Gravestone of Submit Hyde (1794) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by Aaron Haskins in imitation of the Manning family.
1790s
Nathanael Hyde (1798)
Gravestone of Nathanael Hyde (1798) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by Aaron Haskins in imitation of the Manning family.
Anne Freeman (1792)
Gravestone of Anne Freeman (1792) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by Aaron Haskins in imitation of the Manning family.
Elisha Fitch (1791)
Gravestone of Elisha Fitch (1791) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by the Manning family.
Rufus Collins (1790)
Gravestone of Rufus Collins (1790) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by his brother Zerubbabel Collins. Along with the nearby gravestone for Lydia Bennitt, this is one of only two marble stones that Collins sent back to his hometown of Columbia after he moved to Vermont.
Lydia Bennitt (1791)
Gravestone of Lydia Bennitt (1791) at the Old Yard Cemetery in Columbia, Connecticut. Carved by Zerubbabel Collins. This was one of the few stones that he sent back to Connecticut after moving to Vermont, where he had begun working in marble. Note the price inscription on the bottom: “Pr. 7 Dollars.”