According to Dick Carlson, president of the Marblehead (Massachusetts) Museum board, "At the end of the war, Marblehead had 500 widows and 1,000 fatherless children." A metal plaque erected at Marblehead's Old Burial Hill in the 1920s celebrates the fact that "Six Hundred Revolutionary heroes" are buried there. Now the museum and the Marblehead Historical Society are trying to identify all the veterans.
Complicating matters, many of the stones on Old Burial Hill have become illegible; some are lost, and others, nothing more than wooden crosses to start with, have disappeared entirely.
Complicating matters, many of the stones on Old Burial Hill have become illegible; some are lost, and others, nothing more than wooden crosses to start with, have disappeared entirely.
Carlson is urging anyone interested in helping to come forward. Revealing these names will indeed be a boon to those seeking the genealogy of their families. "Our long-term goal," he says, "is to establish a genealogy section of the museum, where members can come to access online research data."
You can read more an article by Alan Burke in the Salem News web site at http://www.salemnews.com/local/x829293748/Finding-Marbleheads-rebels
