Sapir Family Cemetery
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Sapir Family Cemetery

Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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When Alton Mountain began to become settled, a cemetery was needed in the heart of the country on Avery Hill Road. After turning left at the corner gate, the Alton Mountain Cemetery lies on the right-hand side of the road, on a little hill about three quarters of a mile down. Here, many of the early settlers are buried along with their families in blood and in name. Veterans from the Revolution, the War of 1812 and Civil War are lad to rest here along with Nehemiah Sleeper for whom Sleeper's Island is named. Today the cemetery is immensely overgrown with bushes, and vandalism has taken its toll. Many grave stones have been knocked over, moved and some have even been stolen. Just across from the dam on Place's Mill road lies the family plot of the Sapirs. Behind the old summer house is a field and in the right back corner stands the massive rock that marks the graves of Edward Sapir and Jean V. Sapir. Before there were laws restricting it, many families buried their dead on their property, and this is an example of a family plot.
When Alton Mountain began to become settled, a cemetery was needed in the heart of the country on Avery Hill Road. After turning left at the corner gate, the Alton Mountain Cemetery lies on the right-hand side of the road, on a little hill about three quarters of a mile down. Here, many of the early settlers are buried along with their families in blood and in name. Veterans from the Revolution, the War of 1812 and Civil War are lad to rest here along with Nehemiah Sleeper for whom Sleeper's Island is named. Today the cemetery is immensely overgrown with bushes, and vandalism has taken its toll. Many grave stones have been knocked over, moved and some have even been stolen. Just across from the dam on Place's Mill road lies the family plot of the Sapirs. Behind the old summer house is a field and in the right back corner stands the massive rock that marks the graves of Edward Sapir and Jean V. Sapir. Before there were laws restricting it, many families buried their dead on their property, and this is an example of a family plot.

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  • Added: 20 Feb 2017
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2635399