Cemeteries of Mount Desert - Blanchard Family Burial Ground        
Mount Desert Cemeteries
Blanchard Family Burial Ground

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
info@vfthomas.com


(updated 7 May 2024)



Location. Set back from Blanchard Road. UTM: 19T 0551469, 4909868; Lat./Long.: N 44°20′24.9″ x W 68°21′15.6″

Directions: From the intersection of Routes 3 and 102/198 at the north end of Mount Desert Island, go straight ahead (south) onto Routes 102/198. In approximately 5.2 miles (and at the south end of the village of Somesville), turn right onto Pretty Marsh Road (Route 102). In about 0.2–0.3 miles, turn left onto Beech Hill Road. (Note: this turn is easy to pass as it is just over a hill and in a curve.) Travel about 1.1–1.2 miles to the intersection (on the right) with Blanchard Road. Turn right onto Blanchard Road, and in less than 0.1 miles on the left is a field with (in 2011) a mowed path leading up to the cemetery. The cemetery is not visible from the road.

History:

Notes: The burial ground is enclosed by a wood post and rail fence that has two courses of rails and two openings for entrances/exits. Within this enclosure three stones and some plantings are further enclosed by a low, wire fence. The grass is mowed and trimmed.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers: (complete as of 8 July 2011)
BAGLEY
   [Muriel - see BLANCHARD]
BLANCHARD
   [Diane - see MACNAUGHTON]
   Maynard D. [husb. of Muriel (BAGLEY)] - [no dates] (gravestone)
   Muriel (BAGLEY; [wife of Maynard D.]) - b. 1920; d. 1965 (gravestone)
MACNAUGHTON (see MacNaughton genealogy)
   Diane (BLANCHARD) - b. 10 June 1953; d. 2 August 2006 (gravestone)



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