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Aunt Keziah Randall, 1789-1892

In the months before she passed away, she could be seen wandering the cemetery where she would visit her own grave and work on it, preparing for her final resting place.

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Sudden Death, 1841

His death had come “by unfair means,”…several men went to the cemetery with shovels in hand to dig up the remains of Thomas Randall.The rotting corpse was carried through the streets of Mattapoisett…

Cushing Cemetery, Mattapoisett, Mass.

Here Was Born November 3 1846

Francis Davis Millet

Drummer Boy War Correspondent

Author Illustrator Artist

He Went Down With The Titanic

April 15 1912

-Memorial marking the birth home of Frank Millet, Water Street, Mattapoisett, Mass.

Birth home of Francis Davis Millet. Water Street, Mattapoisett, Mass. Millet died on the Titanic, April 1912.

William Rattican 

In memory of Harry Potter…

J. E. Norton Shaw. Committed suicide after accidentally shooting his wife at their home in Mattapoisett, 1926.