Cemetery Sexton
The Town of Sweden, with the help of volunteers, maintains 13 cemeteries. This includes the Nevers Tomb, where Col. Samuel Nevers and his wife were buried across the road from their home. Col. Nevers was an early settler of the town, coming to the area in 1791.
On 19th century maps of Sweden, the Goshen Cemetery is shown in the northeast corner of the town. There is uncertainty about who might be buried there as there are no inscribed markers. Rather, there are unmarked field stones apparently marking the graves.
There are about 100 veterans memorialized in Sweden’s cemeteries representing all services and most conflicts.
“I would like to thank the Town of Sweden for investing in a restoration project of all of Sweden’s Cemeteries. With an annual budget and game plan we are focusing on restoring every stone in each of the thirteen cemeteries. In 2022, we focused on two cemeteries: Haskell and Stevens. Take a drive and look at each of these because you will clearly see that you can now read the information on each stone. Brackets are being made for stones that had been broken. In the spring each will receive new footings, be epoxied, and erected properly within it’s brace. Those leaning will also be straightened back into place. In 2023, we will again focus on two more historic cemeteries Sanderson and Webber.
As the Town of Sweden Sexton, I did spend time in each cemetery starting in Spring removing debris and limbs that had fallen, trimming branches that had reached out across each cemetery over the year and placing and removing Veteran’s flags.
Volunteers will be repairing the chain links that connect each granite stone across the front of cemeteries as well. It was a pleasure to work with the professionals from Arthur’s Memorials on this and future projects.”
Respectfully,
Douglas J. Porter
Sweden Town Sexton
