Earlier in June, I finally got around to visiting a burying ground in Milford, the town where I live. Lisa came along; it’s always enjoyable having someone else point out the things I miss as I gawk at names. Milford has more ethnic and economic diversity than most of the neighboring communities, and the names reflect that fact. Around the turn of the century the house of Usher (John, Susan, Olivia, Walter, Byron, Alvin, and Agness) gave way to names like Kapatoes, Charzenski, Volz, MacFarlane, Thiebault, and Lucier.

This cemetery is still active, which makes me wonder: Who decides who can be buried in a two hundred year-old cemetery?

  • Sturtevant — Father, Mother, Leon
  • Gustaf Carlson (♂ - 1895-1984)
  • Triphena Madden (♀ - †1810 Æ21)
  • Parna Hancock (♀ - †1869 Æ62)
  • Howland Tyler (♂ - †1872 Æ32)
  • Eliphalet Bailey (♂)
  • Cortes Cheney (♂ - †1869 Æ37)
  • Perl LeRoy Sorty (♂ - 1883-1919)
  • Laurensine Larson (♀ - 1862-1922)
  • Rufus Cheney (♂ - †1872 Æ71)
  • His first wife: Cynthia Alexander (†1825 Æ21)
  • His second wife: Ruth Staples (†1845 Æ39)
  • His third wife: Lucretia Burr (†1883 Æ73)
  • Floyd A. Nezgoda (♂ - 1926-2000) & “His Sexy Wife” Janet F. Drobnica (1924- )
  • Oremandel Quimby (♂ - 1832-1921) 19th Unattached Mass. Infantry
  • Joliaett Cushman (1846-1900)
  • Liberatore Schiappucci (♂ - 1916-1997)
  • Kusta Anderson (♂ - 1869-1943)
  • Hiram Miller (♂ - 1837-1920)
  • Margaret Miller (♀ - 1843-1917)
  • Lillian Mabel Miller (♀ - 1872-1872)
  • Cora Maud Miller (♀ - 1876-1877)
  • Emeline Bertha Miller (♀ - 1873-1877)
  • Ida May Miller (♀ - 1866-1877)
  • Baby Miller (♀ - 1881-1881)
  • Susie T. Miller (♀ - 1870-1918)

Update - 5 August 2007: Lucretia Burr was Rufus Cheney’s third wife.