Westfield's Revolutionary War Veterans - Westfield, MA
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The Westfield Revolutionary War Veterans monument is located in the Mechanic Street Cemetery in Westfield.
Waymark Code: WMDBZH
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2011
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During the bicentennial year of 1976, the William Shepard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument at the entrance to the historic Mechanic Street Cemetery. The monument lists the names of all those from Westfield who participated in the Revolutionary War. The granite monument is inscribed:
IN HONOR OF
THE MEN WHO SERVED
IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
WAR 1775 - 1783
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| LUTHER ATKINS | ISRAEL MOSELEY |
| ELI ASHLEY | JERE MOSELEY |
| JOHN ATWATER | JOHN MOSELEY |
| DANIEL BAGG | RICHARD NIMOCKS |
| JOHN BALLENTINE | JACOB NOBLE |
| AARON BUSH | MATTHEW NOBLE |
| AMOS BUSH | STEPHEN NOBLE |
| SILAS BUSH | ELISHA PARKS |
| EZRA CLAPP | WARHAM PARKS |
| ELIAB DEWEY | EBENEZER PHELPS |
| JOHN DEWEY | MOSES PHELPS |
| RUSSELL DEWEY | GAD ROOT |
| ASHBEL EAGER | JOSEPH ROOT |
| RICHARD FALLEY | SILAS ROOT |
| JEM FARNAM | ADNAH SACKET |
| ASHBEL FOWLER | STEPHEN SACKET |
| BILDAD FOWLER | WILLIAM SACKET |
| BLACKLEACH FOWLER | GIDEON SHEPARD |
| DANIEL FOWLER | JOHN SHEPARD |
| LINUS FOWLER | WILLIAM SHEPARD |
| MEDAD FOWLER | TIMOTHY STEBBINS |
| SAMUEL FOWLER | MARTIN STILES |
| STEPHEN FOWLER | ELDAD TAYLOR |
| ENACH HOLCOMB | JAMES TAYLOR |
| AARON KING | JEDEDIAH TAYLOR |
| BOHAN KING | ISAAC WELLER |
| SAMUEL MATHER | ABEL WHITNEY |
| JACOB MORSE | EPHRAIM WILLIAMS |
| AZARIAH MOSELEY | RHODERICK WRIGHT |
| DAVID MOSELEY | |
PLACED BY GENERAL
WILLIAM SHEPARD
CHAPTER D.A.R.
BICENTENNIAL 1976
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The cemetery was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 2002.
Type of Memorial: Monument
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