Prospect Hill Cemetery (Brattleboro, Vermont)

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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Prospect Hill Cemetery (Brattleboro, Vermont)
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Established1796 (1796)
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont
Coordinates Prospect Hill Cemetery   42°50′46″N72°33′21″W / 42.8461941°N 72.5559223°W / 42.8461941; -72.5559223

Prospect Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Brattleboro, Vermont. [1] Founded in 1796, it was originally known as the Village Burying Ground, and then Old Village Burying Ground. [1] Additional land was acquired over time, up to 1869. [1]

Contents

The cemetery includes a number of notable figures from the history of the town. Included in the graves at the site are those of 19 Union Army soldiers who died at the military hospital in the town during the American Civil War. [2] [3]

Notable burials

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot". National Cemetery Administration. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Prospect Hill Cemetery Soldiers' Lot – Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ↑ GNIS: Soldier's Lot
  4. ↑ Cabot, Mary R. (1921). Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895. Vol. 1. Brattleboro, VT: E. L. Hildreth & Co. p. 215 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company. p. 58. ISBN   978-0-8063-4823-0 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Howe, Marjorie Valliere (2000). Gravestone Listings of Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT. Brattleboro, VT: M. V. Howe. p. 141 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Howe, p. 78.
  8. ↑ Howe, p. 6.
  9. ↑ Howe, p. 144.
  10. ↑ Bibby, Joan; Watson, Peggy (August 16, 1989). "The Hunt Hunt". Brattleboro Reformer . Brattleboro, VT. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Howe, p. 8.
  12. ↑ Spencer, p. 310.
  13. ↑ Cabot, p. 271.
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