Hariot Ashley 179678 viewsSolomon Ashley lived in the Ashleyville section of old West Springfield, MA. There is a cemetery which retains the name on Riverdale Road, along the Connecticut River. Their daughter, Harriot is buried with them. This sandstone was carved by townsman, John Ely, with a simple willow.
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Solomon and Caroline Ashley23 viewsSolomon Ashley lived in the Ashleyville section of old West Springfield, MA. There is a cemetery which retains the name on Riverdale Road, along the Connecticut River. This marble marker is one of the few still legible in an area widely known for its canal system of mills and factories. The acid rain produced as a result of the Industrial revolution melted the majority of marble markers.
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David Bagg, Junior 17566 viewsAnother of the gravestones carved by Joseph Williston of Springfield, he carved from the late 1750s to 1768, the year of his death.
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Asa Burt 177452 viewsThis deep red sandstone was carved by Solomon Brewer, whom we met in the Union Street and Federal Hill Cemeteries. He carved the fancy double portraits, and the gravestone for the unfortunate Hessian who died by a lightning strike. Solomon seems to have a knack for finding accident victims.
A little genealogical info - From Springfield Families:
16 JAMES BURT (Henry & Elizabeth), b 9 Oct. 1703, m int 6 Nov. 1725 Mercy Sexton (James & Hannah) b 26 Dec. 1695
Children
Mercy, b 18 Sept. 1726, m Stephen Warriner
Phebe, b 4 Aug. 1728, m Thomas Stebbins
Katherine, b 2 Mch. 1731, m Stephen Bliss
James, b 11 June 1733, m Catherine _____, see deed 42-98 (dau. Abigail m David Bates,
dau. Mercy m Horace Cadwell, wid. Catherine m Cornelius Merry)
Asa, b 3 June 1737, m Ruth Hubbard
Wife d 22 June 1746. James m (2) 30 July 1747 (1st Ch. Rec) Margaret Bliss (William & Margaret)
b. 3 June 1715
Children
Margaret, b 28 July 1748, m Solomon Deming
Sibbel, b 13 Oct. 1750, m Nathan Spellman
Caleb, b 18 July 1754, went to Sandisfield, MA
Mercy, b 18 July 1754, m William Cornwell or Cornwall
Jonathan, b 22 Apr. 1756
James went to Granville, MA., 1st Ch. Rec. He bought his farm in Granville in 1756-1757. See deeds Y-422, Y-675, 37-341, 298, 42-98.
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