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Maple Grove Cemetery (new), Hoosick Falls, New York

August 16th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Granny's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 18 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

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The “new” portion of Maple Grove is across the road from the “old” sections. The hill continues, from the top of the new section to the bottom of the old section is a considerable drop. buried part way up the hill in the new section is my grandmother’s twin sister, her husband and their son.

Hazel Sarah Palmer was a fraternal twin of my grandmother Helen Lois; they were the youngest children of O.W. Palmer and Libbie Winn.
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Also buried on the plot is their son, my mother’s cousin Edwin Brenenstuhl.
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My mother was very excited to see the photos from our journey to New York. I was sorry that by the time we were able to make the trip, she was too ill to accompany us.

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Maple Grove Cemetery (old), Hoosick Falls, New York

August 15th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Granny's Ancestors - (3 Comments)
This entry is part 17 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Grove is divided into “Old” and “New”. This cemetery is located within the city limits of Hoosick Falls. The old and new sections are on opposite sides of the street.

Here is a picture of the old section as it looked in the fall of 2003 when we visited.

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Through the gate, down the hill to the right we found the graves of my great-grandparents and two of their daughters who died young. Orlando William “O.W.” Palmer, 1846-1930, and his wife Libbie E. Winn, 1855-1921 have an impressive old marker on their graves. you can just see the GAR marker that was on the gravesite. My mother’s cousin was instrumental in seeing that the GAR markers were placed on graves of Civil War veterans in the cemetery.

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Just right of OW and Libbie graves is a similar double marker on the graves of their daughters. Lillian is on the left, and Nellie on the right of the headstone.
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There were stained glass windows to memorialize the children in the local Methodist church, which the family attended. I did not take photos inside the church, but I wish I had.

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