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Redding Center Cemetery is located on Cross Highway in Redding, Connecticut. It is fairly unremarkable, most likely a family cemetery, with the majority of the stones dating from the 1800s. A few Revolutionary War soldiers are interred here.
Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 139.
Photos were taken 1 August 2014.
A view of the older section of Redding Center.
"In Memory of COL. JOHN READ
who departed this life
Oct. 30, 1786
AE. 85 years."
"Here lies the Body of
SARAH, the Wife of Col.n JOHN READ,
who died May 18th AD 1774;
Aged 47 years."
Captain Zalmon Read
Ensign Zalmon Read
"In memory of Hester Ann
wife of John L. Hill
who died Dec. 18, 1838
Aged 19 years
5 mo. & 25 dy."
All photos copyright by the author, 2014. Not to be used or reproduced without permission.
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