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Cemetery NumberCR040
TownCRANSTON
Cemetery NameMAJ THOMAS FENNER LOT
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LocationBRITTON ST AT FLETCHER AVE.
StateRI
DirectionN
Pole Number1
Distance20
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Size in Feet55
Size in Feet65
Inscriptions16
Fieldstones69
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1861
Oldest1718
VandalismN
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PoleG
CommentLocated just north of #18 Britton St. and south of #58 Fletcher Ave. James Arnold visited this lot 14 Nov 1890 (Vol 3, pg 259) Maj. Thomas Fenner lot situated in an open field east of the present village of Thornton a distance of about one third of a mile, lot fenced with granite posts and iron rails in good condition. Emma B Shaw recorded this lot in 1925. The RI cemetery registration list says this cemetery was removed to Highland Cemetery in Johnston in 1959, but this is not true. The cemetery is still in a residential area on Britton St. The Cranston Public Library Inscriptions from Gravestones, Cranston R. I. (Arnold, James N. (James Newell), 1844-1927. Cranston, RI: Oak Lawn Public Library, 1913 [RI947.51 CRA ARN]) Volume 1, Page 336, following Dinah Fenner is the note: This yard is well filled and we counted 30 large and 39 small graves without inscriptions.
Conditionfair
Enclosuregranite posts/iron rails
Gateno gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 

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