Roswell Skinner - Central Cemetery - East Granby, CT
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Roswell Skinner answered the Lexington Alarm
Waymark Code: WMBXPX
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2011
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The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts with a skirmish on the town green. Following the confrontation with British troops at Lexington and Concord on Wednesday morning April 19, 1775, an alarm was immediately spread in every direction. Throughout New England, the news was rapidly carried by horse expresses from town to town. Those who responded to this alarm have a special marker placed on their graves. Roswell Skinner is such an example.
It reads
Revolutionary War
Roswell Skinner
Lexington Alarm
Died Feb. 4, 1831
AE 77
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1754
Date of Death: February 4, 1831
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
Revolutionary War
Roswell Skinner
Lexington Alarm
Died Feb. 4, 1831
AE 77
Ranks: Not listed
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