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CHERRY HILL CEMETERY This
cemetery appears to be a newly discovered, private family cemetery that has
been abandoned. Yet, it seems to be
being cared for by the family that currently lives on the land involved. Thank you to the person posting this information
on Find-A-Grave. According to FAG,
there are five graves here. Though
they only posted four. There are
probably many more, that no one knows about. The folks
that posted this information want to remain so anonymous, that there is no
contact information available.
Supposedly, they found this cemetery in a turn of the last century
plat map, when they were investigating their property. The area
that the land and cemetery is located on, is near Satsuma, but closer to
Welaka, and is an area that was once known as “Nashua”. Several families from Nashua, New
Hampshire relocated to this area in the mid-1870s. At the
height of it’s existence, there were at least 100 families living
there. According to the Florida State
Gazetteer 1884-1885, “Nashua
was located on the east
side of the St Johns
ninety-seven miles from Jacksonville
with a carpenter, a civil
engineer, a sawmill and planning mill, a dressmaker, a millinery, a hay,
grain and fertilizer agent and a nursery-man.” Folks
moving to Florida from Nashua, NH, appeared to have been attracted by the
warm weather and the ability to grow citrus trees. Unfortunately, the Great Freezes of
1894-95, killed most of the citrus trees, and many families, either moved
further south, or back to New Hampshire. Ms. Kellie
Thropp of the ‘Log Cabin Vineyard’, has her farm in the area, and has done
much research on Nashua, and some of it’s residents. She had not heard of the existence of this
cemetery, either. |
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LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
VOCATION/TRADE |
MARKERS |
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WELLS |
ALWILDA
JANE CARTER |
7/15/1839 |
11/26/1870 |
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MARKER |
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WELLS |
CATHERINE
CARTER |
1866 |
1869 |
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MARKER |
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WELLS |
LILLIAN |
7/1879 |
3/1880 |
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MARKER |
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WELLS |
WILLIAM
HENRY |
9/15/1837 |
10/17/1885 |
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NURSERY-MAN |
MARKER |
I posted the
following pages from the 1880 Federal Census, that enumerates the Community of
Nashua, Florida, at the time of the census.
It’s inclusion is for the convenience of the Family Researcher. Just because they are listed here, does not
mean that they are buried in this cemetery, or any cemetery nearby. They may have moved elsewhere in the
intervening years since the 1880 Federal Census, and the special Agricultural
Census Florida 1885.
Last updated 1/2/2021