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CemeteriesBrookfield
Cemetery (eastside)
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East Side Cemetery
 Westside looking east
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are several cemeteries in the Brookfield area, some of
which are of historic interest. One in upper
Brookfield, one in the Shortts front yard, one off of
289 in a persons yard, two on Carter road and the
First Settlers Cemetery on Pleasant Valley
rd(planters), one across from the entrance to the
Lafarge Cement plant on Pleasant Valley rd and one on
the hill in Nauss lane off Pleasant Valley road. There
is also a Cemetery in Pleasant valley. West Side Cemetery- Compositions of Ada Spidle- Due to the filling of lots in the Brookfield (East Side) Cemetery just across the road to the west side of the established cemetery a new one was started by some men of the community on lands purchased from Wendell Densmore in 1928. The first burial was that of Clara Dickie. The grave was dug by George Watson and his son Harold (Short) at the front of the cemetery next to Carter Road. Many lots have been sold since the start and improvements have been made during the years. Brick posts at the entrance were placed by the Cemetery Company and Mr. and Mrs. Art Stevens in memory of their son Ian who passed away as a young boy and rests there. A small private grave setting is on the former Fields property when Mary Fields, daughter of Luther and wife was buried there, followed by a baby of some couple who resided with the Fields family at the time of the child's death. Also Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Fields rest there. It has been fixed up during the past few years, stones cleaned, lot put into mowing condition by the Wallace family. On visiting this spot 'neath the shade of natural trees grown there its a place of beauty and one needs only stop and smell the wooded area, see the green grass and feel it is truly a place for rest and solitude. {Martin Luther Fields and wife Mary Fields} |
| First Settlers Cemetery-A
Planters Cemetery Est. 1832 This cemetery was the
first burying ground in this community. From the
settlement of Brookfield up until 1832 they came to
Truro to bury their dead, but from this time on they
commenced to bury their dead in a Cemetery west of
Brookfield Station. The body of William Carter was the
first to be buried there in January 1832. It
became known as the West Cemetery and was known later by
some, as First Settlers Cemetery. The cemetery is
located on lands of William Carter, the deed of
which is described in Pauline Carter's book "A History
of Pleasant Valley, Colchester County, Nova Scotia" in
the Carter Family History section. The land was
donated by William Carter as a burial ground and the
land was set aside for that purpose about the time of
his death in 1832. It is said that at a later date
his grandson, David Carter, donated an additional 10-15
feet of land adjoining that which had been donated by
his grandfather. According to an old plan dated
1879-at the time in the possession of Ada Spidle, the
land for the cemetery was divided into 44 lots with
walks running north and south and east and west.
On this plan the following names appear
CHARLES
MOORE
JOHN
CONLY
JOB
FIELDSJACOB STEVENS JOHN BOOMER STRANGERS LOT ROBERT HAMILTON ABNER MACKENZIE JAMES DUNN JOHN KENNEDY WILLIAM HAMILTON ARCHILBALD HAMILTON (2 LOTS) DANIEL
MOORE
M. BURRIS
JAMES BOOMERWILLIAM MOORE PETER STEVENS J.E.SCOTT WILLIAM WRIGHT THOMAS MCFADDEN DANIEL CARTER GEORGE CARTER DAVID KENNEDY EDWARD CARTER J.W. STEVENS ESQ. JAMES ARCHIBALD WILLIAM CARTER JOHN CARTER AARON HAMILTON (2LOTS) & JAMES KENNEDY |
This site
is maintained by the Brookfield
Community Assembly.