Location: South of Fernald Point Road. UTM: 19T 0554009, 4904470; Lat./Long.: N 44°17′29.3″ x W 68°19′22.9″

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 9.7–9.8 miles (5.4–5.5 miles of which are south of the traffic light at the intersection of Route 102/198 and Route 198), turn left onto Fernald Point Road. In about 0.2 miles the road rises and curves to the left. On the right in this curve is a paved drive that leads to the cemetery. The cemetery is on the right in approximately 0.1 miles.

History: This cemetery is on land that was part of a 100-acre parcel owned by William Gilley in 1808 according to the Salem Towne Jr. map. According to the 1939 book Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie Rebecca Carroll), “[n]eighbors settled near him and Mr. Gilley allowed graves of his family and friends to be made in a corner of his field, which in time was laid out as a cemetery and is known as the Gilley yard.” (p. 214)

Notes: An elaborate fence along one end of the cemetery and along part of the opposite end is falling down. Many large and nearly buried boulders along the side of the cemetery next to the road suggest some sort of stone wall at one time. Some gravestones are leaning or laying on the ground. In her 1939 book Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie Rebecca Carroll) reported (pp. 214 and 215) that buried in unmarked graves are William Gilley and wife Eunice (Bunker) Gilley; Henry Edmund Day, first wife Abigail (Gilley) Day, and second wife Mahala (Dolliver) Holmes; Mr. and Mrs. Elias Ginn; Capt. and Mrs. Samuel Rumill; Mrs. Jane Gross; Reuben Higgins and wife Susan and two daughters; and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Somers and daughter Sally (Somers) (Clark) Gardiner. In addition to the above, ‥[t]here are many unmarked graves in this yard and no one now knows the names or history of many who lie here.” (p. 216)

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers: (complete as of 2 July 2012)
CRANE
   Abigail B. (wife of John T. G. [no stone]) - d. 10 February 1870 Æ 84 y., 2 m. (gravestone; footstone)
   Elisha B. (Capt.) - d. 22 June 1843 Æ 38 y., 3 m., 3 d. (gravestone; footstone)
DAY (see Day genealogy)
   Benjamin G. (son of Henry E. and Abigail P. [no stones]) - d. 19 November 1863 Æ 16 y., 10 m.
   Delphenia G. (dau. of Henry E. and Abigail P. [no stones]) - d. 22 November 1863 Æ 1 y., 1 m.
   Emeline C. (dau. of Henry E. and Abigail P. [no stones]) - d. 24 October 1863 Æ 10 y., 8 d.
   Mahala - b. 1825; d. 1907
DODGE
   Gertie L. (dau. of L. M. and T. E. [no stones]) - d. 18 January 1876 Æ 3 y., 6 m., 6 d.
FISKE
   [Emeline HOLMES - see HAMOR]
GILLEY (see Gilley genealogy)
   Abigail C. (wife of Benjamin) - d. 7 August 1881 Æ 82 y., 2 m., 27 d.
   Benjamin (husb. of Abigail C.) - d. 9 September 1875 Æ 78 y., 2 m., 9 d.
   Carrie C. (wife of Charles B.) - d. 3 December 1879 Æ 28 y., 3 m.
   Charles B. (husb. of Delphina I. and Carrie C.) - b. 2 December 1841; d. 25 November 1901
   Cordelia S. (wife of Stephen M.) - b. 2 December 1833; d. 24 December 1907
   Delphina I. (wife of Charles B.) - d. 22 February 1861 Æ 19 y., 2 m.
   Jennie F. (dau. of Stephen M. and Cordelia S.) - d. 17 June 1872 Æ 12 y., 4 m., 14 d.
   Orin Leslie (son of Charles B. and Delphina I.) - d. 16 August 1861 Æ 8 m., 12 d.
   Stephen M. (husb. of Cordelia S.) - b. 29 April 1829; d. 28 January 1910; (member of Co. G, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery [Civil War])
HAMOR
   Emeline HOLMES (FISKE²; wife of Seth H.) - b. 1832; d. 1913
   Seth H. (husb. of Emeline HOLMES (FISKE²)) - b. 1826; d. 21 October 1880 Æ 54 y., 7 m.
HIGGINS (see Higgins genealogy)
   Lucretia P. (dau. of Robert and Mary [no stones]; granddau. of Leonard HOLMES and Mary) - d. 10 November 1878 Æ 39 y., 12 d.
HOLMES
   [Ann L. P. or Louisa A.]¹ (wife of Lewis [no stone]) - d. 2 November 1898 Æ 75 y., 9 m., 15 d.
   Catharine (dau. of Lewis [no stone] and [Ann L. P. or Louisa A.]¹; twin of Emeline) - d. 11 July 1846 Æ 12 d.
   Emeline (dau. of Lewis [no stone] and [Ann L. P. or Louisa A.]¹; twin of Catharine) - d. 9 July 1846 Æ 10 d.
   [Emeline C. - see HAMOR]
   Estella J. (dau. of John M. and Mahala [no stone]) - d. 20 June 1852 Æ 15 m.
   John M. (husb. of Mahala [no stone]) - d. 10 June 1864 Æ 39 y., 10 m., 20 d.
   Leonard (husb. of Mary) - d. 15 January 1869 Æ 80 y., 10 m., 19 d.
   Lewis E. (son of Lewis [no stone] and [Ann L. P. or Louisa A.]¹) - d. 30 October 1849 Æ 5 y., 8 m., 19 d.
   Mary (wife of Leonard) - d. 6 April 1876 Æ 83 y., 8 m.
REYNOLDS
   Mercy C. (wife of William D.) - d. 15 September 1896 Æ 70 y., 6 m., 10 d.
   Sarah R. (wife of Bion B. [no stone]) - d. 15 January 1896 Æ 38 y., 17 d.
   William D. (husb. of Mercy C.) - b. 1825; d. 1901
ROBBINS
   David M. (husb. of Lydia M.) - b. 5 July 1830; d. 5 January 1907
   Ellen F. (dau. of David M. and Lydia M.) - d. 6 February 1864 Æ 4 y., 4 d.
   Lydia M. (wife of David M.) - d. 27 March 1875 Æ 37 y., 9 m.
ROGERS
   Frederick G. (son of Rev. Charles and Jennie [no stones]) - d. 13 August 1881 Æ 3 y., 8 m.
TARR
   Andrew (Capt.; husb. of Susan) - d. 4 May 1875 Æ 79 y.
   Susan (wife of Capt. Andrew) - d. 20 May 1890 Æ 91 y., 10 m., 11 d.

Notes:
   ¹Different on different stones.
   ²Research has shown that Emeline C. Holmes married first Seth H. Hamor and, following his death, a Fiske.