Along side a farm field on the south side of the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail you could be guided to the remains of the “Clark Cemetery”. This was a private family burial ground on the Clark Family Farm.The more exact location is on the south side of Vermont Route 105 on the south side of the road; the farm is currently owned by Greg and Celeste Stebbins, a/k/a the Stebbinshire Farms of Enosburg. The small cemetery has been farmed over at some time. Fragments of the tombstones have been found and have been placed along the fence. A hiking trail is between the road and the fence.
July 1909 New England Historic & Genealogical Register
The cemetery description and tombstone inscriptions are contained in the July, 1909 issue of the New England Historic & Genealogical Register (Boston), submitted by Mrs. Grace Haynes Rogers of 29 Peterboro Street, Detroit, Mich., whose husband was a Clark family descendant. “North Sheldon, VT., Gravestone Inscriptions.–About five miles from North Sheldon, in a private burial ground, is a large gray marble slab placed on four pedestals and bearing in part these inscriptions:
Major Jedediah Clark Jr. Who was Born March 25 A.D. 1761
Jedediah Clark. Who was Born Jan. 11 A.D. 1736 Died Feb. 26 A.D., 1804
On separate slabs are found the following:
Frances A. Wife of Jed P. Clark Died Oct. 14 1860 age 51 years
Jed P. Clark Died [the rest of the inscription is missing]
Ester Clark Died July 22, 1860 age 90 yrs.
James Luther Clark Born May 8, 1834 Burlington Vt. Died at Sheldon March 4, 1843 Aged 8 yers. 10 months.
With the help of a resident who prior to 1960 lived on this farm and visited this overgrown burial ground we were able to approximate its location as well as find and photograph some of the fragments. .
The Jed Clark Stone
Other Fragments
