Cranston
Rhode Island Cemetery 75Nicholas Sheldon Lot, Scituate Road, Cranston, behind apartment building on Scituate Vista Drive. Behind Scituate Vista, which is 0.6 mile up Scituate Ave from Phoenix Ave (next to #340 Scituate Ave.). Follow the paved road to the end of the complex then walk to the left on Vista lawn passing a large green utility tank and a large red round tank. The cemetery is on the right in an enclosed wooded yard. The master index of this database can be searched by name or by cemetery number, CR075.
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[Two images at left]
To The Sacred Memory of Zilpha Sheldon Wife of Nicholas Sheldon who died July 3rd 1820 Aged 75 yrs 10 months And 25 days “The memory of the just is blessed” |
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[Two images at left]
In Memory of Mr. Nicholas Sheldon Who died April 10 1828 In his 96 year |
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[Far left] Andrew H. Sheldon
Son of Robert & Mary Sheldon Born May 14 1800 Died May 5 1885 [Left] Caroline Jones Born ---- 20, ----- Died ---- 11, 1886 (?) [Stone is broken in half and very weathered - hardly legible] |
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| Erected to the Memory of
Mrs. Mary Arnold The Amiable Consort of Mr. Gorton Arnold Who departed this life May 25 1804 In the 20th year of her age “Beneath the arrows of the grave In one promiferous ruin lie The noblest charms that virtue gave With all that nature could supply Then why dread tyrant was it given For you to sink such worth in drift Why ‘t was the great command of heaven To pick the fairest flower first” |
In Memory of
Mary Arnold Daughter of Gorton Arnold And Mary his Wife Who died June 18th 1804 Aged 1 month [verse illegible] |
In Memory of
Sarah Eliza Wife of John Howard Born April 9 1798 Died Sept 15 1867 |
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| Erected by a fond Husband
To the Memory of Mrs. Zilpha Holden The amiable consort of Capt. Oliver Holden She departed this life Sunday June 19 1796 In the 30th year of her age “Virtue survives the ravage of death Her memory honored, her life beloved The body we resign to the silent earth But angels waft the spirit high above Precious the soul by Christ redeemed From threatening evils snatched away Precious the ….” [rest under ground] |
[Mossy, weathered – very uncertain – could
be]
Andrew Harris? |
Zilpha Sheldon
[No other inscription] |
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| Mrs. Mary Arnold
[No dates or inscriptions] |
Mrs. Zilpha Holden
1796 |
Miscellaneous small markers – no inscriptions |
No photos for these:
J H (Initials only)
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S. A. H. (Initials only)
Images and information provided by Diane Litterick, 2004
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