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Stow Cemetery
Cotton Township

This small family cemetery is on the Stowtown Road, which runs off State Route 56. Enclosed by an iron fence and shaded by pine trees. It was very well kept.

Bledsoe
Frank Stow, son of Lemuel & Julia S., d.  Feb. 4, 1863 aged 1 y  11 m 6 d
Julia C.,  wife of Lemuel, d.  Jun.  6, 1865 aged 22 y 1 m 21 d
Loring, son of Lemuel & Julia C., Jun. 9, 1865 aged 3 d
Bettie  (A. or M.), dau. of Lemuel & Mary F., d.  Jun. 23, 1873 aged 2 y 1 m 23 d

Stow
Hiram, - "To the memory of Hiram Stow who died at Iberville, Louisana May 24, 1830, aged 23 yr. & 24 dys.  Though his remains rest in a distant clime, yet his memory is dear to his friends, as a humble token of which this stone is placed here in 1856.  His Mother"
Horace, b. Apr. 30, 1805 d. Dec. 7, 1898 - down
Loring S., d.  Jan. 27, 1890 aged 25 y 8 m 12 d
Minnie R., 1868 - 1938
Eddie, infant son of H. & M., d.  Dec. 28, 1869 aged 3 w 3 d
James Howard, b. Jul 2, 1833 d.  Oct. 17, 1898} single stone
Minerva, b.  Jul. 2, 1843 d.  Feb. 28, 1921}
Jonah,  a native of Alsted,  Mass. who died Sep. 28, 1840 aged 60 y
Livia,  wife of Jonah,  born in Bridgwater, Mass.  Mar. 24, 1784 d.  Jun. 23, 1858
Lem B., b. Jun. 25 , 1866 d.  Oct. 24. 1934
Ella M., b. Sep. 26, 1874 d. Feb. 17, 1913
Mary A.,  wife of Shelomith, d.  Oct. 17, 1893 aged 72 y 8 m 11 d} single stone
Shelomith, b.  Jun. 7, 1819 d.  Feb. 9, 1901
Solomon, d.  Mar. 9, 1846 aged 33 y 6 m 11 d
Harriet, wife of Solomon, d. Jun. 22, 1851 aged 29 y 10 m 6 d - broken
Marion C.,  son of Solomon & Harriet, d. Nov. 26, 1845 aged 9 m 28 d
Uzzial H.,  born in New Hampshire Sep. 27, 1809 d.  Jun. 13, 1890 }single stone
Catherine, born in New York,  Jan. 14, 1811 d.  Feb. 13, 1899}
Hiram S.,  son of U.H. & Catherine,  died in Greencastle, Ind.,  Dec. 8, 1853  aged 18 y 2 m 20 d
Loring B.  son of U.H. & Catherine, d.  Apr. 30, 1860  aged 21 y 10 m 18 d
Baron P.,  son of U.H. & Catherine, d.  Aug. 2, 1864 aged 16 y 11 , 7 d