Monument in honor of John Brooks.
August 6, 1838. David Kimball in behalf of Subscribers asked permission to erect a Granite Monument to the memory of John Brooks in the Old Burying Ground and enclose the same with edgestones in an oval form not exceeding 13 × 9 feet Thereupon Voted—To assent to the erection of said monument, (if it covers no recent grave or standing monument) Vol. 4, p. 79.The body of Governor Brooks is supposed to lie in one of the tombs on the Salem Street side of the burial grounds; the exact one is not known. He died March 1, 1825.
