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Cushman Family Cemetery, East Village Rd,
Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA

earliest birth recorded in this cemetery: Olive Bugbee b. 1794 - d. 1866
earliest inscription in this cemetery: Almyra, wife of John McGregor b. 1802a - d. Oct 03 1843
most recent burial in this cemetery: Russell Cushman b. 1907 - d. 1980
total inscriptions in this cemetery: 11; total graves: unknown
Transcribed 1980 by Eugenia Powers (1913-1985)
databased 2008 by Robert Goss
verified & corrected 2008
by me.
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          Stones are oriented so as to be readable when facing the surounding stone walls.
          To reach this cemetery, turn off US Rte 2 in East St Johnsbury, cross the river onto East Village Rd (TR#4), bear right at the fork, follow this road about 1.1 mi to the "end". There appears to be a left-curve here, but it is actually TR#5, (TR#4 once continued straight thru Blodgett's mailbox into the trees and down the backside of Moose River into Concord, joining Cross Rd near the old fairground - it is now discontinued). You can see the cemetery to your left across the field; please walk next to the stone wall when the hay is growing.
          This is a family cemetery that is no longer maintained. It was turned over to the town for maintenance in 1980 as it was no longer convient for the family to care for it. However, no maintenance has been done for some years now, there are 6-yo trees growing up among the brambles, fence posts have rotted off, and the woven-wire fence has almost completely fallen down., Although the wire and gate are still in suitable condition, new posts need to be set, the thick mat of hay thatch needs to be removed, and the thorny brambles need to be removed. A neighbor has been keeping the highest bushes cut; but, a lot of work needs to be done to once again put this cemetery "right".
          Stone #8 appears out-of-place because the burial took place after Eugenia completed her transcript and map.

NOTE:  a slash "/" indicates the end of a line of engraving on the gravestone.
       blue Stone #s indicate gs sketched or photographed - click to view.
       DOBs followed by an "a" are calculated from the DOD on the stone minus the AGE on the stone.
       italics indicate the info is from other vital or town records; but, not actually on the stone.
      

Cem+
StoneNum
 LastName FirstName Maiden DOB DOD Spouse/Parents Add'l Info
CU+0.1             A white marble stone, 2" above ground, 6" wide, 2" thick, split into two 1" thick pieces - no lettering seen.
CU+0.2 P B         A white marble stone, 6" high, 6" wide, 2" thick - like a footstone, initials "B. P.".
CU+1.1 Reed Nichols S.   01/__/1830a 7/15/1855   Aged 25 y'rs 6 mos. White marble with low angle top, square name band, plain, lettering is on the west side facing the back wall, grave is to the east of the stone. Stone is about 5' tall and has been down for years, it was found buried (in 2008) under 3" of thick hay thatch and has weathered so badly that it is barely readable.
CU+1.2 Reed Mariah L.   1/01/1826 10/01/1899   Aged 73 yrs 9 mos. Same as above except square name band has tracery, marble has darkened more, & veins are more pronounced.
CU+1.3a Reed Milo   03/__/1851a 10/15/1851 children of N. S. and M. L. Reed AE 7 mos. 18" high, grayed white marble, square name band, plain.
CU+1.3b Reed Azelia   1/27/1854a 2/16/1854 children of N. S. and M. L. Reed AE 3 weeks. 18" high, grayed white marble, square name band, plain.
CU+2.1 Russell George S.   10/__/1823a 6/08/1910   AE 86 yrs 8 mos. Matches #2.2; six inches thick with wide bevel at top and taper down side. Leaf design on top bevel with an X in the middle (crossed stems??), line tracery on side bevel, curved name band with line tracery background and fancy inside edge, then there is a double size double marble base for both stones. Parents of Mrs. Emma Cushman ?? Alpheus Bugbee settled in this part of town in 1800. Russell and Reeds are Concord and Kirby names.
CU+2.2 Russell Emma L. Bugbee 12/__/1822a 7/04/1908 wife of George S. Russell AE 85 yrs 8 mos. Stone matches #2.1
CU+2.3a Cushman Edgar O.   1854 1925   Gray granite monument with name on the face. Corner rose design, 12" thick, smooth but not polished.
CU+2.3b Cushman Edna L. Russell 1852 1946 his wife {of Edgar O. Cushman]  
CU+2.4 McGregor Almyra   10/__/1802a 10/03/1843 wife of John McGregor AE 41 yrs. Two and one half feet high, perfectly plain with square top. All the lettering slants forward, whether cursive or another style, except for her name.
CU+2.5 McGregor John   1800a 08/__/1848   AE 48. Same style except thicker. Straight lettering except verse which is a small script, "How brief is life--how long eternity".
CU+2.6 Bugbee Hannah   1798 8/26/1876   Aged 78 yrs. Heavy very much darkened gray granite markers which may replace original stones, about 15" tall and 20" wide. Pillow shaped with lettering on a somewhat convex face.
CU+2.7 Bugbee Olive   1794 1866   Aged 72 yrs. Stone matches #2.6.
CU+2.8 Cushman Russell B   1907 1980   Modern grass-high, gray granite marker.

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