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From: "Robin Pardus" <>
Subject: Info found and thought Id share with board
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:58:54 -0500


Hello all a good friend emailed me this info and I noticed Geneseo IL in the info so I thought Id pass on in hopes it might help someone.............Robin Pardus

Here is a message I emailed to Lorna Zabeleta (in NY) on Dec. 31, 2003. Lorna is related to the Smead's of Wardsboro. Apparently there are NO Smeads buried in the Smead cemetery in Wardsboro.

Cathy (V. Cathryn Young

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A History of Wardsboro, VT by C. S. Streeter. Published by Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, New Hampshire. Copyright Edith Putnam Streeter, 1980. I have typed below the information about each person buried in the FAIRBANKS or SMEAD CEMETERY as listed in the Streeter book, named above. Notice that no SMEADs are listed.
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The FAIRBANKS, or SMEAD CEMETERY, is located on the farm of Frank ROSEBERRY and is a very early one. It is enclosed by a stone wall on all sides, with an iron gate on the west side. This is one of our most neglected burial places. A few years ago, a group of interested people, got up a "bee," and cleared the cemetery of brush and trees. Nothing has been done since and the underbrush is again taking over.
Here were buried many early and prominent citizens of Wardsboro, among whom were Colonel Abner and Martha HOLBROOK;
Jacob and Mary (STACY) HASKINS;
Thomas and Elizabeth BOGLE;
John and Eunice RAMSDELL;
Hon. Pearley FAIRBANK;
Deacon Drury and Lucy (Holbrook) FAIRBANK;
Joseph and Lucy (Rice) TWITCHELL;
Nathaniel and Sarah FITTS;
Miles and Tryphena KNOWLTON;
Solomon and Mary PARK;
Simeon HAMMOND;
Joseph and Hannah WHITE;
Peter WHITE;
Henry and Nancy WHITE;
Peter and Charlotte (Holbrook) HAMMOND and many others. Many of the gravestones here are broken, lying flat, or partly tipped over. Surely, these old residents deserve to have thir final resting place given some care.
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Austin BISSELL, son of Ozias, Jr., was born in September 1787 at Bolton. He married Clarissa STACY in 1810, she died in Wardsboro on August 12, 1862, age 69 and was buried in the SMEAD CEMETERY.
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Thomas BOGLE, the Revolutionary soldier and pioneer settler, died Aug. 16, 1826, and his wife Elizabeth (FULLER) BOGLE, died Aug. 22, 1859, both are buried in the FAIRBANKS or SMEAD CEMETERY.
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Nathianel FITTS died June 13, 1849, age 92, Sally, his wife, died April 18, 1837, aged 70. Both are buried in the FAIRBANKS or SMEAD CEMETERY.
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Martha HAMMOND, daughter of Peter, married Alfred TAYLOR on Jan. 1, 1834;
Charlotte HAMMOND married Harrison KING on Dec. 3, 1840;
Caroline HAMMOND married Alfonzo BILLS of Troy, New York, April 18, 1840;
Martha and Charlotte moved with their husbands to Geneseo, Ill., and were living there in 1858. Carolone and Alfonzo resided in Troy, N.Y.;
Charlotte (HOLBROOK) HAMMOND, wife of Peter, died in Troy, N.Y., in 1866 at the home of her daughter Caroline. Soon after this, Peter HAMMOND left for Illinois to make his home with his son Joseph and family.
A story about Peter HAMMOND that has been handed down through the generations is that before leaving for the west he dug a grave for himselfe in the FAIRBANKS, or as it is now known, tthe SMEAD CEMETERY, beside that of his wife Charlotte and carefully lined it with brick to prevent it from caving in. With a pair of oxen he drew one or two large, flat stones for a cover so that all would be in readiness when his body would eventually be brought back here for burial. He died in Illinois on his 102nd birthday, April 9, 1878, and was buried here, as was his wish, beside his wife.
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Simeon HAMMOND, brother of Hinsdale, was born in Sturbridge, Mass., May 20,1763 and came to Wardsboro about 1784. ...Simeon HAMMOND died Feb. 24, 1805 at the age of 41, from what cause has not been revealed. He was buried in the FAIRBANKS CEMETERY.
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Abner HOLBROOK ... died Nov. 25, 1827, his wife Martha died March 11, 1828, both were buried in the FAIRBANKS CEMETERY.
Elijah HOLBROOK ... bought a 153 acre farm ...situated both sides of the road that runs from Miss Wolf's house to within a quarter of a mile or so of Frank ROSEBERRY's farm. Elijah HOLBROOK died Aug. 17, 1800, age 43, and was buried in the FAIRBANKS CEMETERY.
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Joseph and Lucy TWITCHELL were buried in the SMEAD CEMETERY. A single slate stone in the family lot bears this inscription;
Melinda, died June 16, 1793;
Infant, died April 15, 1794;
Hannah, died July 25, 1827. These were the children of Joseph and Lucy (RICE) TWITCHELL.
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Joseph WHITE, son of ... Peter, was bornon Jan. 10, 1737, and died in Wardsboro on Feb. 5, 1805, married Deborah Fish, who was born on Feb. 15, 1741, and died March 5, 1826. Joseph and Deborah (FISH) WHITE are buried in the SMEAD CEMETERY.... Child... of Joseph and Deborah... Joseph born March 15, 1773, died March 1820, buried in SMEAD CEMETERY;
Henry 2nd... born Dec. 15, 1774, died June 25, 1857, buried in SMEAD CEMETERY;
... Henry White 2nd, married Nancy White, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Putnam) White on May 21, 1801, and died June 25, 1857;
... both were buried in SMEAD CEMETERY.
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Jesse Lewis died on June 2, 1838, and was buried in the FAIRBANKS or SMEAD CEMETERY.
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Samuel Kidder died Jan. 13, 1805, at the age of 42 and was buried in the FAIRBANKS, or as we call it, the SMEAD CEMETERY, near Frank Roseberry's.
*************************Alphabetical list of burials in SMEAD CEMETERY
# Latest burial 1878
## Earliest burial 1793
BISSELL, Austin (son of Ozias, Jr.,
born in September 1787 at Bolton)
BISSELL, Clarissa STACY (wife of Austin,
died in Wardsboro on August 12, 1862,
age 69)
BOGLE, Thomas (Revolutionary soldier and pioneer settler,
died Aug. 16, 1826)
BOGLE, Elizabeth FULLER (wife of Thomas, died Aug. 22, 1859)
FAIRBANK, Drury and Lucy (Holbrook)
FAIRBANK, Hon. Pearley Deacon
FITTS, Nathaniel (died June 13, 1849, age 92)
FITTS, Sally aka Sarah (wife of Nathaniel died April 18, 1837, aged 70)
HAMMOND, Charlotte HOLBROOK (wife of Peter, died in Troy, N.Y., in 1866)
# HAMMOND, Peter (died in Illinois on his 102nd birthday, April 9, 1878)
HAMMOND, Simeon (brother of Hinsdale,
born in Sturbridge, Mass., May 20, 1763,
died Feb. 24, 1805 at the age of 41)
HASKINS, Jacob
HASKINS, Mary STACY (wife of Jacob)
HOLBROOK, Colonel Abner (died Nov. 25, 1827)
HOLBROOK, Martha (wife of Abner, died March 11, 1828)
HOLBROOK, Elijah (died Aug. 17, 1800, age 43)
KIDDER, Samuel (died Jan. 13, 1805, at the age of 42)
KNOWLTON, Miles and Tryphena
LEWIS, Jesse (died on June 2, 1838)
PARK, Solomon and Mary
RAMSDELL, John and Eunice
TWITCHELL, Joseph
TWITCHELL, Lucy RICE (wife of Joseph)
##*TWITCHELL, Melinda (died June 16, 1793) [Was she actually buried here?]
*TWITCHELL, Infant (died April 15, 1794)
*TWITCHELL, Hannah (died July 25, 1827)
*These were the children of Joseph and Lucy (RICE) TWITCHELL.
WHITE, Joseph and Hannah
WHITE, Peter
WHITE, Joseph (son of Peter
born on Jan. 10, 1737,
died in Wardsboro on Feb. 5, 1805)
WHITE, Deborah FISH (wife of Joseph
was born on Feb. 15, 1741
and died March 5, 1826)
**WHITE, Joseph (born March 15, 1773, died March 1820)
**WHITE, Henry 2nd (born Dec. 15, 1774, died June 25, 1857)
WHITE, Nancy WHITE (wife of **Henry 2nd,
daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Putnam) WHITE,
died June 25, 1857)
**These were the children of Joseph and Deborah (FISH) WHITE.



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