Francestown, NH Cemeteries

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[edit] Research on Francestown Municipal Cemeteries

[edit] Cemetery 1

The land for Cemetery One was cleared on April 10, 1773. The first person buried there was Mrs. Bathsheba Epps Dickerman, wife of Samuel Dickerman, who died May 1, 1773, aged 20 years. The first adult death in the Francestown settlement was that of Caleb Whiting in the spring of 1770; and the second that of Janet McMaster, October 4, 1772. These were taken to New Boston, as was also the body of the wife of John Carson in March 1773. Soon after the burial of Mrs. Dickerman, two small children were laid in this ground. Following these, twenty-six bodies were buried. Of these, twenty-two were children. Cemetery One was the town’s cemetery for forty-five years (1773-1818), and probably more than five hundred bodies lie there. Since it is such an old cemetery, only veterans from the American Revolution are buried here. Only a few people have head stones or monuments of any kind partly because they were not as common as they are now but also because of the people being too poor to obtain them.

[edit] Cemetery 2

In 1818 the town directed their committee to purchase one half acres of land of James S. Fisher for a new grave yard. This was the Mill Village Cemetery (also known as Cemetery 2). The first burial in this Cemetery was the body of Mrs. Joshua Huntington August 14, 1818. In this cemetery, there are veterans from the Revolution, the Civil War (GAR, Grand Army of the Republic), and the War of 1812.


[edit] Cemetery 3

At the Town Meeting on May 29, 1860, the selectmen were instructed to buy five acres of land on the Turnpike from William Stanley (this was called Cemetery 3). The first burial here was that of Elizabeth, daughter of John Balch, who died July 23, 1860. In this cemetery, the veterans served in The Civil War, World War I & World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and others are in the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), and the American Legion.


[edit] Research Reference:

Cochrane, Rev. W. R.; & Wood, D.D. George K. Esq. (1895); History of Francestown, NH. Published by the town of Francestown.


[edit] Veterans buried in Cemetery 1

Last First Notes Birth Death Age War Location
Alld James 1750 1784 34 American Revolution Back
Batten Richard 1736 1822 86 American Revolution Front
Bixby Edward 1743 1816 73 American Revolution Front
Bradford Robert 1755 1836 81 American Revolution Front
Brewster Isaac 1721 1782 61 American Revolution Center
Cram Stephen Capt. 1769 1853 84 American Revolution Back
Dutton Jacob 1750 1803 53 American Revolution Center
Fairbanks Elias Deacon 1760 1818 58 American Revolution Front
Fisher Nathan 1745 1824 79 American Revolution Back
Fuller Daniel Lt. 1761 1847 86 American Revolution Back
Holmes Oliver Esq. 1740 1806 68 American Revolution Back
Kingsbury Joseph 1739 1817 78 American Revolution Front
McIlvain James 1762 1850 88 American Revolution Center
Mitchel Thomas 1747 1798 51 American Revolution Center
Smiley David 1812 1858 46 American Revolution Center
Smith John Deacon 1758 1824 66 American Revolution Front
Starrett William Deacon 1743 1829 86 American Revolution Back
Todd John 1732 1813 81 American Revolution Front

[edit] Veterans Buried in Cemetery 2

Last First Notes Birth Death Age War Location
Bean John 1795 1883 88 War of 1812 North
Butterfield Robert 1757 1841 84 War of 1812 Central
Dunklee Francis 1790 1859 69 War of 1812 South
Farnum Nahum 1800 1879 79 GAR North
Farnum Peter 1794 1877 83 War of 1812 Central
Ferson John 1750 1842 92 American Revolution North
Fisher David 1758 1829 71 American Revolution Central
Fisher Seth 1760 1811 51 American Revolution North
Fisher Thomas 1761 1850 89 American Revolution South
Fisher Moses 1756 1847 91 American Revolution South
Fisher Abner 1755 1840 85 War of 1812 North
Fuller Samuel 1754 1874 94 American Revolution North
Holmes Mason 1815 1843 28 American Revolution South
Holmes Oliver 1777 1834 56 War of 1812 North
Hopkins William 1762 1850 88 American Revolution Central
Johnson Thomas 1809 1858 49 War of 1812 Central
Kingsbury Mark Died at Ft. Gaines, AL 1837 1865 27 GAR South
Martin James Capt. 1790 1846 56 War of 1812 North
Morse Timothy Capt. 1759 1824 71 American Revolution Central
Patterson David Dea. 1756 1843 87 American Revolution Central
Patterson James Capt. 1790 1836 46 War of 1812 North
Standley John 1773 1834 61 War of 1812 South

[edit] Explanation of Project

The purpose of our project has been to document all veterans buried in the three Francestown Municipal Cemeteries, and to present our work to the Francestown Improvement and Historical Society. We referred to the articles and books listed below for cross-references. In doing this we came across a number of names, wars, and dates of the soldiers that did not correspond with the information on their headstones. Therefore our project developed into a catalogue reference of our veterans exactly as found on the headstones.


[edit] Project References:

1. Cochrane, Rev. W. R.; & Wood, D.D. George K. Esq. (1895); History of Francestown, NH. Published by the town of Francestown.

2. Cemeteries of Francestown, Hillsborough County, N.H. from 1776 to 1938

3. Research done by Gregory Thulander on Cemeteries of Francestown, NH

4. List of People Buried in Cemeteries – Edited May 29, 1957, Property of Francestown, NH



Project Done By: I. D. MacKay, J. A. MacKay, B. P. Wiederhold


We would like to acknowledge four people for their wonderful assistance and support in this project:

R. Cilley

F. Jones

L. Paige

P. Place


This page is not finished. Cemetery 3 (the largest) will be posted when research has been completed.