Mary Jaggar Post Barber Memorial Arch - East Windsor, CT
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Mary Jaggar Post Barber Memorial Arch is located at the entrance to Springdale Cemetery on Main St,, SR 510, in East Windsor, CT.
Waymark Code: WMWJ4B
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2017
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A 25' tall freestanding gateway memorial arch with a pointed top is dedicated to the memory of Mary Daggar Post Barber. The arch is constructed with stone blocks and is located at the main vehicle entrance to Springdale Cemetery.
The dedication, in Gothic font, is split between the left and right sides of the arch, about 10 high, on the street side. It is inscribed:
To the Glory of God
and
in loving memory
of
Mary Jagger Post Barber
by her husband
William T Barber
and her daughters
Josephine King Barber
and Margaret Louise Schlesinger
Mary Jagger Post was the heiress daughter of Gerardus Post of New York, NY who was a founder of Chemical Bank, which is now J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. She was born in New York City on December 29, 1828, married William T. Barber of a prominent Connecticut family, and died on April 13, 1882. She is interred in a family plot in Springdale Cemetery, East Windsor, CT.