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Stop 6Map 7

Josiah Manning

219 Windham Center Road

d. 1806

From the WPI tour

A prolific gravestone carver whose locally distinctive stones appear across the region.

Additional context

Josiah Manning was part of a family of carvers whose gravestones became common across eighteenth-century eastern Connecticut. The family workshop’s distinctive iconography is still used by researchers to identify their work.

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Sources & further reading

About this stop

Windham Preservation Inc. tour maps National Park Service — Windham Center Historic District Connecticut Gravestone Network — Manning family carvings

Windham Preservation Inc. is the primary source for the tour sequence, building dates and architectural notes. WPI imagery is used with approval; independently sourced photos and historical references are credited on the page where used.

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