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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday -- WILDER (New Hampshire)

Old Cemetery, Washington St., Keene, New Hampshire
Able Wilder
Born:  August 11, 1770, Templeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
Died:  April 03, 1862, April 03, 1862
Abel Wilder was my 4th great-grandfather.

His Wife,
MARY "Polly" MEAD*
Born:  1777, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Died:  July 19, 1813, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
*From:  Hurd, D. Hamilton, History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, NH, Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886. Pg. 67. "In memory of Mrs. Mary, wife of Abel Wilder, who departed this life July 19, 1813, aged 36 years." I believe over 100 years ago, there was a stone.