| What Happened to Boyd and Parker After They Died? |
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On the 13th, Casey blogged about the gruesome deaths of Lt. Boyd and Sgt. Parker on September 13 of 1779. The unfortunate soldiers were tortured to death by Senecas after their capture by British loyalists during the American Revolution. However, the tale of Boyd and Parker does not end with their demise. It also doesn't end their connection with the month of September.
After the discovery of their remains by their fellow soldiers, Boyd and Parker were buried near the tree that had been used as part of their torture. In 1807, grave robbers raided their resting places. Then on today's date in 1841, the graves of Boyd and Parker were once more exhumed. Their remains were transported to Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY with a great deal of ceremony. There they were reunited posthumously with the men who were slain during their capture in 1779.
The remains were placed in a wooden sarcophagus and a wooden urn and left to rest atop Patriot Hill at Mt. Hope. There they stayed until 1864, when a caretaker discovered that damage to the containers had littered the remains of Boyd, Parker and their men upon the ground. They were then interred in potters field. In 1903, the remains were once again dug up and moved to proper marked graves within the cemetery.
Mt. Hope Cemetery is also home to a number of famous, infamous and interesting deceased folks. It is also reputedly haunted.
Take a trip to Mt. Hope Cemetery and pay a visit to the final(?) resting places of Boyd and Parker.
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September 19, 2008, 3:18 pm |
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