Tombstone Tuesday

by Laurel | May 1st, 2012

A randomly selected tombstone from Elmwood Cemetery.

Nellie (Dickinson) McClelland Hartnett, Tombstone, Side 1

Nellie (Dickinson) McClellan Hartnett, Tombstone, Side 1

28 March 1952

Mrs. Nellie D. Hartnett

Easthampton, March 27 — Mrs. Nellie D. (McClellan) Hartnett, 91, died at her home in Mineral Rd., Loudville this morning. Born in Monroe, N.H., Sept 12, 1861, she was the daughter of the late John and Lucy (Torrey) Dickinson. She had been a resident of Easthampton for the last 57 years. She was married in 1892 to George McClellan who died in 1913. In 1914 she was married to Dennis Hartnett who died in 1946. She was a member of the Springfield Chapter DAR and the Church of Pilgrims in Brooklyn, N.Y. The funeral will be at the Edmund B. Mitchell funeral home at a time to be announced. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Holyoke.

Adapted from The Springfield Union.

Nellie (Dickinson) McClelland Hartnett, Tombstone, Side 2

Nellie (Dickinson) McClellan Hartnett, Tombstone, Side 2

20 October 1914

Marriage intentions were filed yesterday for Dennis E. Hartnett of 71 West Twenty-third Street, New York, N.Y., music teacher, and Nellie D. McClellan of Forty-second street and Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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