On August 1, 2022 myself and an old friend embarked on a road trip to see a county upstate neither of us had ever traveled too. We picked a destination based off of local history. Not far from the banks of the Chenango River. Located in Oxford, New York (Chenango County) we found ourselves visiting the final resting place of Little Merrit Beardsley. The cemetery is off a quiet road with a NYS historic marker showing it’s sight. What makes this tomb unique was when Little Merrit passed away back in the 1800’s he apparently told his father he was afraid of the dark. His father doing what all good fathers would do, devised a way to install a window on his tomb. So little Merrit would never be in the dark.
The tomb has survived vandalism over the years and thanks to the work of a local high schooler, has been restored. A unique piece of history in an old school New York County.
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