Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Inscriptions From the Palmer Cemetery ------------------------- Page 39 Patriots Buried in this Cemetery The following list of those who have served in the several wars of our country is the result of careful research, and is believed to be very com- plete to date, although it is possible, for the lack of headstones, that the names of some who served in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars may have been lost. Nearly all the Union soldiers who are buried in our cem- eteries have their graves honored by headstones, and doubtless the remain- der will soon have this tribute paid them by a grateful posterity. SOLDIERS OF THE COLONIAL WARS. Benjamin King Capt. James Merrick Ens. John King Lt. Gideon Merrick Daniel Graves Aaron Merrick SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Capt. John King Timothy Brainerd Lt. David King Jonathan Cooley Gideon Graves Capt. James Merrick Simeon Graves Isaac Ferrell David King Gideon Abbott --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 40 An unknown Hessian soldier is buried three feet east of the grave of Willet Graves on the south side of the grounds, indicated by a gas pipe. He was one of the prisoners who died in Palmer in 1777 while on the way to Boston. SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812 Theron McMaster Zebrina Squires Jonathan Cooley Kenyon L. Lillabridge Daniel Hamilton UNION SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION William Allen William McGuire Seth Brown Abijah Mills LeRoy Bridgman Erastus Newport Isaac Childs Dexter B. Packard Henry M. Calkins Christopher C. Porter Dr. Cyrus W. Cross Charles A. Porter Edwin L. Davis Daniel S. Shields George A. Griffin Emory Strickland Joseph W. Graves Alfred F. Shearer George Holdsworth James Thompson George A. Hunt H.H. Weeden George O. Henry J. Frank Wellman Daniel Hadley George H. Wellman Lorin W. Johnson Samuel Wallace William Kurtz Henry B. Wheeler Harlow W. Kibbe Joseph B. Woodard Sidney S. Kelsey Henry Walker George G. Mitchell