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Macomber Tomb (Defunct)

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Location	:	Hanson, Plymouth County, USA
Description	:	Excerpt from History of the Town of Hanson (1959): "There are also three other tombs in town; one on Winter Street, called the Macomber tomb…". According to Veteran Graves in Hanson – All Wars (Hanson, Mass.: s.n., 1930?), Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Pratt was "buried in the Winter St. Tomb – Grave No. 50-R – no stone". "In the case of the Winter Street Tomb we accepted information received from Mr. Lucius Arnold, an old inhabitant of this town that Thomas Pratt a Revolutionary War veteran was buried there". Arnold also reported that the body of Nathaniel Cole (1775 – 30... Read More	Excerpt from History of the Town of Hanson (1959): "There are also three other tombs in town; one on Winter Street, called the Macomber tomb…". According to Veteran Graves in Hanson – All Wars (Hanson, Mass.: s.n., 1930?), Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Pratt was "buried in the Winter St. Tomb – Grave No. 50-R – no stone". "In the case of the Winter Street Tomb we accepted information received from Mr. Lucius Arnold, an old inhabitant of this town that Thomas Pratt a Revolutionary War veteran was buried there". Arnold also reported that the body of Nathaniel Cole (1775 – 30 May 1836) who served in the War of 1812 "was moved from the tomb on Winter St. to this cemetery [Fern Hill] about 50 years ago. We received this information from Mr. Lucius Arnold who is ninety years of age and can remember the incident and place of burial in Fern Hill". At a Special Town Meeting held 3 May 1999, Hanson voters voted on "ARTICLE 18 : To see if the Town will vote to transfer from free cash a sum of money to deconsecrate and remove the burial tomb on Winter Street or take any other action in relation thereto". Proposed by the Veteran's Agent Finance Committee recommends. VOTED Aye, voice to transfer from FREE CASH the sum of $2,500.00 to deconsecrate and remove the burial tomb on Winter Street. The deconsecrated tomb has been paved over and is part of a private residence driveway today. Although not all of the burials in this tomb are known, they were all re-interred at Fern Hill Cemetery , including the bodies of Thomas Pratt and Nathaniel Cole. A discussion of this cemetery can be found at the Hanson, MA USGenWeb site.

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