Miss Mary Warriner - Wilbraham, MA
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The grave of 16 year old Miss Mary Warriner is located in Adams Cemetery, Wilbraham MA. She drowned, along with five others, in a boating accident.
Waymark Code: WMNZY3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2015
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On April 29, 1799 a tragedy occurred in the small western Massachusetts town of Wilbraham. Six people from prominent town families were sail-boating on Nine Mile Pond when a sudden gust of wind caught the sails and overturned the boat. The boat sank and three young men and three sixteen year old girls drowned. Three of the victims were siblings from a single family. All are buried in Adams Cemetery in Wilbraham, MA.
The cemetery has recently been restored after being devastated by a tornado of June 1, 2011. Graves of special interest are now marked with a teal colored, numbered sign as part of a walking tour of the cemetery.
The brownstone grave marker of Mary Warriner contains the image of a crowned woman in the tympanum and the following inscription:
In memory of
Miss Mary, Daughter
of Dr Noah and
Mrs. Mary Warriner
was drowned in a
pond in Wilbraham,
together with five others
on the 29 of
April 1799, in the
16 year of her age.
_____
Bo(a)st not thyself of tomorrow,
for thou knowest not what a
day may bring forth.
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