Show PEST VICTIMS LIE THERE grave of five who died of smallpox in 1811 pound found in Bell bellerina erica V mass closely adjoining the ste site of 0 the boston a maine car shops chops in Bill billerica erica the surveyors discovered a gravestone gra vesto ti marking the sl spot pot where years ago five persons victims of 0 smallpox were burled buried the stone Is still in good condition c ondi tion although mossy with age the foot stone as well as the headstone Is solid giving evidence of 0 careful work on tho part of the ones who placed it there the grave wals evidently chosen a century ago as a secluded spot and when found trees underbrush and shrubbery nearly hid t from sight the words on this headstone are erected in memory of and to designate the place where asa grost jr levi frost eleanor farmer fanner sarah Hod grean and samuel batchelder we were re buried who died ot of smallpox august aug 1811 at first the boston maine considered getting the consent ot of the suite state to remove the stone and the dust of the bodies but it has been derided to let the grave remain where it is so these five persons will rest where they are and their bed of the last century will not be disturbed no relative of the ones burled buried seem at all concerned about the grave and it is doubtful it if any descendants ot of them are arc living in billerica Bill erica or lowell at the present time |