The oldest gravestones are from the early 1700s and are of the text-only fieldstone variety. The newest are from the early 1900s. The cemetery has a nice variety of slate gravestones from many local gravestone carvers. There are many different styles represented, from winged skulls to urn and willow.

Reverend Grindal Rawson 1658-1715 Mendon, MA

Mary was born in Mendon, MA on June 22, 1699. She was one of the ten children of Rev. Grindall Rawson and his wife, Susanna (Wilson) Rawson. Rev. Rawson came to Mendon from Boston to be the second town minister in 1680. In 1724 she married Rev. Joseph Dorr who had taken over the ministry of Mendon in 1716, a year after the death of Rev. Rawson. They had five children together, four daughters and one son, and all but one daughter would outlive their parents. Her husband passed