Peck Cemetery - Cumberland RI
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nomadwillie
N 41° 58.420 W 071° 23.904
19T E 301282 N 4649634
A well maintained hillside burial ground, surrounded by woods and fenced in with rubble stone walls, dates back at least to 1754 and is the earliest local graveyard.
Waymark Code: WM12HRM
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2020
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Peck Cemetery (Historical Cemetery 19) A well maintained hillside burial ground, surrounded by woods and fenced in with rubble stone walls, dates back at least to 1754 and is the earliest local graveyard. It contains numerous fine slate and brownstone eighteenth and early nineteenth-century headstones, and also a handsome granite block fronted receiving tomb erected for Joseph Whipple in 1825.
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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Cumberland / RI / USA
Approximate number of graves: 332
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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