. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. till MILK X W XX , THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 69 QUir (il^ ( I III I I, \ I I. , \iI \iI \ I iil:i I ^i-* ISTORS to our ancient townIt-I ^ un frequently return from>^|J their wanderings with many in-quiries ahout tlie old cemeterytliey have discovered on tlieeast side of the main street, a short dis-tance south of the church. The ground was set apart for burialpurposes at three separate times. Thecentral portion was in in February,1665 or twenty-five years afler lliesettlement of the town, and bow muche:ir!i
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. till MILK X W XX , THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES. 69 QUir (il^ ( I III I I, \ I I. , \iI \iI \ I iil:i I ^i-* ISTORS to our ancient townIt-I ^ un frequently return from>^|J their wanderings with many in-quiries ahout tlie old cemeterytliey have discovered on tlieeast side of the main street, a short dis-tance south of the church. The ground was set apart for burialpurposes at three separate times. Thecentral portion was in in February,1665 or twenty-five years afler lliesettlement of the town, and bow muche:ir!ier is unknown. .\ path led to ilfrom the hignway through land addfdby the town in 1692 by purchase fromJoseph Barnes. The eastern half acrein the rear was sold to the Society in 1707, liy Corral for two centuries our fathersburied their dead, borne hither on ^e bier, the bell tolling a solemnknell as the bearers ascended the nar-row path and left their loved oneswhere now Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered place of fame and elegy many a hol\- text around she st
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