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From: "Wayne McElreavy" <>
Subject: [CLOUGH-L] Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Putney VT
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:55:49 -0300


While at a funeral service today at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Putney,
Vermont, I came across a few Clough gravestones. I walked through the
cemetery while waiting for the service, saw about 90% of stones, so this
list may or may not be complete list of Cloughs for this cemetery. Info
follows:

Info in () are notes regarding comparisons made with John Clough descendants
found on Gail's page found at:

http://www.cybercom.net/~ragtop/allfam.htm

4-sided stone
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Side 1:
WILLIAM CLOUGH
JULY 27, 1822
DEC. 27, 1897

MARIA B. JEFTS (MARIE ROXANNA JEFTS)
HIS WIFE
MAR. 21, 1813 (Mar 21, 1824)
FEB. 12, 1892

Side 2:
HARVEY B. (matches up with Harvey Bidwell Clough, born Oct 10,
1845)
SON OF
Wm & MARIA CLOUGH
DIED AUG. 23, 1862
AE. 16 YR'S 10 MO'S

Side 3:
DANA B. CLOUGH (Matches up with Dana Boynton Clough)
BORN JULY 25, 1847
DIED JUNE 6, 1919

ELIZABETH J. (This would be a new person to the list.)
WIFE OF
D. B. CLOUGH
MAY 5, 1857
FEB. 10, 1905

Side 4:
NINA M. (new person)
DAU. OF
DANA & LIZZIE CLOUGH
DIED MAY 6, 1872
AE. 2 YRS 6 MOS

BERTHA E. (new person)
DAU. OF
DANA & LIZZIE CLOUGH
DIED SEPT. 2, 1883
AE. 3 YRS, 8 MOS, 17 DYS

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4-sided stone
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Side 1:
REUBEN CLOUGH
DIED OCT. 11, 1874 (Oct. 5; '11' is very difficult to read on stone, maybe
it was a '5')
55 YRS 2 MOS

C. MERRIUM (Cynthia Clark)
HIS WIFE
DIED MAY 12, 1894 [worn down 4 looks like a 1; might actually be a 1]
74 YRS 8 MOS 24 DYS

Side 2:
REUBEN H. (new person)
DIED OCT. 21, 1854
6 YRS 1 MO 17 DYS

JOHN J. (new person)
DIED OCT. 30, 1851
4 YRS 2 MOS 3 DYS

Side 3:
OLIVER R. HOUGHTON
1845-1910
[Probably brother of Fannie M. (Houghton) Clough, b. 1838, who is buried
nearby.]

Side 4:
NELLIE (new person
DIED FEB. 23, 1876
18 YRS. 10 MOS 13 DYS
CHILDREN OF REUBEN & CYNTHIA M. CLOUGH
[Apparently, the 'CHILDREN' also refers to REUBEN H. & JOHN J. on side 2]

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Single stone
RUSSELL CLOUGH (new person, this stone is about 10 feet from that of
Reuben)
DIED NOV. 22, 1889
AE. 46

Single stone immediately to right of Russell Clough
LIZZIE H. BUSS
WIFE OF
RUSSELL CLOUGH
DIED MAR. 11, 1912
AE. 62 YRS.

Single stone immediately to right of Lizzie H. Buss
ARTHUR R.
SON OF LIZZIE B. & RUSSELL CLOUGH, JR. ['Jr.' does not appear on father's
stone.]
DIED MAY 10, 1893
AE. 16 YRS

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4-sided stone, my notes aren't clear which info appears on which side, don't
recall if 1 or 2 sides of this stone was blank, but I did record all info on
stone:

Wm. M. CLOUGH
DIED FEB. 11, 1869
AE. 81 YRS 5 MOS 11 DYS

WEALTHY (Wealthea)
WIFE OF Wm. M. CLOUGH
DIED APR. 21, 1873 (Feb. 25, 1868)
AE. 83 YRS 2 MOS 21 DYS

JOSEPH
SON OF
Wm. M. CLOUGH & W. CLOUGH
DIED MAR. 24, 1834
AE. 3 Y'S 8 M'S

FANNY CLOUGH
BORN MAR. 24, 1815
DIED FEB. 9, 1894

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4-sided stone, 2 blank:

Side 1:
NORMAN CLOUGH
BORN JAN. 26, 1822 (Jan. 26, 1825)
DIED JAN. 14, 1892

DELIRA E.
HIS WIFE
BORN MAR. 14, 1839
DIED OCT. 12, 1886

Side 2:
DORR CLOUGH (Don Clough)
BORN FEB. 16, 1833
DIED JAN. 21, 1918

FANNIE M. HOUGHTON
HIS WIFE
BORN AUG. 20, 1838
DIED DEC. 18, 1918

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Wayne

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