Little Merrit's Tomb: A Field Guide
Little Merrit's Tomb: A Field Guide
Merrit Beardsley died at the age of eight in December 1865. Legend says he feared being buried in the dark. His parents built him a tomb with a glass window to catch the sunlight.
This field guide includes research, newspaper articles and photographs of Little Merrit's Tomb and the Beardsley Cemetery located along Hoben Road in Oxford, New York.
I grew up nearby and saw the cemetery in a state of disrepair. The tomb had been vandalized in 1970 with a skull stolen and later recovered. An aboveground coffin was later interred below the ground. On multiple occasions, the windowpane had been broken.
Over the past decade, I have worked to repair the tomb and several monuments in the small, semi-forested cemetery. This publication encapsulates the unique history of the tomb with a window.
Printed in the United States of America
Identifiers: ISBN 978-1-7333218-1-5 LCCN 2022913358
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May 7, 2023, Book Signing at Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY
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