Zenas Atkins - Westfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 07.403 W 072° 44.640
18T E 686480 N 4665938
Zenas Atkins was killed in a sleighing accident. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (a.k.a. the Mechanics Street Cemetery) in Westfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMQBXR
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2016
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The grave of Zenas Atkins, and his wife Sophia, is marked by a simple rectangular marble grave marker. Both names are in raised block capital letters. Below Zenas' name is a graphic description, in script, of his death. The stone is inscribed:
ZENAS ATKINS
was suddenly kill'd while
riding in a sleigh and coming
in contact with another in turn-
ing a corner on the evening of
Jan. 14, 1816.
Aged 34.
-·-
SOPHIA
his widow
died May 13, 1846.
Aged 65.
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