Tombstone Inscriptions in

Arms Cemetery

Shelburne, Massachusetts

 

Doris Wheeler

copyright 1999, 2000

 

electronic version by

Deane Merrill, revised August 2012

 

The electronic document described here was scanned from a 600-page book that Doris Wheeler gave to Deane Merrill in July 2000.  Revisions since that date are not included.  The book contains four introductory pages, a 16-page handwritten surname index, a 147-page main index organized by cemetery section number, and the book itself with 447 pages.

 

More recent information, maintained by Doris Wheeler, is in a 12,000-card file at the Shelburne Historical Society.  For the latest version, please contact Doris Wheeler through the Society.

 

 

HOW TO LOCATE A TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION

 

If you know the person's last name, first consult the 16-page handwritten surname index and note the corresponding book page numbers. The page order in the handwritten index is irregular.

 

pages

surnames

1-11

A-N

12

R, Q, O

13

SH-STO

14

STR-SW, SA-SE

15-16

T-Z

 

In addition, not all entries in the main index are included in the handwritten index. In particular, some surnames beginning with S, for example Smith, are missing from the handwritten index.

 

Use the main index (below) to find the page image(s) for those book page numbers.

 

If you are familiar with the cemetery, first consult the section map to find the cemetery section number.  Then use the main index (below) to find the record(s) for that cemetery section.

 

There is also an incomplete electronic surname index in XLS spreadsheet format, which will take you directly to the main index pages and book pages of interest.  The electronic surname index includes only a few selected surnames.

 

 

section

page

count

title

1

new graves

4

section map

1

plot map

1

aerial view

1

handwritten surname index

16

 

MAIN INDEX

 

The 147-page main index, from June 2000, lists the book pages for each cemetery section.  The 447-page book, from March 1999, lists complete gravestone inscriptions, by plot within section number.  Plot numbers are available from Snow's Landscaping in Greenfield, Massachusetts or (for older plots) from the Shelburne Historical Society.

 

Two-thirds of the book pages, those with hyperlinks below, are presently on line.  All back side page images immediately follow the corresponding front side page images.  To have additional pages put on line, please contact Deane Merrill, dwmerrill@charter.net.

 

section

page

count

in index

index

page

numbers

page

count

in book

(front+back)

book

page

numbers

FindAGrave
date added
(incomplete)

coding

scheme

na 

 na

1

1

 na

Arms

monument

 na

 na

1

2

 na

veterans'

monument

na 

 na

2

3-4

 na

section

index

1

1

 na

 na

 na

L1

2

2-3

5+1

5-9

 

R2

2

4-5

6+3

10-15

 

L3

5

6-10

15+4

16-30

2/11/11

R4

6

11-15

15+0

31-45

 

R5

5

16-20

13+1

46-58

 

L6

3

21-23

13+0

59-71

 

R7

2

24-25

7+1

72-78

 

L8, R9

1

26

4+0

79-82

 

L10

1

27

3+0

83-85

 

L11

1

28

4+0

86-89

1/4/11

L12, R13

1

29

5+0

90-94

 

R14, R15

2

30-31

9+0

95-103

7/7/11

L16

3

32-34

8+0

104-111

 

L17

2

35

4+0

112-115

 

L18

2

36

4+0

116-119

 

L19, L20, R20

1

37

3+0

120-122

 

R21

1

38

4+2

123-126

 

R22

1

39

4+3

127-130

 

R23

8

40-43

10+3

131-140

5/23/12

L24, L25

8

44-50

27+1

141-167

 

L26, R27

2

51

3+0

168-170

 

R28, R29

10

52-58

17+8

171-187

10/15/11,
2/13/12

L30, R31

5

59-61

10+0

188-197

 

R32, L33

6

62-65

13+0

198-210

 

R34, L35

7

66-71

19+1

211-229

8/2/12

L36, L37

3

72-74

9+0

230-238

 

L38, R38

3

75-77

10+0

239-248

 

R39, L40

5

78-81

12+2

249-260

 

L41

3

82-83

6+0

261-266

 

L42, R43

5

84-87

10+0

267-276

2/28/12

R44

3

88-90

8+0

277-284

 

R45, L46, L47

6

91-95

4+0
9+1

285-288,

293-301

 

R48, L49,

R50, L51

11

96-103

25+1

302-326

8/1/12

R52, L53,

L54

7

104-108

17+1

327-343

 

L55

3

109-111

9+0

344-352

 

R56

5

112-114

9+0

353-361

 

L57

4

115-117

8+0

362-369

 

R58

2

118-119

6+0

370-375

 

L59, R60,

L61, R62,

R63

18

120-132

4+1
29+0

289-292,

376-404

 

64, 65,
66, 67

20

133-147

17+1
26+2

405-421,
422-447

 

 

UNMARKED GRAVES

 

Thirty-eight additional pages, July 2000, describe persons supposedly buried in Arms Cemetery, for whom no marker is present.  These pages include information from vital records, burial records, obituaries and other sources.

 

last

name

number

of pages

A

2

B

3

C

2

D-E

2

F

2

G

2

H

3

J

1

K

1

L

2

M

2

N

1

O

1

P

3

R

2

S

3

T

2

V-W

3

Y

1

 

TECHNICAL NOTES

 

The book was scanned with an HP PhotoSmart C7280 All-in-One, using software supplied by the manufacturer.  The title page was scanned with the Picture Scan option, into GIF, 200dpi, 256 colors.  All other pages were scanned with the Document Scan option, PDF format, 200dpi, gray scale.  Multiple pages were grouped into single PDF files.  As necessary the PDF files were edited with Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard.

Links

Arms Cemetery Records Donated to Historical Society, September 2005
Gravestones in Shelburne, Massachusetts, April 2011
Shelburne Historical Society

Deane Merrill, dwmerrill@charter.net

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