Grave of a Famous Person: Hal E. Roach - Elmira, NY

Hal E. Roach

Woodlawn Cemetery

Elmira, NY

N 42° 06.285 W 076° 49.561

Short Description: 

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr., film and television producer, director, and actor was born in Elmira, NY on January 14, 1892 and died in Bel Air, CA on November 2, 1992 at age 100. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.

Long Description:

The headstone of Hal E. Roach is inscribed:

HAL E. ROACH

1892-1992

AFTER LEAVING ELMIRA HE FOUND

SUCCESS IN HOLLYWOOD AND

MOTION PICTURES BUT ALWAYS

LOVED HIS HOMETOWN AND 

HAS RETURNED

Hal E. Roach is best known for producing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang (a.k.a. The Little Rascals) comedy film series. The grandson of Irish immigrants, he was inspired by a meeting with summer Elmira resident, Mark Twain, when he was in grade school. He arrived in Hollywood, CA in 1912 and began working as an extra in silent films. He he began producing short comedies in 1915 with his friend Harold Lloyd as the character known as Lonesome Luke.

Roach moved from Los Angeles and purchased what was to become the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, CA. There he worked with Harold Lloyd, Will Rogers, Max Davidson, the Our Gang kids, Charley Chase, Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly and, Laurel and Hardy.

In 1931, Roach began releasing full length Laurel and Hardy films. He evolved into producing adventure films such as Captain Fury, and dramas such as Of Mice and Men.

He died of pneumonia in Bel Air, CA at age 100, having outlived two wives and three of his six children by his two marriages. He is buried in a family plot in his hometown of Elmira, NY.

Tribute to Rod Serling - Gravesite - Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, NY

Rod Serling Gravesite

Lake View Cemetery

Interlaken, NY

N 42° 37.658 W 076° 43.208

Short Description: 

The grave of award winning screenwriter, playwright, and television producer Rod Serling is located in section G of Lake View Cemetery, County Road 150, in Interlaken, NY.

Long Description:

The gravesite of Rodman E. Serling is marked by a simple United States military issued granite marker which is inscribed:

RODMAN E. SERLING 

TEC5 US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

DEC 25 1924      JUNE 28, 1975

Rodman Edward Serling was born on December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, NY. He grew up in Binghamton, NY where his family moved in 1926 and graduated Binghamton Central High School in 1943. He then joined the army served in the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division during World War II.

His writing career began by writing contest winning radio scripts. In 1950, He became employed as a professional writer for radio station WLW radio in Cincinnati, OH. Thereafter, Serling began writing for television. The now classic television series, The science fiction show, Twilight Zone, was created by Serling and premiered on CBS on October 2, 1959. The show has brought lasting fame to Serling due to both the innovative scripts and the enbedded social message. The show ran for five years and 156 episodes, 92 of which were written by Serling. Later he wrote A Carol for Another Christmas, a television movie and Night Gallery, a Gothic horror series which focused the occult.

Serling suffered a heart attack and died on June 28, 1975 in Rochester, NY. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Interlaken, NY.

Tribute to Rod Serling: "Walking Distance" Plaque - Binghamton, NY

Rod Serling 

"Walking Distance" Plaque

Recreation Park

Binghamton, NY

N 42° 05.979 W 075° 55.996

Short Description: 

The Rod Serling "Walking Distance" Plaque is located on the floor of the bandstand in the Recreation Park in Binghamton, NY.

Long Description:

In Recreation Park which was the setting for the Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance" in which Gig Young plays a 36-year-old burned-out executive. Rod Serling was 36 at the time.

A circular bronze plaque honors native son Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance." The plaque is inscribed:

ROD SERLING 

CREATOR OF

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

"WALKING DISTANCE"

"Walking Distance" was written by Rod Serling. It is episode five of The Twilight Zone which aired on October 30, 1959 on CBS. The episode is listed as the ninth best episode, of 159, in the history of The Twilight Zone by Time Magazine.

Plot Summary:

A 36 year old, burned-out advertising executive named Martin Sloan stops to have his car serviced at a gas station within walking distance of his hometown. He enters the town to discover it has not changed since his boyhood.

He visits a park which contains a bandstand and a carousel (Recreation Park in Binghamton, NY where Rod Serling grew up) where he sees himself as a young boy. He follows the boy home and and meets his own, now younger, parents. He tries to convince them, and others, who he is to no avail. Eventually the documents and currency in his wallet convince his parents that he is really their son from the future.

As usual, the message of the story is delivered by Rod Serling in his closing narrative:

“Martin Sloan, age thirty-six, vice-president in charge of media. Successful in most things but not in the one effort that all men try at some time in their lives - trying to go home again. And also like all men perhaps there'll be an occasion, maybe a summer night sometime, when he'll look up from what he's doing and listen to the distant music of a calliope, and hear the voices and the laughter of the people and the places of his past. And perhaps across his mind there'll flit a little errant wish, that a man might not have to become old, never outgrow the parks and the merry-go-rounds of his youth. And he'll smile then too because he'll know it is just an errant wish, some wisp of memory not too important really, some laughing ghosts that cross a man's mind, that are a part of the Twilight Zone."

Tribute to Rod Serling: High School Roadside Marker, Binghampton, NY

Rod Serling 

High School Roadside Marker

Binghamton, NY

GPS: N42° 05.936; W075° 55.129

Short Description: 

A roadside marker in honor of screenwriter, playwright, and television producer Rod Serling is located in front of Binghamton Central High School in Binghamton, NY.

Long Description:

A roadside marker in front of Binghamton Central High School is inscribed:

IN MEMORY OF

ROD SERLING, CLASS OF 1943

CREATOR OF "TWILIGHT ZONE"

AWARD WINNING DRAMATIST

PLAYWRIGHT AND LECTURER

1924 - 1975 

Rodman Edward Serling was born on December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, NY. He grew up in Binghamton, NY where his family moved in 1926 and graduated Binghamton Central High School in 1943. He then joined the army served in the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division during World War II.

His writing career began by writing contest winning radio scripts. In 1950, He became employed as a professional writer for radio station WLW radio in Cincinnati, OH. Thereafter, Serling began writing for television. The now classic television series, The science fiction show, Twilight Zone, was created by Serling and premiered on CBS on October 2, 1959. The show has brought lasting fame to Serling due to both the innovative scripts and the embedded social message. The show ran for five years and 156 episodes, 92 of which were written by Serling. Later he wrote A Carol for Another Christmas, a television movie and Night Gallery, a Gothic horror series which focused the occult.

Serling suffered a heart attack and died on June 28, 1975 in Rochester, NY. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Interlaken, NY.

Unusual Grave Marker: Mary Harvey - Deerfield, MA

Mary Harvey

 Grave Marker 

Deerfield, MA

N 42° 32.716 W 072° 36.603

Short Description: 

The gravestone Mary Harvey has an image that reveals her cause of death. She died while giving birth to a stillborn infant. She and the infant are buried in the Old Burying Ground in Deerfield, MA.

Long Description:

The grave of Mary Harvey has received a great deal of attention. Carved by Solomon Ashley, in the upper part of the slate stone is the image of a woman laid out in a coffin. Nestled in her left arm is the much smaller image of her stillborn child.

In Memory of

Mary, the Wife of

Simeon Harvey

Who Departed this

Life

Decemb,r 20th

1785 in 39th year of

Her age. on her left

Arm Lieth the Infant

Wich was still

Born

Mary was born on March 26, 1747 and died in her 39th year. Her children were:

Emilia - born March 25, 1769
Mary - born October 1, 1770.
Experience - born January 31, 1772
Orra - born January 27, 1774
James - born March 28, 1776
Henry - born February 20, 1778.
Fanny - born October 18, 1780
Mark - born September 5, 1782.
Crisia - baptized January 30, 1783.
Unnamed infant, stillborn on December 20, 1785.

Gravesites: Victims of The Barrs Fight: Deerfield, MA

Victims of The Barrs Fight

Graves of the Victims

Deerfield, MA

N 42° 32.715 W 072° 36.601

Short Description: 

The last attack on Deerfield occurred August 25, 1746 in the southwest part of Deerfield  meadow called the Barrs.

Long Description:

On August 25, 1746, Samuel Allen and his family, along with several neighbors, were in the meadows southwest of the settlement at Deerfield, preparing to gather hay they had cut the day before when they were surprised by an Indian attack.

The members of the haymaking group were:

Samuel Allen - age 44
Eunice Allen -  age 13
Caleb Allen - age 9
Samuel Allen - age 8
Oliver Amsden - age 18
Simeon Amsden - age 9
Eleazer Hawks - age 29
And 2 soldiers, Gillett and Saddler, to protect them.

Eleazer Hawks was hunting nearby and was first attacked by a group of Indians and killed. Samuel Allen was killed while holding off the attack to give some of the children time to escape. His son Samuel Allen Jr. was captured and taken to Canada and ransomed nine months later. Eunice, the only girl in the group was severely wounded by a tomahawk and left for dead. She was found barely alive, taken into the town, treated,  and managed to recover from her wounds. Both Oliver Amsden and Simeon Amsden were killed in the fight.

Samuel Allen, Oliver Amsden and Simeon Amsden are buried in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground.

The slate gravestone of Samuel Allen has a cherub in the lunette and the following inscription.

In memory of 

Mr Samuel Allen who 

Fell by the Indian Savages 

August ye 25th 1746 

Valiantly Defending his 

Own Life & Childrens in 

ye 45th Year of his age.

Listen to me ye Mortal men Beware, 

That you engage no more in direfull 

War, By means of War my Soul from 

Earth is fled, My Body Log'd in 

Mansions of the Dead.

Oliver Amsden and Simeon Amsden lie together in single grave. Their partially buried brownstone gravestone is inscribed:

In Memory of 

Oliver & Simeon 

Amsden who Died

Augst 25 1746  

Gravesite: Rev. John Williams: Deerfield, MA

Rev. John Williams

Old Deerfield Burying Ground

Deerfield, MA

N 42° 32.708 W 072° 36.597

Short Description: 

Rev. John Wiliams who wrote the account of the 1704 Raid on Deerfield is buried near, in front and to the left,  his wife Eunice in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground

Long Description:

On February 29, 1704, During the  Queen Anne's War,  a party of French and Indians destroyed the settlement of Deerfield,   killed many inhabitants, and carried the rest into captivity. Rev. John Williams' two youngest children John (6) and Jersuha (6 weeks) were killed in the raid. Williams, his wife Eunice, and five of his children were captured: Samuel (15), Esther (13), Stephen (9), Eunice (8), and Warham (4). Williams' wife, weakened by recent childbirth and unable to continue, was murdered by the Indians on March 1, 1704 at the crossing of the Green River. John Williams was ransomed in 1706 and returned to Massachusetts to write the story of his capture and release and of  Eunice, his daughter, who refused to return and lived out the rest of her life with the Indians.

The brownstone gravestone of Rev. John Williams is inscribed:

Here lyes ye Body of the

Rev. Mr. John Williams

The Beloved & Faithfull

Pastor of this place: Who

dyed on June ye 12th 1729

In the 65th Year of his age.

Rev.14:13 Write Blessed

are ye Dead, which die

in the Lord.

Gravesite and Ghost: Eunice Williams - Deerfield, MA

Eunice Williams

Gravesite

Deerfield, MA

N 42° 32.707 W 072° 36.596

Short Description: 

Eunice Williams was murdered in the aftermath of an attack on Deefield, MA by the French and Indians. She is buried in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground in Deerfield, MA.

Long Description:

On February 28-29 Deerfield Village were overrun by 200-300 French soldiers and Abenaki and Mohawk warriors. Eunice Williams survived the attack but was captured. She was is a weakened condition since she had given birth a week or two before the attack. During a forced march to Canada she stumbled in the Green River, an Indian killed her with his tomahawk.

In the attack two of her children were killed: John (6) and Jerusha  (6 weeks)  old. Five of her children were taken captive: Samuel (15), Esther (13), Stephen (9), Eunice (8), and Warham (4)

Her body was recovered from the Green River and buried in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground. Her gravestone has the image of a winged death head and is inscribed:

Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Eunice
Williams, the vertuous & desirable
consort of the Revrd. Mr. John
Williams, & daughter to ye Revrd.
Mr. Eleazer & Mrs. Esther Mather
of Northampton. She was born
Augt. 2, 1664, and fell by the
rage of ye barbarous
Enemy March 1, 1703/4

Prov. 31. 28. Her children rise
up and call her Blessed.

1703 = old style (Julian) year - 1704 = new style (Gregorian) year.

According to the haunted house website: http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/ma/deerfield_cemetery.htm
the spirit of Eunice Williams haunts the cemetery and the Deerfield (Green) River.

Female Entity of Eunice Williams:

Though the remains of Eunice were rescued from the Deerfield (actually the Green) River, and buried properly, she is a restless spirit, still upset at her sudden, untimely death in the river, unable to help her husband comfort their 5 surviving children. Eunice perhaps is looking for her other two children, missing with the maid.

She perhaps looks around the graveyard, trying to find the graves of her two youngest children.

People crossing the bridge over Deerfield (Green) River, see a woman, almost see-through, standing in the water. When they approach her and ask if she is alright, she disappears.

A fisherman was standing on the bank of the river, when he saw a woman standing on the opposite bank. He looked down and then up again, and she was gone. As he continued to fish, she suddenly appeared right next to him, in a solid, human-like state, before fading away. Perhaps she wanted to ask him if he had seen her children?

Historic Marker: Eunice Williams - Greenfield, MA

Eunice Williams

Greenfield, MA

N 42° 38.796 W 072° 37.158

Short Description: 

Eunice Williams was taken captive in the 1704 raid of Deerfield, MA and murdered  at this place along the Green River at the site of the present day Eunice Williams Covered Bridge in Greenfield, MA

Long Description:

On February 29, 1704, during the Queen Anne's War. French and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English settlement at Deerfield, MA killing 56 people and capturing more than 100. The Rev. John Williams later recounted how he and his family were taken by foot to Canada and that his daughter Eunice was adopted by the Mohawk tribe in his published story "The Redeemed Captive". This plaque memorializes the fate of his wife, also Eunice, who was killed during the raid.

A pair of historic markers mark the site where Eunice Williams was murdered by Indians following her capture in Deerfield. She had recently given birth and was too weak to make the winter march from Deerfield to Canada.  The marker is inscribed:

EUNICE WILLIAMS

EUNICE WILLIAMS WIFE OF 

THE REVEREND JOHN WILLIAMS

"THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE," WAS

KILLED AT THIS PLACE ON MARCH 1,

1704, DURING THE DEERFIELD

MASSACRE.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

TERCENTENARY COMMISSION

A nearby stone marker is inscribed:

THE CRUEL AND BLOODTHIRSTY

SAVAGE WHO TOOK HER, SLEW HER

WITH HIS HATCHET AT ONE STROKE.

REV. JOHN WILLIAMS

OF DEERFIELD

THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE

SO WROTE OF HIS WIFE

MRS. EUNICE WILLIAMS

WHO WAS KILLED AT THIS PLACE

MARCH 1, 1704

---------------

ERECTED BY P.V.M.A. AUGUST 12, 1884

P.V.M.A, - Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association 

Gravesite: Victims of the Raid on Deerfield - Deerfield, MA

Victims of the Raid on Deerfield

Old Deerfield Burying Ground

Deerfield, MA

N 42° 32.689 W 072° 36.592

Short Description: 

The mass burial mound of the victims of the raid on of Deerfield, February 29, 1704 is located in the Old Deerfield Burying Ground in Deerfield, MA.

Long Description:

During Queen Anne's War, on February 29, 1704, the combined French and Abenaki and Mohawk warriors under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English frontier settlement at Deerfield, MA and burned the village. The remains of 48 men, women, and children killed during the raid are buried in a mass grave. On top of a mound in the south east part of the cemetery there is a square stone marker and a bronze cross added by the Society of Colonial Wars 1607 - 1775. The marker is inscribed:

THE DEAD OF 

1704

On reverse side is inscribed:

THE GRAVE OF

48 MEN WOMEN AND

CHILDREN, VICTIMS

OF THE FRENCH AND

INDIAN RAID ON

DEERFIELD,

FEBRUARY 29, 1704

The names of the victims: those "who were slain at the Taking of the Town," was "drawn up by the Rev. Stephen Williams of Springfield (Longmeadow) soon after his Return from Captivity" and was printed in "The Redeemed Captive."

ALEXANDER, DAVID, s. of John and Beatrice.
ALLIS (ELLICE), SAMUEL, soldier of Hatfield, s. of Samuel and Alice.
BOLTWOOD, SERGT. SAMUEL, Soldier of Hadley.
BOLTWOOD, ROBERT, Soldier of Hadley.
CARTER, THOMAS, (4), s. of Samuel and Mercy (Brooks).
CATLIN, JOHN, s. of John and Isabella (Ward).
CATLIN, JOSEPH, k. in Meadow Fight, and
CATLIN, JONATHAN, sons of John (above) and Mary (Baldwin).
FIELD, SARAH, (10 mos.), dau. John and Mary (Bennett).
FOOT, SAMUEL, Soldier of Hatfield.
FRARY, SAMSON, s. of John and Prudence.
FRENCH, JOHN, (4 weeks), child of Thomas and Mary (Catlin).
HAWKS, ALICE, w. of John, Sr.
HAWKS, JOHN, JR. (30), s. John and Martha (Baldwin).
HAWKS, THANKFUL (SMEAD), his w. and all their children, viz:
HAWKS, JOHN, (7).
HAWKS, MARTHA, (4).
HAWKS, THANKFUL, (2).
HINSDALE, SAMUEL, (15 mos.), s. of Mehuman and Mary.
HOYT, DAVID, (29), s. of David and Abigail (Cook | Pomeroy).
INGRAM, JONATHAN, (27), Soldier of Hadley.
INGERSOL, JOSEPH, (28).
KELLOGG, JONATHAN, (5), s. of Martin and Sarah (Dickinson | Lane).
MATTOON, REBECCA (NIMS), (24), q. of Philip, who was k. on the journey.
MATTOON, Their infant son, Mother and child were burned in a cellar, says S. Williams' MS.
PARTHENA, servant of Mr. Williams.
NIMS, HENRY, (22).
NIMS, MEHITABLE, (7).
NIMS, MARY, (5).
NIMS, MERCY, (5), all children of Godfrey and Mary ( Miller | Williams).
The little girls were burned in the house. PRICE, SARAH, w. of Robert, dau. of John Webb and previously married to Zech. Field.
ROOT, MERCY, (15), dau. Hezekiah and Mehitable (Frary).
An orphan, living with her grandfather, Samson Frary.
SELDEN, THOMAS, (26), s. of Thomas and Felix (Lewis).
SHELDON, HANNAH (STEBBINS), (39), w. of John.
SHELDON, MERCY, (2), her child.
SMEAD, ELIZABETH (LAWRENCE), (64?), w. of William. Her daughter-in-law.
SMEAD, MARY (PRICE),(23), w. of Samuel and Mary's two children:
SMEAD, SARAH, (4).
SMEAD, WILLIAM, (2). All were smothered in the cellar of the burning house.
SMITH, MARTIN, (50?), perished in cellar of John Hawks's house.
STEBBINS, BENONI, (51), s. of John and Mary (Munden): prob. Munson.
STEVENS, ANDREW, an Indian.
WAIT, SERGT. BENJAMIN, of Hatfield.
WARNER, NATHANIEL, of Hadley.
WELLS, MARY, (30), dau. of Thomas and Hepzibah (Buel). In 1693 she was "knocked on the head and scalped," but recovered to be scalped again.
WILLIAMS, JOHN, (6).
WILLIAMS, JERUSHA, (6 weeks). Children of Rev. John and Eunice (Mather).

Names of those captured in the Raid of 1704

Fate of all Deerfield Residents:
http://www.babcock-acres.com/Misceallaneous/deerfield_captives_of_1704.htm

Historical Marker: Captain William Turner - Greenfield, MA

Captain William Turner 

Greenfield, MA

N 42° 36.357 W 072° 36.716

Short Description:

An historical marker at 390 Conway Street recounts the events leading to the death of Captain William Turner.

Long Description:

During the King Philip's War, Captain William Turner led a counter offensive against the native Indians following the defeat of Captain Thomas Lathrop by Nipmuc warriors at the Battle of Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675. It what is known as The Battle of Turner's Falls, or the Peskeompscut massacre, he engaged and killed a large group of Indians fishing at the Great Falls of the Connecticut River in Gill, MA on May 19, 1676.

However, he did not plan for a retreat from the area. The local Indians, upon hearing gunfire, approached Captain Turner's position. The British troops  began a disorganized retreat.  The warriors pursued, caught up with the group lead by Captain Turner, and killed him.  

An historical marker on Conway Street summarizes  these events. It is inscribed: 

A MILITARY COMMANDER DURING KING 
PHILLIP'S WAR. CAPT. TURNER WAS KILLED 
NEAR HERE IN A RETREAT AFTER LEADING 
A MASSACRE OF INDIANS FISHING AT 
THE GREAT FALLS OF THE CONN. RIVER 
IN GILL ON MAY 19, 1676.

SIGN DONATED BY GREENFIELD KIWANIS CLUB

Weblink: http://minerdescent.com/2012/04/01/turners-falls-fight/

Battle Site: Battle of Turner's Falls - Gill, MA

Battle Site

Battle of Turner's Falls

Gill, MA

N 42° 36.751 W 072° 32.918

Short Description: 

A large granite historical marker identifies the site of Captain William Turner's attack on encamped Indians is located on the south side of Route 2, The Mohawk Trail, and Riverview Drive in Gill, MA.

Long Description:

The settlement at Deerfield was abandoned during King Philip's War after the Battle of Bloody Brook, on September 18, 1675. The fighting continued in the area as Captain William Turner led a counter offensive against the native Indians following the defeat of Captain Thomas Lathrop by Nipmuc warriors at the Battle of Bloody Brook. It what is known as The Battle of Turner's Falls, or the Peskeompscut massacre, he engaged and killed a large group of Indians fishing at the Great Falls of the Connecticut River in Gill, MA on May 19, 1676.

The large granite monument is inscribed:

CAPTAIN WILLIAM TURNER 

WITH 145 MEN SURPRISED AND 

DESTROYED OVER 300 INDIANS 

ENCAMPED AT THIS PLACE 

MAY 19, 1676.

Gravesite: Battle of Bloody Brook - South Deerfield, MA

Battle of Bloody Brook

Mass Gravesite

South Deefield, MA

N 42° 28.920 W 072° 36.231

Short Description: 

The mass grave of Capt. Lathrop and Men is on the front lawn of a family residence in South Deerfield.

Long Description:

This historic grave site in South Deefield is on the front lawn of the house on 100 North Main Street. It dates back to the King Philip's War which was waged between the settlers and Indians in New England in 1675. Captain Lathrop was killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675. This war had the most casualties, per capita, than any other war in American history. The a slate ground level slab is inscribed:

Grave 

of 

Capt. Lathrop 

and 

Men Slain

by the 

Indians 

1675

Various researchers have compiled a list of the men killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook and buried in the mass grave. They are: 

Soldiers:

Capt. Thomas Laythrop

Sergt. Thomas Smith

Samuel Stevens

John Hobs

Daniel Button

John Harriman

Caleb Kemball

Thomas Hobs

Robert Homes

Edward Traske

Richard Lambert

Josiah Dodge

George Ropes

Joseph Kinge

Thomas Alexander

Francis Friende

Abel Osyer

John Litleale

Thomas Bayley

Ezekiel Sawier

Jacob Kilborne

Thomas Manninge

Jacob Waynwritt

Benjamin Roper

John Bennett

Thomas Mentor

Peter Woodberry

Joseph Bolch

Samuel Whitteridge

William Duy

Sergt Samuel Stevens

Samuel Crumpton

John Plum

Thomas Buckley

Samuel Hudson

Adam Clarke

Ephraim Farah

Robert Wilson

Steven Welman

Benjamin Farnell

Solomon Alley

John Merrit 

Teamsters:

Robert Hinsdall

Samuel Hinsdall

Barnabas Hinsdall

John Hinsdall

Joseph Gillett

John Allin

Joshua Carter

John Barnard

James Tufts

Jonathan Plimpton

Philip Barsha

Thomas Weller

William Smeade

Zebadiah Williams

Eliakim Marshall

James Mudge

George Cole

Battle Site: Battle of Bloody Brook - South Deerfield, MA

Battle of Bloody Brook

South Deerfield, MA

N 42° 28.986 W 072° 36.221

Short Description:

A 25' high monument marks the site of Battle of Bloody Brook. The monument features a 15' high obelisk. It is located on North Main Street in South Deerfield, MA

Long Description:

In the late 17th century Deerfield, MA was the frontier for British settlements in North America. Consequently, is was vulnerable to attack by Native American tribes. Between 1675–78 the King Philip's War raged throughout colonial New England. It was the deadliest war, per capita, in the history of European settlement in North America.  The settlement at Deerfield  was abandoned  after the 1675 attack at Bloody Brook.

Capt. Thomas Lathrop along with militia and teamsters were dispatched by the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to transport the abundant harvest of corn from Deerfield to Hadley, MA. On September 18, 1675, the wagons reached South Deerfield when the local Nipmuc warriors launched an attack. They killed Captain Thomas Lathrop and most of the men. Ever since, the brook that runs through the area is called Bloody Brook.

The the site of the Battle of Bloody Brook is marked by a monument. A 15' high marble obelisk sits on top of a 10' high, multi-tiered four post base. The south side of he obelisk is inscribed:

Erected August 
       1838 

Between the posts on the south side of the base is the inscription:

On this Ground 
Capt. THOMAS LATHROP
and eighty four men 
under his command, 
including eighteen 
teamsters from Deer
field, conveying stores
from that town to 
Hadley, were ambus
caded by about 700 
Indians, and the Cap
tain and seventy six 
men slain, September 
18th 1675. (old style)

The soldiers who 
fell, were described 
by a contemporary 
Historian, as “a choice 
Company of young 
men, the very flower 
of the County of Essex 
none of whom were 
ashamed to speak with 
the enemy in the gate.

"And Sanguinetto tells you 
where the dead
Made the earth wet and turned 
the unwilling waters red."

"The Same of the slain is 
marked by a Stone slab, 
21 rods southerly of this 
monument.” 

The two lines of poetry of the penultimate paragraph are from Lord Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.

Various researchers have compiled a list of the men killed at the Battle of Bloody Brook and buried in the mass grave. They are:

Soldiers:

Capt. Thomas Laythrop
Sergt. Thomas Smith
Samuel Stevens
John Hobs
Daniel Button
John Harriman
Caleb Kemball
Thomas Hobs
Robert Homes
Edward Traske
Richard Lambert
Josiah Dodge
George Ropes
Joseph Kinge
Thomas Alexander
Francis Friende
Abel Osyer
John Litleale
Thomas Bayley
Ezekiel Sawier
Jacob Kilborne
Thomas Manninge
Jacob Waynwritt
Benjamin Roper
John Bennett
Thomas Mentor
Peter Woodberry
Joseph Bolch
Samuel Whitteridge
William Duy
Sergt Samuel Stevens
Samuel Crumpton
John Plum
Thomas Buckley
Samuel Hudson
Adam Clarke
Ephraim Farah
Robert Wilson
Steven Welman
Benjamin Farnell
Solomon Alley
John Merrit 

Teamsters:

Robert Hinsdall
Samuel Hinsdall
Barnabas Hinsdall
John Hinsdall
Joseph Gillett
John Allin
Joshua Carter
John Barnard
James Tufts
Jonathan Plimpton
Philip Barsha
Thomas Weller
William Smeade
Zebadiah Williams
Eliakim Marshall
James Mudge

George Cole

Colonial Deerfield Massachusetts

Colonial

 Deerfield Massachusetts

Historic Marker

N42° 32.510; W72° 36.326

Short Description: An historic marker on Old Main Street in Old Deerfield summarizes its violent colonial history.

Long Description: The historic marker is inscribed: 

1630 - 1930

OLD DEERFIELD

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INDIAN LAND CALLED POCOMTUCK, 

SETTLED BY MEN FROM DEDHAM IN 

1671. ATTACKED BY INDIANS, BURNT, 

AND ABANDONED IN 1675. REOCCU-

PIED AND ATTACKED IN 1704 BY 

FRENCH AND INDIANS, WHO TOOK 

47 LIVES, AND CARRIED OFF 112 

CAPTIVES TO CANADA, OF WHOM 6

60 WERE LATER REDEEMED.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

TERCENTENARY COMMISSION

In the late 17th century Deerfield, MA was on the western frontier of the British settlements in North America. The attacks mentioned  in the historic marker refer to the Battle of Bloody Brook in 1675 where colonist were defeated under the command Captain Thomas Lathrop. This was followed up with a counter-offensive by Captain William Turner. The story of the attack of 1704 and its aftermath was described by Reverend John Williams in his book The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion; or, The Captivity and Deliverance of Rev. John Williams of Deerfield 

Mural: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Springfield, MA

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Springfield, MA

N 42° 06.049 W 072° 35.316

Short Description: 

A mural of the album cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is located at the Court Square side of the Court Square Building at 31 Elm Street in Springfield, MA.
Location: New York, United States

Long Description:

Artist John Simpson has painted this tribute to the Beatles, along with various other murals at One Court Square in Springfield, MA. It's one of his largest works and is an accurate representation of one of the Beatles most influential albums Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was issued in 1967 and features a song by the same name. The Beatles won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts in 1967 for their work on this cover.

According to Wikipedia the following persons and object appear on the album cover:

Top row

01. Sri Yukteswar Giri (Hindu guru)
02. Aleister Crowley (occultist)
03. Mae West (actress)
04. Lenny Bruce (comedian)
05. Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer)
06. W. C. Fields (comedian/actor)
07.Carl Gustav Jung (psychiatrist)
08. Edgar Allan Poe (writer)
09. Fred Astaire (actor/dancer)
10. Richard Merkin (artist)
11. The Vargas Girl (by artist Alberto Vargas)
12. Huntz Hall (actor)
13. Simon Rodia (designer and builder of the Watts Towers)
14. Bob Dylan (singer/songwriter)

Second row

15. Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator)
16. Sir Robert Peel (19th century British Prime Minister)
17. Aldous Huxley (writer)
18. Dylan Thomas (poet)
19. Terry Southern (writer)
20. Dion Dimucci (singer/songwriter)
21. Tony Curtis (actor)
22. Wallace Berman (artist)
23. Tommy Handley (comedian)
24. Marilyn Monroe (actress)
25. William S. Burroughs (writer)
26. Sri Mahavatar Babaji (Hindu guru)
27. Stan Laurel (actor/comedian)
28. Richard Lindner (artist)
29. Oliver Hardy (actor/comedian)
30. Karl Marx (political philosopher)
31. H. G. Wells (writer)
32 Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (Hindu guru)
33. James Joyce (Irish poet and novelist) – barely visible below Bob Dylan
34. Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy)

Third row

35. Stuart Sutcliffe (artist/former Beatle)
36. Anonymous (hairdresser's wax dummy)
37. Max Miller (comedian)
38. A "Petty Girl" (by artist George Petty)
39. Marlon Brando (actor)
40. Tom Mix (actor)
41. Oscar Wilde (writer)
42. Tyrone Power (actor)
43. Larry Bell (artist)
44. David Livingstone (missionary/explorer)
45. Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic swimmer/Tarzan actor)
46. Stephen Crane (writer) – barely visible between Issy Bonn's head and raised arm
47. Issy Bonn (comedian)
48. George Bernard Shaw (playwright)
49. H. C. Westermann (sculptor)
50. Albert Stubbins (English footballer)
51. Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru)
52. Lewis Carroll (writer)
53. T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")

Front row

54. Wax model of Sonny Liston (boxer)
55. A "Petty Girl" (by George Petty)
56. Wax model of George Harrison
57. Wax model of John Lennon
58. Shirley Temple (child actress) – barely visible behind the wax models of John and Ringo, first of three appearances on the cover
59. Wax model of Ringo Starr
60. Wax model of Paul McCartney
61. Albert Einstein (physicist) – largely obscured
62. John Lennon holding a Wagner tuba
63. Ringo Starr holding a trumpet
64. Paul McCartney holding a cor anglais
65. George Harrison holding a piccolo
66. Bette Davis (actress) – hair barely visible on top of George's shoulder
67. Bobby Breen (singer)
68. Mohandas Ghandi (painted out at the request of EMI)
69. Legionaire from the order of the Buffalos
70. Wax model of Diana Dors (actress)
71. Shirley Temple (child actress) – second appearance on the cover

Props on the cover

72. Cloth grandmother-figure by Jann Haworth
73. Cloth doll by Haworth of Shirley Temple wearing a sweater that reads "Welcome The Rolling 74. Stones Good Guys" – third and last appearance on the cover
74. Ceramic Mexican craft known as a Tree of Life from Metepec
75. 9-inch Sony television set, apparently owned by Paul McCartney – the receipt, bearing 77. 78.
76. Stone figure of a girl
77. Another stone figure
78. Statue brought over from John Lennon's house
79. Trophy
80. Doll of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi
81. Drum skin, designed by fairground artist Joe Ephgrave
82. Hookah (water pipe)
83. Velvet snake
84. Fukusuke, Japanese china figure
85. Stone figure of Snow White
86. Garden gnome
87. Tuba