Tombstone Tuesday- Elanathen Ives & Abigail Frisbe

On this past Sunday I attended a walking tour of the Downs St Cemetery here in Bristol Ct.. It's was  also known in the past as Bridge st and South Cemetery. The cemetery Assoc. showed off the new entrance gate, fence and a restored tombstone which for some reason I didn't photograph. 
It wasn't until I got home that I realized that I had taken a photo of my wife's 6th great grandfather and mother.After researching a little it seems the name I had (Elusthan Ives) may have been a typo some where along the way. The title of Deacon on the stone was also new to me. Will have to see where that leads us.
This cemetery had 37 Revolutionary War soldiers buried here and is the second oldest in the city.  

Lewis St. Cemetery Walking Tour

I went over to the old “North Cemetery” on Sunday mostly to check on the “Merriman” connection and met a very distant ”cousin” of my wife. I plan to visit with him at a later date. Alden O’Brian  from the D.A.R. in Washington DC. gave a great talk on the Lewis family gravesites. It seems many of the married daughters returned in death to be buried with  their birth family.
The tour had a very good turnout. It was held as part of activities for Bristol’s 225 yr anniversary.
below is the article from the Hartford Courant :