Farley Cemetery - Colrain - catamount
Way out in the woods in Colrain there is a small cemetery called Farley. There are 10 or so old stones, notably those of Benjamin and Joel, seen here. The stone to the left of Benjamin has lost its inscription, but it may be Mary Farley (see notes below).. Ed Gregory provided these pictures from a site visit he made in 2012. Sarah and I tried to find the cemetery in mid-August 2025, without success. We had 2 maps. I scaled this 1961 map's position onto a GPS map using Gaia on my iphone, and we thrashed our way through tall grass in an area that was logged 5-10 years ago, and came to the Mass State Forest boundary... wandered around 3-4 acres ..no luck. The second map looks different (below) after our failed search Saturday I want to go back and go further up South Catamount Road from our reference point, cellarhole 13, where Benjamin and Mary Farley lived ca 1820. The cemetery is site 15. Ed Gregory has been to the Ed G...