Location: From Rt 8 (CT), take Exit 39 and go east on Rt 6 toward Plymouth/Terryville/Bristol, CT. At Terryville center, take a left on N. Main St. Hillside Cemetery is on the corner of N Main St. and Hillside Ave.
Google Maps Visuals: roadside view satellite view
Type of Site: Public cemetery, still in use
Condition: Very well kept although there are stories of 1800s stones having fallen and rather than raised again, just removed.
History and Notable Features: There is one 1700s stone in this cemetery complete with footstone, hidden beneath a tree on the southwest corner of the cemetery.
More detail of the World War I* Soldier sculpture:
*Correction: Originally had Civil War... which by his uniform he clearly isn't. Just proof that I shouldn't post these in the wee hours of the morning.
The soldier was Felix Wierzbicki, born 1895, Company I, Infantry. Demobilization order Nov 15, 1918, Camp Devans, MA, Died 1919. no cause of death given. He was a soldier in World War I, not the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteJust made the edit. Proof that I should not be posting these in the wee hours of the day.
DeleteGood work! Great pictures! Nice update.
DeleteHello Anonymous. Was he from town? I cannot find his family anywhere near Terryville.
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