Smallpox Burial Ground
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Framingham, Massachusetts 01702 United StatesCoordinates: 42.34684, -71.43726 - Cemetery ID:
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Add PhotosAs a result of the smallpox epidemic of the early 1700s, several individuals died in the towns of Framingham and Sudbury. Both towns buried their victims as far away from the town center as possible because smallpox was highly contagious.
Those individuals who contracted the disease were quarantined in "pest houses." You can see the remnants of the cellar holes behind you. Those who died were buried here, a convenient place nearby. While formal grave markers were not used in the cemetery, perhaps as a means to forget about this tragic time in the town's history, we do know of one individual who is buried here, Mr. Buckley How, Jr., who died November 21, 1792. This area is now designated as How Pines.
As a result of the smallpox epidemic of the early 1700s, several individuals died in the towns of Framingham and Sudbury. Both towns buried their victims as far away from the town center as possible because smallpox was highly contagious.
Those individuals who contracted the disease were quarantined in "pest houses." You can see the remnants of the cellar holes behind you. Those who died were buried here, a convenient place nearby. While formal grave markers were not used in the cemetery, perhaps as a means to forget about this tragic time in the town's history, we do know of one individual who is buried here, Mr. Buckley How, Jr., who died November 21, 1792. This area is now designated as How Pines.
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- Added: 6 Oct 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2372867
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