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Cemetery NumberWO009
TownWOONSOCKET
Cemetery NameST JAMES CEMETERY/BERNON CEME
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LocationLOGEE STREET AT PARK AVE.
StateRI
DirectionN
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Page Number16n
Plat Number207
Deed Book 
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Size in Feet150
Size in Feet150
Burials377
Inscriptions16
Fieldstones0
Tombs1
Exist?YES
Last seen date?2021
Newest1895
Oldest1837
VandalismY
Veteran13
PoleM
CommentLocated on Logee Street between Park Avenue and Front Street. Right of way exists from Park Avenue. Last known burial was in 1904. Cemetery was abandoned soon after. Few stones remain. Extensively vandalized. Number of burials is an estimate, based on church records. Tomb has been destroyed, and bodies removed. Many other bodies were removed after church abandoned the cemetery. In 2020-2021 this cemetery was restored by a group led by Greg Duhamel. Ownership of the land was transfered from the Woonsocket Company to St. James Episcopal Church on 20 Oct 1840 (Smithfield Register of Deeds, Book 21, Page 418). Additional land transfered on 10 June 1847 (Smithfield Register of Deeds, Book 25, Page 483). A right of way to Park Avenue was transfered to St. James Church by the R.I.H.T. Co. on 16 November 1887 (Woonsocket Register of Deeds, Book 34, Page 124). Cemetery has also been called Bernon Cemetery and Bernon Tombs. Tax Assessor's file #23, acct. # 06-31060. Henry C. Davis was the First RI Civil War casualty. He was a Private, Co. K, 1st R.I. Volunteers. Died from disease in Washington DC on June 16, 1861.
Conditionvery poor
Enclosureno enclosure
Gateno gate
Growthovergrown-trees
Terrainhilly moderate
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