George, G. Frankie, & Freddie Stephenson - Florence, MA.
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 20.082 W 072° 40.448
18T E 691615 N 4689558
Three members of the Stephenson family became drowning victims in two separate events. Their graves are marked by a marble obelisk in Park Street Cemetery in Florence, MA.
Waymark Code: WMZV55
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2019
Views: 1
According to their listing on the Find a Grave website brothers G. Frankie and Freddie Stephenson "drowned in Hawk's Pond, Goshen, while bathing". Their father George was drowned in a separate event 31 years later. The obelisk has the family name STEPHENSON at the base and is inscribed on two sides:
GEORGE STEPHENSON
Drowned
Dec. 28 1895
Æ 73 yrs
Elizabeth Utley
His Wife
Mar. 12 1923
Æ 88 yrs.
G FRANKIE
aged 9 yrs.
24 days.
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FREDDIE K.
aged 6 yrs.
only children of
George & Lizzie U.
Stephenson
Drowned
July 19 1864
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