Great-great grandmother's grave
May. 4th, 2009 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaOne recent summer when we were in MA, Mother and I went out to Woburn to look at the Count Rumford House, where my ancestors lived in the 1900s-1930s. We found some fun newspaper microfims in the Woburn library, but had to leave before we go to the point of checking out local cemeteries.
But, thanks to the wonderful powers of the internets, I have tracked down the family plot! It is in Woodbrook Cemetery in Woburn, right down town on Salem Street. (http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/Woodbrook.htm) The cemetery people have scanned their paper records and made them available online as pdfs, so I was able to discover, after a little poking around, that the family plot was owned by Rev. M G (Melancthon!) Wheeler, my g-g-g-grandfather. It is lot 563, located on "Pilgrim Ave" in the cemetery. Seven people are buried there: Mary W Almy (never heard of her); Frances C P Wheeler, 1-4-1905 (I think my g-g-g-grandmother, Melancthon's wife); John C Almy, 4-30-1906 (never heard of him); Rev M G Wheeler; Caroline P Wheeler; Wm Watson Hill, July 31 1934 (my g-g-grandfather); Frances Wheeler Hill, Apr. 12 1928, (my g-g-grandmother, whose silver I have). So we can go check them out! According to my grandmother, Frances Wheeler Hill was buried under a stone inscribed "She was and is a saint," chosen by her husband, much to the wonderment of the family and congregation. We'll see!
But, thanks to the wonderful powers of the internets, I have tracked down the family plot! It is in Woodbrook Cemetery in Woburn, right down town on Salem Street. (http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/Woodbrook.htm) The cemetery people have scanned their paper records and made them available online as pdfs, so I was able to discover, after a little poking around, that the family plot was owned by Rev. M G (Melancthon!) Wheeler, my g-g-g-grandfather. It is lot 563, located on "Pilgrim Ave" in the cemetery. Seven people are buried there: Mary W Almy (never heard of her); Frances C P Wheeler, 1-4-1905 (I think my g-g-g-grandmother, Melancthon's wife); John C Almy, 4-30-1906 (never heard of him); Rev M G Wheeler; Caroline P Wheeler; Wm Watson Hill, July 31 1934 (my g-g-grandfather); Frances Wheeler Hill, Apr. 12 1928, (my g-g-grandmother, whose silver I have). So we can go check them out! According to my grandmother, Frances Wheeler Hill was buried under a stone inscribed "She was and is a saint," chosen by her husband, much to the wonderment of the family and congregation. We'll see!