Sharon Reunion – 130 years
Category: Parks/Cemeteries
Sharon Picnic 2021
The 130th Annual Sharon Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, August 29, 2021 from Noon to 2:00 PM. Bring your own picnic lunch. A delicious anniversary cake will be provided. Please park at the Meetinghouse. If it rains the event will be there with tables and chairs placed socially distanced and everyone should plan to wear a mask when…
South Burying Ground
Jarmany Hill Road This drawing of the South Burying Ground was done in 2017. Rick Lusky (Nashua Road) and Jack Ogren (Spring Hill Road) did the measurements. Rick Lusky completed the scale drawing. The (year) is the date of death inscribed on the headstone. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Bass Park
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in 1890, the townspeople of Sharon foregathered in Hadley’s Grove – a lovely stand of old pine trees on Route 123, next to what was The Sharon Arts Center – for the 6th “Reunion of Sharon Residents”. At that picnic, Samuel Willard Bass generously offered to put up $75…
Cemeteries
The Town is in the process of surveying our cemeteries. The information below is some of what we have learned about the cemetery on Jarmany Hill Road. South Burying ground, Jarmany Hill, Sharon, NH. Gravestones: 155 People buried: 165. Ten stones record more than one person. One has five. Males: 82 Females: 83 Children (under…