Asaph, Seth, and Simon Butts - South Hadley, MA
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 15.507 W 072° 34.860
18T E 699528 N 4681305
The grave of three brothers Asaph, Seth, and Simon Butts, who died in a house fire, is located in Evergreen Cemetery, 25 Edison Drive, South Hadley, MA.
Waymark Code: WMZ21E
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2018
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Three siblings Asaph, Seth, and Simon Butts died when a fire swept through their house on Christmas Eve. Their grave is parked with a rectangular brownstone monument with three soul effigies carved at the top. The monument is inscribed:
In Memory of
three Sons of MR.
SHEREBIAN and MRS.
LYDIA BUTTS who
expired in the flames
of their House
24th Decr. 1798. Viz.
ASAPH the 12th,
SETH in the 9th
& SIMON in the 7th
Year of his Age.
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