Our Founding Family's Resting Place - 207 Elm Street

The cemetery at this location dates back to 1813 and is the oldest in the city. It was originally leased to the town by the honorable Jeduthun Loomis, an early upstanding citizen and Judge who agreed not to pasture cows and horses on the land but reserved the right to have a few calves and sheep roaming around. He is not buried here, but members of Montpelier’s founding family are. The grave of Colonel Jacob Davis is close to the street and fairly easy to pinpoint because of the American flags and the Revolutionary War medallion next to his tombstone. The engraving on the stone is faint, but he died in 1814 at the age of 72. His wife Rebecca lies next to him. An early historical narrative of Montpelier reports “…she was the never-failing friend of the needy and distressed, the judicious adviser of the young, and the universal object of the love and respect of all classes of the people of the settlement.”

A lot of the slate tombstones are too worn to read, but the cemetery is well maintained and if you visit at the right time you’ll see a gorgeous line of blooming hydrangea bushes bordering the street.

When you’re finished at the cemetery, continue up Elm Street, and about a block past Winter Street you’ll see a white, colonnaded house on the left-hand side of the street, which is our next stop.