Dear List Members, Having been born in the town of Rochester MA I have to wonder if anyone knows where this cemetery is located. During my teens which were many years ago my mother and I visited a cemetery with a rot iron fence and gate. Upon entering the gate and to the right we found in the first two rows the name Cowing painted upon these stones. She said to me these may be your relatives. Today I know they were. At the time I said to her that in time this paint will wear off and no one will know who is buried here. This is what I viewed in the first row: Warren Cowing, infant; Caleb Cowing; Anna Cowing. The second had John Cowing & Israel Cowing and I do not remember if there were others. Respectfully, Chester H. Cowen of Florida

Hi Chester, I have the Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries by Lambert and there are ten cemeteries shown for Rochester. Several are small family cemeteries, for the Braleys, Ellises and Ashley. The Town Hall number is also listed - (508) 763-3866. Rusty Gravestone Photo of the Day http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gravestones Old Bones Tombstone Gallery... http://www.oldbones.net/cpg/index.php?cat=10014 West Springfield, Massachusetts ~Stories Carved In Stone~ http://www.dogpondpress.net/stone.html ----- Original Message ----- From: cowen To: MA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:53 AM Subject: [MA-CEM] only stones or rocks as headstones... Dear List Members, Having been born in the town of Rochester MA I have to wonder if anyone knows where this cemetery is located. During my teens which were many years ago my mother and I visited a cemetery with a rot iron fence and gate. Upon entering the gate and to the right we found in the first two rows the name Cowing painted upon these stones. She said to me these may be your relatives. Today I know they were. At the time I said to her that in time this paint will wear off and no one will know who is buried here. This is what I viewed in the first row: Warren Cowing, infant; Caleb Cowing; Anna Cowing. The second had John Cowing & Israel Cowing and I do not remember if there were others. Respectfully, Chester H. Cowen of Florida ==== MA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Chester, Check the US GenWeb site for Rochester, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macroche/ You might be able to find some contact possibilities. Maybe even finding some info through the Tombstone Transcription Project volunteers there. Usually the folks volunteering through the GenWeb sites are quite helpful! Good luck. Mona On Feb 8, 2005, at 9:53 AM, cowen wrote: > Dear List Members, > > Having been born in the town of Rochester MA I have to wonder if > anyone knows where this cemetery is located. During my teens which > were many years ago my mother and I visited a cemetery with a rot iron > fence and gate. Upon entering the gate and to the right we found in > the first two rows the name Cowing painted upon these stones. She > said to me these may be your relatives. Today I know they were. At > the time I said to her that in time this paint will wear off and no > one will know who is buried here. > > This is what I viewed in the first row: Warren Cowing, infant; > Caleb Cowing; Anna Cowing. > The second had John Cowing & Israel Cowing and I do not remember > if there were others. > > Respectfully, > > Chester H. Cowen of Florida > > > > ==== MA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, > flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >