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 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, USA


Latitude: 44.28022, Longitude: -68.31997 | Click to get directions to Old Burying Ground
Old Burying Ground

Notes:
The cemetery was started by Ebenezer Eaton, minister of the Congregational Church, who "allowed his parishioners to lay their dead to rest on his dry, sunny hillside in what was then his field.

Notes: The paint on a sign that reads, "Old burying ground / first public cemetery / on Mount Desert Island.


Headstones

 Thumb Description Status Location Name (Died/Buried)
<div style='color:darkgreen;'><h7 style='color:darkgreen;'><b>Old Burying Ground</b></h7>
Old Burying Ground
Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine
>Find a Grave: #2486020

 
    Joanna Gott (d. 1 May 1860)
Josephine Gott (d. 28 May 1857)
Robert Gott, Sr (d. 6 Mar 1859)
Sarah Gott (d. 29 Dec 1855)
Lydia M Robinson (d. 16 Mar 1891)
Rebecca Robinson (d. 5 Apr 1848)
Reverend Rev Asa Wasgatt (d. 24 Jan 1879)
 

All Burials

 #   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Buried   Person ID 
1. Gott, Joanna   d. 1 May 1860 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I16631
2. Gott, Josephine   d. 28 May 1857 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I7038
3. Gott, Robert Sr   d. 6 Mar 1859 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I22781
4. Robinson, Daniel Ezra   d. 11 Oct 1888 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I16429
5. Robinson, Lydia M   d. 16 Mar 1891 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I15278
6. Robinson, Rebecca   d. 5 Apr 1848 Old Burying Ground, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location I7009

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