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In Hog Creek, Another Ancient Cemetery Buttressed Against Time

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Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

Joel Snodgrass and his son Kole restored gravestones in the Hog Creek Cemetery, including one of a 20-month old baby named Easter Persons who died just two days before Christmas in 1782.

authorMichael Wright on Sep 21, 2022
Gravestone restoration specialists who have been hopscotching their way through East Hampton’s historic burying grounds resurrected several gravestones at the tiny Hog Creek Cemetery in northern Springs last week —... more

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