travel united states massachusetts blandford old burying ground cemetery
Blandford is a town in Hamnpden County with a 2020 population of 1,215.
"Blandford's Scots-Irish settlers were Presbyterian and their English was still somewhat influenced by Gaelic.
Thus there were significant ethnbic, religious, economic, and linguistic differences between... adjacent regions of settlement." (Wikipedia)
In 1980, on our cross-country road trip of the United States, we stopped in Blandford to visit cemeteries and research my genealogy.
We visited both the Hill Cemetery (also known as the Centre Cemetery) and the Blandford Cemetery (Old Burying Ground) nearer the center of town.
I was able to find grave stones for several ancestors including the Cannon/Carnahan, Gibbs, Cochran and Butler families.
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Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Me researching while Wyatt plays among his ancestors, Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
FAMILY TOMBSTONES OF BLANDFORD
(Clicking on the images will eventually link to genealogy pages on the individuals) [under construction]
Tombstones of George Butler (my 5th great-grandfather), Old Burying Ground Cemetery, and
Capt. Henry Butler (connection not found), Hill Cemetery, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Tombstone of Glass (5th great-grandfather) and Sarah Cochran (5th great-grandmother), Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
My parents at the Tombstone of Israel Gibbs (6th great-grandfather), Hill (Centre) Cemetery on North Street, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Tombstone of Molly, wife of Samuel Carnahan (5th great-grandfather), Old Burying Ground Cemetery on Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
Tombstones of John (5th great-grandfather) and Rebeckah (Gibbs) Carnahan, Hill (Centre) Cemetery on North Street, Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, 1980.
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