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Gary and Stacia Norman of Morris stand next to the commemorative marker placed at Harmony Cemetery by the Pomeroy Foundation. The Normans facilitated John Avedian’s search for the grave of his ancestor, Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Weston, who is buried in the cemetery. (Photo by Teresa Winchester)

Gravestone To Be Dedicated on Saturday

MORRIS—On Saturday, September 2 at 10 a.m., a grave marker dedication will take place for Benjamin Weston, a Revolutionary War ensign in the 9th Connecticut regiment who was residing in the New Lisbon area at the time of his death in 1818. The ceremony will take place at Harmony Cemetery, 164 Pegg Road, Morris. The event is free and open to the public.

The dedication marks the culmination of efforts by Weston’s fifth great-grandson, John Avedian of Winchester, Massachusetts, both to locate the grave and subsequently to work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain a grave marker to replace the original one, which had disintegrated.

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