Overlooking the town, this picturesque cemetery is the only remaining domestic component of the extensive Pratt home site and industrial complex. The earliest marked grave (1843) is that of the 9 month old infant daughter of Daniel and Ester Pratt. Other graves include those of Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, their family and closest friends. George Cooke, prominent antebellum artist whom Pratt befriended and commissioned to paint numerous works for his private art gallery, is also buried in the cemetery.
Grave monuments include excellent examples of mid-19th century funerary art. The fence surrounding the burial ground is also notable, being composed of elaborate cast iron panels of a design known as the weeping-willow-praying lamb motif, it is anchored between plain brick piers with ashlars caps.
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