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Cemetery NumberNT500
TownNEWPORT
Cemetery NameWILLOW CEMETERY
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LocationFAREWELL ST. (ISLAND CEMETERY)
StateRI
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CommentWhen Island Cemetery was incorporated in 1848, there were two cemeteries situated on the grounds: the "New Burying Ground" and Willow Cemetery. The original lot deed for Willow Cemetery, signed by Henry E. Turner, is dated2 Jan. 1852; it is in the safe at Island Cemetery. Four file drawers there contain cards of lot maps and names, made by a previous superintendent in the 1920's. Although Dr. Turner lists transcriptions of stones in Willow Cemetery separately in his collection, other transcribers do not make a distinction, and Willow no longer has an identity as a separate cemetery.
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