Chester Cleveland - Enfield, CT
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neoc1
N 41° 56.362 W 072° 36.295
18T E 698549 N 4645818
The grave of drowning victim Chester Cleveland is located in King Street Cemetery in Enfield, CT.
Waymark Code: WMWJGH
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2017
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The 3' high 18th century brownstone grave marker of Chester Cleveland has the image of a grieving face in the lunette and the following inscription:
In Memory of
Chester Cleveland
Son to Rufus &
Polley Cleveland
Who was Drowned
August 26th 1795
Aged 15 Years.
The ground around the marker now covers the verse. The Find A Grave website reports the verse as being:
Behold & see as you pass by
as you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me.
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