J. Alden Weir
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1919
American Impressionist associated with Windham and Branchville; WPI notes that he produced hundreds of works and spent substantial time in the Windham area.
Map 7 · 12 stops
Windham Center Cemetery
A 12-stop graveyard micro-tour. GPS gets you to the cemetery; inside the grounds, follow WPI’s numbered diagram because phone location is too coarse for individual stones.
Interactive map unavailable? The numbered stop list and WPI map above still work offline.
Original WPI order
Stops on this tour
Eleazer S. Fitch
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1891
A Yale-educated lawyer and merchant who served in provincial forces during the French and Indian War and later held county office.
Dr. Chester Hunt
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1869
Windham physician and Yale graduate whose medical office survives on the Green and whose estate helped establish a lasting local collection.
Henry Slaymaker Walcott
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1871
Merchant and banker who became president of the Windham Bank during the 1860s.
Andrew Thompson Judson
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1853
Attorney, state legislator, congressman, and U.S. district judge; WPI discusses his role in major nineteenth-century Connecticut legal cases.
Josiah Manning
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1806
A prolific gravestone carver whose locally distinctive stones appear across the region.
Mary Whiting Clap
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1736
Her headstone and footstone were carved by Obadiah Wheeler of Lebanon, whose work is recognized by distinctive carving conventions.
Col. Ebenezer Gray
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1795
A Windham lawyer and Revolutionary-era officer who served in multiple military roles during the war.
Eliphalet Dyer
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1807
Yale-educated lawyer, Revolutionary-era political leader, Continental Congress delegate, and military officer.
John Cates
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1697
An early English settler associated with Windham’s first settlement period; WPI notes that his original tabletop memorial was later replicated.
Col. Jedediah Elderkin
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1793
Prominent lawyer, legislator, judge, militia colonel, and Revolutionary leader.
Shubael Abbe
219 Windham Center Road · d. 1804
Merchant, Yale graduate, farmer, and civic leader who held a range of town offices.
More context
Stories connected to this route
How to read the stones
WPI’s map points out local carving traditions including winged faces, cherubs, urn-and-willow motifs, and distinctive work by Josiah Manning and other regional carvers.
Why GPS stops at the gate
Consumer phone GPS can drift by several yards or more. In a compact graveyard, that is not enough to reliably identify a specific stone, so this guide uses the original WPI diagram for the final navigation.
Sources & further reading
Where this history comes from
Windham Preservation Inc. tour maps National Park Service — Windham Center Historic District National Park Service — Julian Alden Weir U.S. House Historian — Eliphalet Dyer U.S. House Historian — Andrew Thompson Judson
Stop-specific descriptions are adapted from Windham Preservation Inc.’s published tour materials. Supplemental links add context where a reliable external source is available.