Community Helps Tilton Cemetery Clean Up After Vandalism

Residents of Tilton and Northfield came together over the weekend to clean up the Tilton cemetery in the wake of destructive vandalism at the Tilton family mausoleum earlier in April.

Organized by members of the Tilton Historical Society, about 30 people came out to clean up the older parts of the cemetery, where the Tilton family mausoleum is located and where graves date back as far as the pre-Civil War period.

The mausoleum, which sits on top of the tallest hill in the cemetery and was constructed to house the remains of the family Tilton, which is the town’s namesake, was vandalized by an unknown assailant at some point on the night of April 15th.

Vandals cut through a brass gate and into the crypt, stealing brass fixtures but leaving the family’s remains mostly undisturbed.