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Cemetery NumberSK036
TownSOUTH KINGSTOWN
Cemetery NameNEW SAINT FRANCIS
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Graves ListDisplay Graves List
LocationGEORGE SCHAEFFER RD
StateRI
DirectionSW
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Distance50
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Burials3200
Inscriptions2689
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2003
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PoleG
CommentThis large Catholic cemetery is located just south George Schaeffer Street at the west end of this street. It was started about 1880. As with Riverside, another large cemetery of the same era, the many burials that predate 1880 show that families bought lots in the new cemetery and moved their relatives into their new lot. Many were moved from the Old Saint Francis Cemetery by the town hall (SK 42). It has about 3,500 burials with 2,689 inscribed stones. Transcription by Dr. Bill Eddleman recorded in 1992.
Conditionexcellent
Enclosurestone wall
Gatechain
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainhilly moderate
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map N/A