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It describes the LMC as a community burial place with a formal rectangular layout, granite wall, iron fences, and a central well, comparing it to the Rural Cemetery movement. 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Down the river the west bank was called Portersville which was changed to Mystic River in 1851. The east bank was Mystic Bridge. Then in 1890 the Post Office changed the name of Mystic to Old Mystic and the village downriver became Mystic. Since the LMC was incorporated in 1949 it seems possible that Lower was used to differentiate this cemetery outside the western outskirts of Mystic River from any that existed up the river in“Mystic”.  \nSecondly: What was new about the LMC?  \nThe LMC was a community place of burial rather than a church graveyard or a family burial ground. It is formally laid out in rectangular lots with a lovely fitted granite wall along the main road, some decorative iron fences and a well in the center. It is not the Rural Cemetery design of the Elm Grove Cemetery which was established a few years later in 1853. The Rural Cemetery Movement began in 1831 with Mount Auburn, Boston; Laurel Hill, Philadelphia (1836); Greenwood, N.Y. (1838); Lowell, Mass. (1841); and so on. For more on this subject Google‘american rural cemetery movement”.  \nOn September 3, 1849 a group of local townspeople incorporated the Lower Mystic Cemetery Association in the Town of Groton to create and manage a cemetery. The list of the original Subscribers from a document dated September 3, 1849 is: Simeon B. Ashbey, Ransford Ashbey, George W. Ashby, Silas Beebe, Wm W, Bentley, Horatio N. Fish, Grover G. King, Henry Latham, Henry O. Manwarring, Henry K. Manwarring, George Moon, Issac Randall, Mrs. P. Randall, Elisha Rathbun, Peter G. Rowland, Asa P. Sawyer, Wm. P. Smith, Jeremiah Wilbur, and Charles S. Williams.  \nThe Association elected officers, approved By-Laws, and purchased 1.9 acres of land on the north side of Route 1 on the road to Fort Hill. We have a copy of By-Laws adopted July 15. 1893; they are available online [at](at www.mystichistory.org/LMC.The price of a lot)[ ](at www.mystichistory.org/LMC.The price of a lot)[www.mystichistory.org/LMC](at www.mystichistory.org/LMC.The price of a lot)[.The price of a lot](at www.mystichistory.org/LMC.The price of a lot) 18 feet square was $25 and the price to insure perpetual care of one lot was $50. (Income from this money is now in CDs in the Groton Savings Bank and the interest is still used to pay for mowing and maintenance of the grounds.) Unfortunately the book of original deeds has been misplaced but we do have a Form of Deed for Perpetual Care of Lot in Lower Mystic Cemetery signed by my Great-grandmother Mrs. Louis P. (Emily Fenner Maxson) Allyn dated November 7, 1941 as proprietor of lots 82 & 83.  \nEvidently the LMC was well received over the years; a later map of all the plots with family names written shows no unsold lots. In a latter article I will talk about the inventory of the names found on monuments and headstones and where the graves are located. Perhaps some of your ancestors are buried there; I hope to find out from you.","cbCaiekd1EUplzbh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiekd1EUplzbh","pdf",16707,"English","# Lower Mystic Cemetery - Part 2: Early History\n## Why the name Lower Mystic?\n## What was new about the LMC?\n## Incorporation, subscribers, and early governance\n## Reception and long-term condition","[{\"question\":\"Why is it called “Lower Mystic”?\",\"answer\":\"The name “Lower Mystic” is explained as a way to distinguish this cemetery outside the western outskirts of Mystic River from other cemeteries “up the river,” where Mystic and later Old Mystic names were used.\"},{\"question\":\"What made the Lower Mystic Cemetery different from other burial places?\",\"answer\":\"The LMC is described as a community burial site rather than a church graveyard or family plot, laid out in rectangular lots with planned features such as a granite wall, decorative iron fences, and a central well.\"},{\"question\":\"What happened when the cemetery association was formed in 1849?\",\"answer\":\"On September 3, 1849, local townspeople incorporated the Lower Mystic Cemetery Association, listed original subscribers, elected officers, approved by-laws, and purchased 1.9 acres on Route 1 toward Fort Hill.\"}]","Lower Mystic Cemetery - Part 2 - Early History | PDF",1787890784]