Manchester Cemetery - Historical Cemetery 109

Coventry Historic Cemeteries at Junction of Routes 116 and 117

Not too long ago I returned to the nexus of cemeteries scattered along the old rail-bed (now the Washington Secondary Bike Path) and around the junction of Routes 117 and 116 in Coventry.

Known as Woodland (historic 66), Pine Grove (historic 109) and Manchester (historic 30) Cemeteries, many of the graves are now overgrown by woods and brush and suffering from extreme neglect. Still, the history of Coventry lies here and here I sought to find clues to the identities of who those who once forged a life out of the hardscrabble world now known as Rhode Island.

Over the next several months I'll be posting numerous gravesites, as well as Swan Point graves.

Woodland:



Pine Grove:



Manchester:

William Snow - Swan Point

Thomas and Sarah Coles - Swan Point

Col. Thomas Coles

Born Dec. 9th 1752

Died Oct. 13th, 1844

Col. Coles was by birth

an Englishman;

he came to this Country before

the Revolutionary Period,

and served

in various Military Capacities

throughout the War of

INDEPENDENCE.

He was for twenty years Collector

of the Port of Providence.

He was a man of Firmness

and Integrity,

and of consequence universally

respected.

Sarah Coles, his wife

Born Dec. 17th, 1761

Died Aug. 6th, 1837

Sarah Coles

was the daughter of

Ephraim and Priscilla Walker

Her kindness and affection

are held in sweet remembrance

by her friends and relatives.

A cheerful and beneficent spirit

influenced her to the

close of life.

Megalith - Swan Point