Location. On private land off Carter Road. UTM: 19T 0545624, 4906303; Lat./Long.: N 44°18′30.8″ x W 68°25′40.7
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). Travel on Route 102 about 5.1–5.2 miles to the intersection with Cape Road on the right. Turn right onto Cape Road, and in approximately 1.2–1.3 miles, the Carter Road is on the right. The Carter Road leads to a fork in the road in about 0.1–0.2 miles. The left fork leads to the property containing the gravestones, which are under a lilac in a field.
History. These graves are on land that was part of lot #11, a 146-acre parcel, on the 1808 Salem Towne Jr. map.
Notes. The gravestones are enclosed by a low, picket fence.
Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 25 July 2011)
HODGDON
Charity (wife of Capt. Hosea) - d. 121 December 1864 Æ 41 y., 8 m., 241 d.
Hosea (Capt.; husb. of Charity) - d. 15 January 1867 Æ 41 y., 20 d.
STEWART
Albion2 K. P. - d. 11 February 1852 Æ 27 y., 3 m., 9 d.
Notes:
1Both the 12 and 24 were clear in August 1996, but they were no longer present in March 2000 due to the stone having broken between 1996 and 2000.
2Difficult to read. Only the b, i, and n of Albion could be made out. The name is clear in a photograph taken several years ago by Raymond Robbins Jr.