Cemeteries of Mount Desert - Hillside Cemetery        
Mount Desert Cemeteries
Hillside Cemetery

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


(updated 3 August 2024)



Location. Along east side of Routes 3/198. UTM: 19T 0555451, 4911956; Lat./Long.: N 44°21′31.5″ x W 68°18′15.0″

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 4.2–4.3 miles, at the traffic light at the intersection of Routes 102/198 and 198, turn left on Route 198. The cemetery is on the left in about 1.7–1.8 miles, approximately 0.3–0.4 miles of which are beyond (south of) the intersection with Route 233 (Eagle Lake Road).

History.

Notes. Along the front of the cemetery is a white picket fence with an arch over the entrance. The grass is mowed and trimmed. This cemetery is also known as “Sound Cemetery”.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 1 December 2012)
ABEL
   Henry R. [husb. of Nadia E.] - b. 1894; d. 1980
   Nadia E. [wife of Henry R.] - b. 1892; d. 1975
ALLEN (see Allen genealogy)
   Marie B. (wife of Arnold [no stone]; mother of Mady [no stone]) - b. 12 October 1916; d. 25 October 1988
BENSON
   [Villa - see TRACY]
BLAKE
   Florence E. [wife of Walter D.] - b. 1861; d. 1951 (headstone)
   Gertrude V. - b. 27 April 1890; d. 9 December 1970 (gravestone)
   Walter D. [husb. of Florence E.] - b. 1859; d. 1942 (headstone)
BRACY (see Bracy genealogy)
   Alice M. - b. 4 May 1883; d. 4 October 1963 (gravestone)
   Sidney P. - b. 1870; d. 1948
BORDEAUX
   Benjamin (husb. of Mary C. (RICHARDSON)) - b. May 1824; d. October 1907
   Charles G. [husb. of Flora (REED)] - b. 1861; d. 1947
   Eva (RICE; [wife of Pearl S.?]) - b. 5 June 1892; d. 25 June 1970
   Flora (REED; [wife of Charles G.]) - b. 1862; d. 1943
   Harry E. [husb. of Leita M.] - b. 1882; d. 1960
   Leita M. [wife of Harry E.] - b. 1888; d. 1957
   Mary C. (RICHARDSON; wife of Benjamin) - b. November 1832; d. January 1908
   Pearl S. [husb. of Eva (RICE)?] - b. 18 January 1892; d. 13 August 1983
BROWN (see Brown genealogy)
   Arthur E. (husb. of Cora L.) - b. 1867; d. 1947
   Cora L. (wife of Arthur E.) - b. 1870; d. 1899
   John [husb. of Mary] - b. 3 February 1810; d. 2 March 1897
   Mary [wife of John] - b. 20 August 1807; d.4 28 November 1879
CARTER
   [Ada - see GRINDLE]
DUNTON
   Rubie Florence (wife of George E. [no stone]) - b. 12 November 1884; d. 15 April 1909 (gravestone; close-up)
GRAY
   Melissa Jill - b. 14 July 1971; d. 22 August 1971
GRINDLE
   Ada (CARTER; [wife of George E.?]) - b. 1907; d. 1943
   Anna C. (wife of William S.) - b. 1875; d. 1936
   George E. [husb. of Ada (CARTER)?] - b. 1899; d. 1972
   Harold W. [husb. of Julia J.] - b. 1900; d. 1969
   Julia J. [wife of Harold W.] - b. 1903; d. 1988
   Mary L. - b. 1913; d. 1992
   William S. (husb. of Anna C.) - b. 1873; d. 1942
HANSON
   Harriet M. [wife of Herbert F.] - b. 1882; d. 1943 (headstone)
   Herbert F. [husb. of Harriet M.] - b. 1888; d. [no date] (headstone)
HIGGINS
   [Amanda L. - see NEWMAN]
   Clarence E. (husb. of Sarah E.) - b. 1871; d. 1943
   Edward N. (son of Pembroke and Julia A. [no stones]) - d. 8 March 1905 Æ 25 y., 11 m., 26 d.
   Edwin M. (son of Clarence E. and Sarah E.) - d. 17 December 1919 Æ 6 y.
   Edwin M. (husb. of Julia) - b. 1841; d. 1922.; (member of 1st Maine Cavalry [Civil War])
   Julia (wife of Edwin M.) - b. 1845; d. 1918
   Mary I. [wife of Rudolph F.] - b. 1912; d. 1982 (headstone)
   Maynard (son of Pembroke and Julia A. [no stones]) - d. 26 March 1893 Æ 19 y., 10 m.
   Rudolph F. [husb. of Mary I.] - b. 1904; d. 1969 (headstone)
   Sarah E. (wife of Clarence E.) - b. 1879; d. 1926
KETCHUM
   Flora E. [wife of James H.] - b. 1897; d. 1986 (headstone)
   James A. [KETCHUM?] - b. 1923; d. 1972 (gravestone)
   James H. [husb. of Flora E.] - b. 1897; d. 1988 (headstone)
MANRING
   Clora [sic] T. [wife of Lewis C.] - b. 1885; d. 1969
   Lewis C. [husb. of Clora [sic] T.] - b. 1888; d. 1916
MCKAY
   Helen G. - b. 1905; d. 1994
MORRIS (see Morris genealogy)
   Edna P. (wife of Luke) - b. 30 April 1804; d. 31 May 1899
   Luke (husb. of Edna P.) - b. 2 January 1801; d. 27 November 1880
   Nancy J. (dau. of Luke and Edna P.) - d. 28 July 1864 Æ 13 y.
MURPHY (see Murphy genealogy)
   Mary E. (adopted dau. of William B. and Susan [no stone]) - d. 7 August 1870 Æ 18 y., 7 m., 18 d.
   William B. (husb. of Susan [no stone]) - d. 26 May 1899 Æ 72 y., 5 m., 29 d.
NEWMAN (see Newman genealogy)
   Amanda L. (HIGGINS; wife of G. W. [no stone]) - d. 1 September 1906 Æ 64 y., 9 m., 19 d.
NICKERSON
   Alvin B. (husb. of Susan A.) - b. 1 January 1842; d. 20 August 1899
   Susan A. (wife of Alvin B.) - b. 6 November 1843; d. 27 August 1908
NORWOOD (see Norwood genealogy)
   Julia M. (wife of Israel M. [no stone]) - d. 30 April 1878 Æ 45 y., 5 m., 25 d.
   May (dau. of Israel M. [no stone] and Julia M.) - d. 13 January 1871 Æ 13 m. [sic], 8 d.
   [Rose - see TRACY]
OUELLETTE
   Harriet H. [wife of Joseph C.] - b. 1932; d. 1975 (headstone)
   Joseph C. [husb. of Harriet H.] - [no dates] (headstone)
REED
   [Flora - see BORDEAUX]
RICE
   [Eva - see BORDEAUX]
RICHARDSON
   Bashebee C. (wife of David) - b. 25 October 1797; d. 24 September 1881
   Bloomfield T. (husb. of Melissa) - b. 1840; d. 1919; (member of 1st Maine Heavy Artillery [Civil War])
   [Charlotte "Lottie" - see TRACY]
   Charlotte C. (wife of Capt. James M.) - b. 1839; d. 1916
   David (husb. of Bashebee C.) - b. 2 September 1797; d. 5 August 1878
   Freddie L. (son of Capt. James M. and Charlotte C.) - d. 11 October 1874 Æ 14 y., 3 m., 6 d.
   George M. ("only son" of Capt. Benjamin [no stone] and Hannah H.) - d. 28 August 1864 Æ 18 y., 3 m., 11 d.
   Gerald E. (husb. of Margaret L.) - b. 1875; d. 1938
   Hannah H. (wife of Capt. Benjamin [no stone]) - d. 22 March 18[...]1 Æ 53 y.
   James M. (Capt.; husb. of Charlotte C.) - b. 1837; "lost at sea" 1885
   Joann M. (wife of Sibley P.) - d. 9 July 1879 Æ 59 y., 1 m., 7 d.
   Margaret L. (wife of Gerald E.) - b. 1862; d. 1952
   [Mary C. - see BORDEAUX]
   Melissa (wife of Bloomfield T.) - d. 13 December 1904 Æ 57 y., 2 m., 24 d.
   Sibley P. (husb. of Joann M.) - d. 2 May 1889 Æ 76 y., 11 m., 19 d.
ROBINSON
   Abraham - d. 8 October 1864 Æ 8 y., 7 m., 8 d.
SARGENT
   Cora A. [wife of Roderick H.] - b. 1867; d. 1953
   Diama [sic] (wife of Giles H.) - b. 1836; d. 1877
   Emily C. (wife of George W.) - b. 18585; d. 1917
   George W. (husb. of Emily C.) - b. 1837; d. 1903
   Giles H. (husb. of Diama [sic]) - b. 1829; d. 1908
   John S. [husb. of Lucy A.] - b. 1827; d. 1911
   Lucy A. [wife of John S.] - b. 1825; d. 1904
   Mary (wife of Stephen [no stone]) - d. 27 April 1847 Æ 29 y., 6 m.
   Nina K. (dau. of George W. and Emily C.) - d. 20 September 18655 Æ 1 y.5
   Roderick H. [husb. of Cora A.] - b. 1869; d. 1949
   Walter - b. 1867; d. 1937 (gravestone)
SMITH
   Harry D. (husb. of Olivia H.) - b. 1889; d. [no date] (headstone)
   Olivia H. (wife of Harry D.) - b. 1887; d. 1942 (headstone)
STANLEY
   Beula N. [wife of Joseph C.] - b. 1897; d. 1944
   Gilmore E. - b. 1936; d. 2008 (lot; gravestone)
   Grace B. [wife of Harvey M. "Nipper"] - b. 20 August 1904; d. 10 June 1995 Æ 90 y.6 (lot; headstone; gravestone)
   Harvey M. "Nipper" [husb. of Grace B.] - b. 1903; d. 1982 (lot; headstone)
   Joseph C. [husb. of Beula N.] - b. 1878; d. 1950
TAYLOR
   Kathy I. - b. 19 March 1956; d. 21 March 1956
   Kenneth M. - b. 20 November 1908; d. 19 September 1991
TRACY
   Caleb T. [husb. of Grace H.] - b. 1893; d. 1931
   Caleb T. - b. 1950; d. 1976
   Charlotte "Lottie" (RICHARDSON; wife of Jones) - b. 1863; d. 1939
   Clarence [TRACY?] - [no dates]
   Florington Y. [son of Henry and Lydia F.] - b. 10 July 1863; d. [1 or 16]2 March 1885 Æ 21 y., 8 m., 6 d.
   Grace H. [wife of Caleb T.] - b. 1890; d. [no date]
   Henry (husb. of Lydia F.) - b. 26 August 1817; d. 31 January 1898
   infant (dau. of Henry, Jr. [no stone] and Villa (BENSON)) - [no dates]
   Jones (husb. of Rose (NORWOOD) and Charlotte "Lottie" (RICHARDSON)) - b. 1856; d. 1939
   Julia [dau. of Jones and Rose (NORWOOD)?] - b. 1891; d. 1891
   Lydia F. (wife of Henry) - b. 3 October 1823; d. 7 July 1896
   Melvin Frost - b. 3 August 1901; d. 29 December 1960
   Pauline H. [wife of Ralph J.] - b. 1906; d. 1986
   Ralph J. [husb. of Pauline H.] - b. 1903; d. 1979
   Rose (NORWOOD; wife of Jones) - b. 1857; d. 1891
   Shirley D. [wife of Woodbury H.] - b. 1919; d. 2001
   Villa (BENSON; wife of Henry, Jr. [no stone]) - d. 17 July 1883 Æ 30 y., 6 m., 9 d.
   William B. "Willie" (son of Henry, Jr. [no stone] and Villa (BENSON)) - d. 17 March 1878 Æ 4 m., 13 d.
   Woodbury H. [husb. of Shirley D.] - b. 1916; d. 1986
WASGATT
   Daniel H. (husb. of Rebecca C.) - d. 20 September 1897 Æ 74 y., 1 m.
   Rebecca C. (wife of Daniel H.) - d. 4 January 1917 Æ 89 y., 1 m., 28 d.
   Warren C. - b. 1861; d. 1927
[...]
   [...]3


Notes:
   1Stone broken.
   2Different on different stones.
   3A broken bottom of a stone; next to Mary (wife of Stephen SARGENT).
   4Mary Brown's stone reads "Deid" instead of "Died".
   5The birth date of Emily C. (wife of George W. SARGENT), the death date and age at death of Nina K., and the relationship of Nina K. to Emily C. are all clearly readable.
   6As of 26 March 2008, the plastic covering on the temporary marker was laying on the ground and the paper that contained the birth and death data was gone.



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