Coes Lot

Location: Section 38

A rare survival with its nineteenth century fence virtually intact, this family lot was purchased in 1874 for $300 by Loring Coes, one of the cemetery's five original commissioners. Loring and his younger brother Aury were the inventors of the monkey wrench. In 1869, Aury and Loring dissolved their partnership, with Aury taking over the Webster Square wrench factory and Loring, the family knife shop on Mill Street. Until about 1925, the Coes gardener attended to the upkeep of the lot. Like many 19th century lots, the gravestones are as individual as the occupants.