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Cemetery NumberJN043
TownJOHNSTON
Cemetery NameCOL ISRAEL ANGELL BURIAL GRN
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LocationPECK HILL RD - SALISBURY CORNER
StateRI
DirectionE
Pole Number4
Distance230
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CommentThis cemetery is located 230 feet east of Peck Hill Road, and 475 feet north of Plainfield Pike on the Salisbury farm. It is 350 feet southeast of JN042. James N. Arnold recorded this lot 79) – May 24, 1891. (Bk. 2, pg. 221) (JN043). “On the Salisbury farm now so called and formerly known as the Harry Greene Tavern in open lot north east of the farm house without protection.” Note: written in after this in ball point pen –“Richard Fenner farm”. Oct 1934 Benns (#314) transcribed this cemetery and noted: "this cemetery is almost destroyed, the stones badly broken" Col Israel Angell and his wife Martha were originally buried here. They have been moved to North Burial Ground in Providence. According to James Arnold Israel's original stone was a marble stone with 'a willow and urn raised'.
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