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Uncovering Biddeford through centuries-old headstones

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation October 03, 2022

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Dana Peck brushes lichen away from a relatively contemporary headstone at Evans Cemetery in Biddeford Pool while fellow volunteer Dick Parsons looks on. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer BIDDEFORD POOL — The slate headstone rests alone in the grass, its markings faded and edges rounded by time. “Here lyes the body of Sarah Brown aged 65 years,” it reads. “July 16th, 1726.” Its presence here, at the edge of a small cemetery near the ocean... + full article



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