Chester Village Cemetery
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Chester Village Cemetery is a historic cemetery on NH 102
and NH 121
in Chester, New Hampshire
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
According to the state historical marker at the site,
New Hampshire Route 102
New Hampshire Route 102 is a state highway in Rockingham and Hillsborough counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. NH 102 runs southwest to northeast between Hudson and Raymond, but is signed as an east–west route.Some confusion exists over the western terminus...
and NH 121
New Hampshire Route 121
New Hampshire Route 121 is a long north–south state highway in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire. The southern terminus of NH 121 is at the Massachusetts state line in Plaistow, where the road, named Atkinson Depot Road, continues into the town of Haverhill as an unnumbered...
in Chester, New Hampshire
Chester, New Hampshire
Chester is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census. It is home to Chester College .-History:Incorporated in 1722, Chester once included Candia, set off in 1763...
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
According to the state historical marker at the site,
"This graveyard, one of the oldest in the state, was purchased by Col. John Blunt for 70 pounds in 1751. Signed stones by the finest stone sculptors in New England are found here. Among these craftsmen are: Stephen and Abel Webster, John Marble, John Wright and Timothy Eastman. RevolutionaryAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
heroes rest here as well as two governors of the state, SamuelSamuel BellSamuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835...
and John Bell, William RichardsonWilliam M. RichardsonWilliam Merchant Richardson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pelham, New Hampshire in 1774. He graduated from Harvard University in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1804...
, Chief Justice of the N.H. Supreme Court, Isaac Blasdel the clockmaker, and others."