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Thorn Cemetery

The Thorn Cemetery is located on the Clute farm, in the Town of Saratoga. Go east 7/10 mile from the intersection of route 29 and Stafford's Bridge road, and there will be a large stone retaining wall on the south side of route 29. Walk south about half mile and there will be a very large maple tree to the east of the tractor path. Turn east, across the field, past the tree, across a shallow ravine and the cemetery will be found in a wooded area. The Thorn Cemetery was recorded by Cornelius Durkee in 1877 and the inscriptions can be found in Durkee's Epitaphs, volume 4, pages 137-140.

Durkee's directions: “This cemetery is on the east side of highway leading from Staffords Bridge to Grangerville, about one mile from the bridge.” The highway mentioned by Durkee no longer exists. No additional inscriptions were found in 2006. William Thorn Jr., d. June 14, 1869, a. 56y. 4m. 28d. Sarah Thorn, wife of William Jr., d. Apr. 21, 1864, a. 52y. 4m. 3d. Phebe Thorn, wife of William Jr., d. Mar. 25, 1846, 32y. 10m. 14d. Louisa Thorn, dau of William Jr. & Phebe, d. Apr. 29, 1845, 29d. Phebe Sylvia Thorn, dau of William Jr. & Phebe, d. Feb. 19, 1845, 1y. 2m. 6d. John Thorn, son of William Jr. & Phebe, d. July 28, 1839, 1y. 11m. 4d. Phebe Thorn, dau of William Jr. & Phebe, d. Dec. 31, 1847, 1y .9m. 5d. Sarah E. Thorn, dau of William Jr. & Phebe, d. May 8, 1854, 12y. 3m. Edgar Smith, son of William & Sarah Maria, d. June 16, 1839, 4y. 10m. 5d. George Henry Smith, son of William & Sarah Maria, d. Apr. 8, 1844, 4m. 25d. Joseph Thorn d. Dec. 26, 1864, a. 40y. 5m. John Thorn, son of William & Sylvia, d. Jan. 21, 1837, 18y. 7m. 4d. Caroline Thorn, dau of William & Sylvia, d. July 20, 1832, 17y. 4m. 18d. William Thorn, d. July 23, 1856, a. 74y. 7m. 10d. Sylva Thorn, wife of William, d. Nov. 7, 1855, a. 68y. 26d. Derinda M. Clement, dau of S. & M., d. Mar. 12, 1852, 2y. 9m. 11d. Sarah K. Clement, dau of S. & M., d. Dec. 23, 1843, 1y. 6m. 8d. Charles Nelson Clement, son of Charles & Nancy, d. Sep. 14, 1837, 5m. 20d. William Force, Esq., d. Feb. 12, 1815, 55 ys. “erected by his daughter Mary” William Merritt Andrus, son of David & Mary of Shaftsbury, d. July 31, 1815, 3mos. Abigail Lawrence, wife of Samuel, d. Sep. 3, 1828, 65th yr. John Lawrence, d. Nov. 25, 1828, 32d yr. Deborah Sebury, wife of John, d. Apr. 25, 1799, 33d. yr. Sarah M. Swertfeger, d. July 3, 1856, a. 31y. 11m. 19d.

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