Redding Center Cemetery
Redding, Connecticut
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Redding Center Cemetery is located on Cross Highway in Redding, Connecticut. The majority of the stones date from the 1800s, but burials range from 1766 to 2013 (as of August 2014). A majority of the tombstones belong to the Hill, Read, and Sanford families. A few Revolutionary War soldiers are interred here.
Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 139.
Photos were taken 1 August 2014.
"In Memory of
COL. JOHN READ
who departed this life
Oct. 30, 1786
AE. 85 years."
"Here lies the Body of
SARAH, the Wife of
Col.n JOHN READ,
who died May 18th AD 1774;
Aged 47 years."
"Revolutionary War
Capt. Zalmon Read
10th Co.
Died Jan. 15, 1801
AE. 61."
"Revolutionary War
Ensign Zalmon Read
Capt. Clift's Co.
Died Oct. 3, 1846
AE. 87."
"In memory of Hester Ann
wife of John L. Hill
who died Dec. 18, 1838
Aged 19 years
5 mo. & 25 dy."
A view of the older section of Redding Center.
All photos copyright by the author, 2014. Not to be used or reproduced without permission.
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