jr.

Son of Capt. Thomas and Susannah Sawyer

B. December 15, 1785.  

D. April 24, 1807, Aet. 22 years

Anthony Sawyer

French and Indian Wars: served as guard to Governor of the Colony.

B. January 21, 1735

D. June 21, 1804, Aet. 69 years

Brackett Sawyer
B. March 19, 1775

D. April 21, 1851, Aet. 76 years

Elizabeth Webb  Sawyer

Wife of Brackett
B. September 3, 1782

D. September 21, 1864, Aet. 82 years

William Sawyer

Son of Anthony

War of 1812:  Col. Martin Nichol’s Reg’t. Mass. Militia,

D. May 14, 1825, Aet. 62 years

Tabitha Graves Sawyer

Wife of William
B. December 11, 1768

D. December 6, 1857, Aet. 89 years

Crispus Sawyer

Son of William
B. March 28, 1804

D. August 24, 1873, Aet. 69 years

John Sawyer, Jr.

Son of Anthony

War of 1812:  Col. Hobbs’ Reg’t. Mass. Militia.
B. November 18, 1760

D. December 6, 1842, Aet. 82 years

Abigail Graves Sawyer

Wife of John
B. August 13, 1765

D. March 10, 1848, Aet. 82 years

Joseph M. Sawyer

Son of William

War of 1812:  Col. Hobbs’ Reg’t. Mass. Militia.
B. August 1795

D. June 1, 1875, Aet. 79 years

Dorcas  Whittam  Sawyer

Wife of Joseph M.
B. c 1801

D. December 15, 1856, Aet. 55 years

 Joseph M. Sawyer, Jr.

Son of Joseph M. & Dorcas
B. October 10, 1832

D. September 27, 1835, Aet. 2 years

Silas Boothby

B. February 14, 1814. 

D. November 22, 1867, Aet. 53 years

Frances I. Boothby

Wife of Silas

B. March 23, 1815. 

D. September 20, 1893, Aet. 78 years

Eva Ella Boothby

Daughter of Silas & Frances
B. October 17, 1849

D. January 29, 1852, Aet. 2 years, 3 months

Section II Row 2

Susannah Merrill Graves

Wife of Lieut. Crispus Graves
B. c 1745

D. December 4, 1793, Aet. 48 years

Crispus Graves

Revolutionary War: Lieut. 12^th Reg’t.  Massachusetts Continental Line
B. c 1742

D. March 14, 1818, Aet. 76 years

Joseph Merrill

War of 1812: Portland Rifle Corp
B. c 1754

D. April 8, 1823, Aet. 69 years

Jonas Johnson
B. c 1782

D. December 2, 1837, Aet. 55 years

SECTION III ROW 3

 Samuel Blake

War of 1812: Hobbs’ Reg’t. Mass. Militia
B. c 1794

D. February 14, 1846, Aet. 52 years

 Emeline Blake

Daughter of Samuel & Martha
B. c 1828

D. May 15, 1847, Aet. 19 years

John G. Blake

Son of Samuel & Martha
B. c 1824

D. September 25, 1827, Aet. 3 years

Lucy Hodsdon/Hodgton Blake

Wife of William Blake
B. c 1769

D. May 26, 1807, Aet. 38 years

Sarah Eaton Blake

Wife of William Blake
B. c 1776

D. June 18, 1843, Aet. 67 years

Crispus Graves

Son of Andrew & Tabitha
B. c 1816

D. March 15, 1879, Aet. 63 years

 Agnes Wilcox

Wife of George
B. c 1820

D. April 2, 1864, Aet. 44 years

 SECTION III ROW 1

John Barbour
B. October 12, 1801

D. August 27, 1869, Aet. 67 years

Mary A. Barbour

Daughter of John
B. c 1828

D. October 7, 1855, Aet. 27 years

Frances Jane Barbour
Daughter of George and Emma Barbour
B. c 1831
D. July 4, 1846, Aet. 15 years

SECTION III ROW 2

Nancy Morrill/Merrill
B. c 1801

D. March 25, 1824, Aet.  23 years

SECTION III ROW 3

 Andrew Graves

Son of Crispus & Susannah

War of 1812: Hobbs’ Reg’t. Mass. Militia
B. c 1774

D. November 28, 1860, Aet.  86 years

Tabitha Cutter Graves

Wife of Andrew
B. c 1782

D. September 7, 1849, Aet.  67 years

MIDDLE SECTION

James Mosley

Civil War:  2^ND Reg’t. Rhode Island Inf. Co.D
B. c 1836

D. December 9, 1892, Aet. 56 years

 Ann Mosley
B. c 1799

D. February 24, 1856, Aet. 57 years

SECTION IV

 Timothy Galvin

B. February 2, 1776 in County Claire, Ireland

D. January 21, 1838, Aet. 62 years

 Harriett Galvin

Daughter of Timothy& Joanna Ilsley Galvin
B. c 1800

D. September 21, 1805, Aet. 5 years

 Warren Small

Son of James & Lydia Small
B. c 1804

D. March 1, 1824, Aet. 20 years

ADDITIONAL NAMES 

 In the process of researching those buried at the GTC,  I have found four people confirmed by existing death records. However, since the majority of records held in the state archives were compiled from information taken from tombstones; whole or partial, there often are differences in the recorded dates. 

Benjamin Sawyer

Son of Zebulon Sawyer and Rebecca Ford Sawyer
Brother of Elizabeth Ann Sawyer Frank

B. c. 1805
D. August 22, 1878, Aet. 73 years

Elizabeth Ann (Sawyer) Frank

Wife of Isaiah Frank

B. c. 1820
D. March 14, 1890, Aet. 70 years

Isaiah L. Frank

Husband of Elizabeth Ann (Sawyer)

B. December 18, 1809
D. May 27, 1894, Aet.  84 years, 5 months

William Blake

Husband of Lucy (       )Blake
Husband of Sarah (      )Blake

B. c. 1774
D.  June 1853  Aet. 79 years

(The date of death is questionable)

Joanna Illsley Galvin

Wife of Timothy

B. February 14, 1769
D. April 4, 1840, Aet. 70 years

(There is some question regarding whether Joanna was buried beside her husband; we hope to verify this.)

Over the next few months,  I hope to contribute whatever  information can be found about these people.  Remember, these are but forty-two names of possibly 104 individuals.  As we continue to cleanup around the stumps of stones, we also make small discoveries.

Here are a few we recently discovered. 

The first stone came as quite a surprise since it still bears a partial inscription..Received an e mail from Mike Sawyer, family genealogist who indicated it may be the gravestone for Harriett Galvin, daughter of Timothy and Joanna Ilsley Galvin.  Harriett died aet. 5 years and 2 months.  The inscription recorded in Cobb's book of 1857 reads:  'Of such is the kingdom of heaven.'

The second stone turns out to be the stone footing for a marble memorial.  It had been turned upside down and when we looked closely, we found the remnant of the marble stone.

More and more, I have come to appreciate the little discoveries we have been able to make because two young women took on this project.

To view the actual bookplate:

http://books.google.com/books?id=src-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false