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   South Cemetery, Belchertown, MA – Founded in 1743, still an active cemetery with the oldest section along South Street and the newer section located behind it. The cemetery features schist, marble and slate markers with many stones carved by the Felton family in the early 1700’s. It is surrounded with a low stone wall separating it along the front from the roadway and in the back along the new section. There are several mature trees which dot the rolling landscape. There are 22 marble markers that were repaired during this phase which was funded through the Community Preservation Act.

 

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  Union Street Cemetery, West Springfireld, MA - This was West Springfield’s first burying ground and it has had many different names during its 300-year existence. It was first known as the Old Field Burying Ground, then Old Meadow Burying Ground and then Cold Spring Cemetery. It is now officially known as the Union Street Cemetery.

  The earliest headstone in the Union Street Cemetery is that of Mrs. Martha (Bliss) Ely, wife of Samuel Ely, Senior, and is dated 1702. This indicates that Mrs. Ely was initially buried on the East Side of the River and was re-interred here sometime after 1711. The last headstone is that of Deacon Joseph Merrick, who died on March 5, 1792.
  
  A centrally located brownstone monument is dedicated to the town’s first minister, Reverend John Woodbridge, who died in 1718. This monument was erected in 1852 by the descendants of his parishioners and replaced the original stone that had become badly deteriorated.
  
  The tornado of 2011 caused excessive damage to many headstones including the monument for Reverend Woodbridge and two sandstone ledger tables. All of the stones in the cemetery are Connecticut sandstone. A total of 25 headstones are being treated for various damage, including the replacement of a sandstone leg for one of the table ledgers. The monument has a large piece that has delaminated and is being structurally reattached. This project is a Mass Historical Commission project and is funded in part by FEMA, The Town of West Springfield and Mass Historical Commission. This project is scheduled to be completed by May 1, 2012.

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