Grace Church’s historic cemetery is home to many of Sheldon’s founding citizens. Revolutionary war soldiers Captain Timothy Mitchell, Reuben Bruce, and Unite Keith keep company with Union soldiers Jonathan and Nicholas Smalley, and cousins Cyrus and Alfred Keith. The side-by-side stones of two infant daughters of the Reverend John Fitch, each named Mary Miranda poignantly remind us of the bitter hardship and enduring hopefulness of our early settlers.
Grace Church Cemetery remains coommitted to Green Burials and continues the simple practice of internment without preservative chemicals.
Not the smallest cemetery in Sheldon. There are only 25 memorials cited on “Find A Grave”
Nine of those bear the surname of “Keith”. The Keith name remains associated with the Grace Church in its historical records as well as among the names of the founders of Sheldon.
The Grace Episcopal Church continues to maintain these grounds in excellent condition.
Most monuments are from the 1800s with the oldest found memorial showing a date of 1928 for Abigail Allen Keith February 6, 1766 to June 30, 1828