Durkee Burial Lot
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Durkee Burial Lot

Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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    Northfield, Massachusetts, USA
    Coordinates: 42.60700, -72.48610
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This tiny family lot in the SW corner of Northfield, roughly 20' square, is on a knoll overlooking the CT River within an undeveloped unit of the CT River Greenway State Park. It is on the inside of a roughly 90° curve in the road, 150' from the road at its closest point, and not directly accessible by motor vehicle. A single large granite monument facing NNE up the river bears three names and death dates. There are no other stones. A granite curb in good condition surrounds the lot, and just outside that is a wood rail fence of recent construction. When leaves are off in the woods, the fence and the top of the stone are visible from the road below if one is looking for them. Though surrounded by woods, with barberry and briars running rampant under the trees, the plot itself has been kept clear; someone cares for it. Two of the Durkees buried here, Oscar and wife Nettie, lived on the surrounding small farm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The farm belonged to Oscar's brother Lauriston, a merchant in Boston, who died here while visiting or being cared for by Oscar and Nettie. Oscar's and Lauriston's parents and several siblings and in-laws rest in the East Mineral Road Cemetery two miles to the SW in Montague, across a now-closed iron bridge over the Millers River.

This burial ground is not in the MACRIS database.




This tiny family lot in the SW corner of Northfield, roughly 20' square, is on a knoll overlooking the CT River within an undeveloped unit of the CT River Greenway State Park. It is on the inside of a roughly 90° curve in the road, 150' from the road at its closest point, and not directly accessible by motor vehicle. A single large granite monument facing NNE up the river bears three names and death dates. There are no other stones. A granite curb in good condition surrounds the lot, and just outside that is a wood rail fence of recent construction. When leaves are off in the woods, the fence and the top of the stone are visible from the road below if one is looking for them. Though surrounded by woods, with barberry and briars running rampant under the trees, the plot itself has been kept clear; someone cares for it. Two of the Durkees buried here, Oscar and wife Nettie, lived on the surrounding small farm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The farm belonged to Oscar's brother Lauriston, a merchant in Boston, who died here while visiting or being cared for by Oscar and Nettie. Oscar's and Lauriston's parents and several siblings and in-laws rest in the East Mineral Road Cemetery two miles to the SW in Montague, across a now-closed iron bridge over the Millers River.

This burial ground is not in the MACRIS database.




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  • Added: 27 Apr 2014
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2538633