The land for the Old Graveyard was donated by Edwin Webb upon his death in 1858. It’s likely however that some graves were already on the location. Today most of the graves are unmarked, as many of the original markers would have been made of wood.
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The land for the Old Graveyard was donated by Edwin Webb upon his death in 1858. It’s likely however that some graves were already on the location. Today most of the graves are unmarked, as many of the original markers would have been made of wood.