Bradley Cemetery
Newtown, Connecticut
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Bradley Cemetery is a small family burial ground located on Bradley Lane, off Route 34 (Berkshire Road), in Newtown, Connecticut. There are approximately 50 interments contained therein; several of the men buried here were Masons. Most burials date from the 1820s to the early 1900s, but the newest monument is marked 1981. Other common surnames found within Bradley cemetery include Calhoun, Goulett, and Somers. The cemetery does not appear to be maintained; it is quite overgrown and most of the older stones (pre-1860) are broken and/or illegible.
Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 49.
Photos taken 29 March 2011.
Gate at the entrance of Bradley Cemetery.
One of the older stones that was still (mostly) legible.
"SARAH E.
wife of Ira A. Parmelee
daughter of Abijah & Salley BRADLEY
Died May 20, 1854.
Ae. 26."
Following this is an indistinct inscription.
"GEORGE BRADLEY, ESQ.
Died June 30, 1875
Age 79 Yrs & 10 Mos."
Bradley was a Freemanson.
"COMFORT
wife of George Bradley, Esq.
Died Sept. 8, 1868.
Ae. 77."
Beneath this is an illegible line of text.
The Calhoun obelisk, 1880- 1907.
Bradley Cemetery, as seen from diagonally across Bradley Lane. The Calhoun obelisk is prominent, on the right.Â
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