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Jireh S. Sherman

Lot Title

Pierce
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 89     Grave: 7

Date of death

Dec-29-1893

Date of birth

Jun-16-1834

Age

0 yrs   0 mths   0 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Father

Veteran Information

No War Periods Served
Veteran: No

Relatives

Husband of Mary S. Pierce Father of Anna, Harvey, Mary, Reuben, Susan, Belle and Belmont Son of Anthony and Ruth Sherman

Stone Shape

M - MONUMENT

Stone Decoration

Unspecified

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

G - GRANITE

State of Stone

U - OK - STANDING UPRIGHT

Other Information

Monument cleaned in 2021. Back side of monument has an elaborate carving of an anchor. Jireh Sherman served on three whaling vessels - the Mary, the Contesst and the Gay Head from 1857-1860. After returning from his voyages he married Mary S. Pierce on June 4, 1965. The couple lived on Hunter Street in New Bedford where Jireh worked as a teamster. They had seven children, the youngest four dying as children. Jireh died at the age of 59 of heart disease. Research: L. Oliveira

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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
(Readings from: entrance)

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