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Northwest Cemetery

Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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Get directions Apple Valley Road
Ashfield, Massachusetts 01330 United States

Coordinates: 42.55875, -72.82505
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The Northwest Cemetery is located in a lonely spot on Pumpkin HIll in a pasture in the northwest part of the town, know as Apple Valley, in Ashfield, Ma,. Franklin County. The cemetery is owned by Ashfield Burial Association with right of way access. The cemetery was laid out before 1800 and at that time, there was a road running over the hill westerly directly past this spot. The monument was erected in the early 1900's with the engraved names of those who were know to be buried there at that time. The first burial was Thomas Howes in 1793; the last burial was Ruth Taylor, age 99, in 1867.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as ASF810.

This burial ground is referenced to in the book "Vital Records of Ashfield, Massachusetts to 1850" Published by: New England Historic Genealogical Society as G.R.2

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