NRHP Reference # 79000203 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 29 November 1979 | Address Chester, NH 03036, USA Phone +1 603-887-4979 | |
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Location NH 102 and NH 121, Chester, New Hampshire Burials John Hardy Steele, Harry Hibbard, Joseph M. Harper Similar Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry Town Clerk, Chester Police Departme, Auburn Village School, Chester Fire Departme | ||
Chester Village Cemetery is a historic cemetery on NH 102 and NH 121 in Chester, New Hampshire.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
According to the state historical marker at the site,
"This graveyard, one of the oldest in the state, was purchased by Col. John Blunt for 70 pounds in 1751. Signed stones by the finest stone sculptors in New England are found here. Among these craftsmen are: Stephen and Abel Webster, John Marble, John Wright and Timothy Eastman. Revolutionary heroes rest here as well as two governors of the state, Samuel and John Bell, William Richardson, Chief Justice of the N.H. Supreme Court, Isaac Blasdel the clockmaker, and others."
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