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Benjamin Howard

Lot Title

Benjamin Howard
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 64     Grave: 7

Date of death

Nov-29-1870

Date of birth

Aug-31-1789

Age

81 yrs   0 mths   4 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Whose life was taken by the hand of an assassin.

Veteran Information

No War Periods Served
Veteran: No

Relatives

Son of Daniel and Judith (Brownell) Howard

Stone Shape

R - ROUNDED TOP

Stone Decoration

N - NONE

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

M - MARBLE

State of Stone

R - REPAIRED

Other Information

Base was cracked . Stone was cleaned and reattached to a repaired and leveled base in July 2021. Benjamin Howard operated his farm, which was located south of Charlotte White Road in Westport. At the time of the incident, Ben was 81 and a very independent man who lived alone on his homestead. He was a descendant of a well-known New Bedford whaling family. On Nov. 29, 1870, Ben’s neighbors went to investigate why he had not been seen working the farm. A trail of blood led them from the house to where his body was found in the woods. The murderer had shot, bludgeoned and hacked this man to death and then robbed him of his valuables. It appeared that while the body was being dragged, it had caught in a fence and one leg had been cut off to free it. The crime was reported in newspapers throughout the United States. T.Baptista

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Cemetery


LINDEN GROVE


Address

0 Reed Road
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

1,257   Marked Stones in this Cemetery
0   Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery

G.R. 2. - Gravestone record, Linden Grove Cemetery, Head of Westport, Vital Records to 1850. The cemetery was originally supervised by the private group, Linden Grove Association, but is now part of Town of Westport property and supervised by the Town Cemetery Director. This cemetery is next to Maple Grove Cemetery. There are three additions to the data for Linden Grove not available for the private cemeteries: photo(s) of each stone, a map of the cemetery showing relative locations of lots and the name of the owner(s) of the lot. There is only one "section" in Linden Grove. The Westport Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration Group has cleaned all the stones in Linden Grove using D/2 Biological Solution for cleaning. Most broken and leaning stones have been restored as of June 2023. Funding has been provided for training of the persons doing the work using CPA funding. CPA funding has also paid for supplies. Information on many of the interred has also been provided by Laura Oliviera, Todd Baptista and Troy Rebello.

Map Details

GPS North: 41.62386
GPS West: 71.05688
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