Hanover Cemetery Documents

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As of this date, 1814 entries have been made in the card index. The number will be increased appreciably since many more interments are yet to be made in the cemetery.

Errors have been found in almost every source of reference. Stones are no exception. Dates and age found in the Town records do not always agree with those recorded on the stones nor do those recorded in Frost's Genealogy agree with those from other sources. Errors are to be found also in the Dartmouth Cemetery Association Book I.

By the same token, doubtless errors will be found in my work. For such errors, I alone am responsible and I can only hope that by due care in such matters as rereading all inscriptions and in attempting to reconcile differences in source material, some errors which might have appeared have been eliminated.

Arthur H. Chivers. August 17, 1951.

Lot No. 25B

Note;

This area is east of the Sullivan lot (No. 33). The Sullivans plan to extend this by grading , or placing a retaining wall, at the top of the bank and at the south of the area. For burials to date, see Lot No. 33 and card catalog.

(A.H.C. Aug. 3, 1950)

Lot No. 63 B

→N

CHIVERS

(Arthur H. Chivers)

Inscript. on front of bowlder;

Chivers (on copper plate)

back of bowlder;

Edward W. 1922 - 1929

Lot No. 77

N ←

(Ed. Gunn)

This lot was purchased by Edward Gunn who is buried in Brattleboro, Vt.

No stones have been placed on the lot and data regarding burials are lacking.

I visited today (Oct. 25, 1950) Mrs. Alphonse Trachier (Mary Gunn Trachier) and obtained the following information from her (dates are from Frost's Genealogy); A. H. Chivers.

There are three interments in this lot;

Mrs. Rose Monahan Gunn Husband of Edward Gunn and Father of Mrs. Alphonse Trachier Born in Durham, Canada, 1845 Died in Hanover, May 1, 1895 Aged 55 years.

William Gunn Grandfather of Mrs. Alphonse Trachier Born in Drummondsville, P.Q., 1860 Died in Hartford, Vt., Aug. 25, 1933 Aged 73 years.

John Dennis Trachier Infant son of Alphonse and Mrs. Mary Gunn Trachier Born Jan. 18, 1906 Died Jan. 20, 1906 Aged 2 days.

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>Lot No. 93 (con.) (9)

November 30, 1955.

President John Sloan Dickey, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,

Dear Mr. Dickey;

May I call to your attention a matter that has been in my mind for some time.

During the summer of 1954, the College replaced the broken tablestone of Mary Brinsmead Wheelock in the Wheelock lot of the Dartmouth Cemetery.

When the tablestone and supporting stones were removed, a slate stone with inscriptions was found at the ground level. Also a companion stone was found under the tablestone of Eleazar Wheelock. The two stones were removed to the College storehouse.

Recently, I went to the storehouse to copy the inscriptions. The stones lie on the floor with the inscribed surfaces uppermost and are surrounded by all kinds of storage material. Stored on the stones were: a crated object so heavy that two men were needed to remove it; a 25 pound pail seemingly of roofing cement and a large, heavy metal fan.

In removing the objects, the men walked on the stones as freely as on the floor. A few days later, thinking that I had misread a date, I returned to find that the same objects had been placed back on the stones.

Already chips are broken away from the inscribed surfaces and, at two spots, the lettering is no longer readable. I predict that, in the end, their destination will be the junk pile.

While I have not as yet unearthed sufficient evidence, I am of the belief that these are the stones placed by, John Wheelock in 1810. In any case, these stones were placed as a memorial to Mary Brinsmead and Eleazar Wheelock and were never intended for display in museums or similar places. ]yes, see Risley mss

It is my opinion as well as that of others with whom I have talked that the only place where these stones should be lodged is the place where they were found. It would seem that, if a recent history of these stones were to be written, it might be given the title of Respectable Vandalism.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur H. Chivers

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