| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1790/05/17 | Avery Dean dies. Avery Dean's is the oldest of the 50 graves that predate 1860 at Spring Brook Cemetery. | |||||
| 1860/04/00 | Trustees of the Mansfield Cemetery pay Lewis Holmes, yeoman, $350 for a tract of land containing four acres and thirteen rods "for a cemetery". The cemetery trustees are Enright Day, Ellis Fairbanks and Isaac Briggs. | |||||
| 1860/06/07 | Spring Brook Cemetery is consecrated. Scriptures and Invocation are given by Elder NS Chadwick, consecrating Prayer by Rev Jacob Ide Jr, DW Stevens gives the address, prayers and Benediction by Rev John Bain and singing directed by John Rogers. | |||||
| 1889/00/00 | Winter Vault, also known as a receiving tomb, is built at Spring Brook Cemetery. Any bodies deposited in the receiving tomb between November 1st and May 1st are to be removed by May 15th. Between May 1 and November 1 there is a five day limit for use of t | |||||
| 1896/06/00 | Charles H Eastman | Life | In June 1896 Miss Card accompanies her father on a fishing trip to Canada and becomes fatally ill. Charles Eastman and Mrs Card rush from Mansfield to Canada to be with her but they will arrive after her death. | |||
| 1896/06/14 | Mary Lewis Card, only child of Simon and Mary J Card, dies at the age of 30 years and 7 months. Also called Lulu, the inscription on her stone reads "Her sun is gone down while it was yet day." | |||||
| 1898/06/11 | Charles H Eastman | Architect | Designed by Charles Eastman, the Card Memorial Chapel is dedicated. The Romanesque Revival structure was paid for by Simon and Mary J Card, in memory of their daughter by Mary Lewis Card. Eastman was Miss Card's fiancee at the time of her death. | |||
| 1899/02/05 | Simon W Card dies, he was the founder of the tap and die industry in Mansfield, husband of Mary J Card and father of Mary Lewis Card. | |||||
| 1929/02/29 | Mary Lewis J Card, wife of Simon W Card and mother of Mary Lewis Card, dies. |
| Particulars for Spring Brook Cemetery: | |
|---|---|
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Historic Use | Cemetery |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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