The Eatonville Cemetery hillside graves of the “Revolutionary Soldier” Private Elijah Stanton (1754-1849, a distant 3rd cousin), his beloved wife Lucy (Goodell) Stanton (d.1836), and the badly damaged headstone their youngest child John Warren Stanton (d.1838, lying between) were cleaned and the family grave-site tended per-Memorial Day, 21 May 2026. Elijah's earned American Flag was replaced with a fresh flag and his headstone again treated with the VA suggested Wet and Forget product. During the Revolutionary War, Private Elijah Stanton is recorded assigned to General George Washington's personal bodyguard detail. He was previously a Connecticut Soldier POW held aboard a British Prison Ship in New York Harbor, his capture likely during Washington's Continental Army/Militia troops defeat/retreat in late summer 1776 during the Battle of Long Island period.
Note: The now inactive Eatonville Cemetery is kept well mowed by the Town of Herkimer Highway Department, Herkimer County, New York – many thanks!
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