Tremont Cemeteries
Ober Cemetery

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


(updated 30 July 2011)



Location. Set back from northwest side of Cape Road. UTM: 19T 0546994, 4906874; Lat./Long.: N 44°18′49.0″ x W 68°24′38.7″

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 the cemetery is on the right in about 0.3–0.4 miles.

History.

Notes. The grass of the cemetery proper as well as that of a path leading to it is mowed by the town. No fence encloses the cemetery, but survey markers were found (2000) at three of the likely corners.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 9 April 2008)
BUTLER
   Beatrice I. [wife of Clarence W.] - b. 1914; d. 1960
   Clarence W. [husb. of Beatrice I.] - b. 24 March 1908; d. 8 September 1966
   Lawrence A. - b. 21 October 1912; d. 24 March 1968
CAMPBELL
   Collin A. (husb. of Emma J.) - b. 1837; d. 1928
   Emma J. (wife of Collin A.) - b. 1854; d. 1916
DOW
   Josie - [no dates]
FARRELL
   William J. - d. 31 January 1878 Æ 50 y., 6 m., 22 d.
   HARPER
   Glendon L. - b. 13 March 1893; d. 31 December 1958
   Sarah Matilda (wife of Alfred, Jr. [no stone]) - d. 24 March 1854 Æ 18 y., 5 m., 10 d.
HERRICK
   Fannie (OBER) - b. 18[6?]83; d. 1910
HODGDON
   Elizabeth S. (wife of Samuel) - b. 19 March 1830; d. 13 January 1921
   Joel K. (husb. of Lizzie E. J.) - b. 1851; d. 1939
   Leona S. - b. 16 October 1886; d. 15 March 1899
   Lizzie E. J. (wife of Joel K.) - d. 2 September 1889 Æ 32 y., 11 m.
   Rebecca (wife of Samuel [no stone]) - d. 13 June 1873 Æ 84 y., 10 m., 6 d.
   Samuel (husb. of Elizabeth S.) - b. 12 December 1822; d. 21 December 1902
   Seth S. (son of Samuel and Elizabeth S.) - d. 2 October 1861 Æ 1 y., 7 m., 17 d.
KENNEY
   [Ellen - see OBER]
OBER [includes OBEAR]
   Abbie T. - b. 4 February 1877; d. 7 December 1897
   Aram T. - b. 1835; d. 1919
   Caroline B. (wife of Capt. William) - d. 26 October 1856 Æ 27 y., 11 m., 23 d.
   Edna [OBER?] - b. 30 August 1902; d. 28 October 1902
   Ellen (KENNEY; wife of Capt. William) - b. 1837; d. 1909
   [Fannie - see HERRICK]
   Henrietta (wife of John W. [no stone]) - d. 19 March 1871 Æ 21 y., 19 d.
   Isiphenia H. (dau. of Deacon William and Martha) - d. 16 March 1860 Æ 17 y., 10 m., 8 d.
   James (son of Deacon William and Martha) - d. 19 March 1835 Æ 7 m., 26 d.
   Leon C. (son of George S. and Linda C. [no stones]) - d. 14 May 1890 Æ 2 m., 20 d.
   Margaret Ann (dau. of Deacon William and Martha) - d. 11 September 1853 Æ 21 y., 3 m.
   Martha (wife of Deacon William) - d. 19 April 1871 Æ 73 y., 1 m., 5 d.
   Nellie Mary (dau. of Capt. William and Ellen (KENNEY)) - d. 20 March 1865 Æ 8 m., 8 d.
   Ralph F. (son of Capt. William and Ellen (KENNEY)) - d. 25 March 1862 Æ 1 y., 2 d.
   [Serena S. - see WINSLOW]
   Seth Randall (son of Capt. William and Caroline B.) - d. 22 January 1857 Æ 2 y., 8 m., 8 d.
   Will A. - b. 1872; d. 1908
   William (Capt.; husb. of Caroline B. and Ellen (KENNEY)) - d. 3 September 1893 Æ 70 y., 11 m., 19 d.
   William (Deacon; husb. of Martha) - d. 26 February 1867 Æ 66 y., 9 m., 14 d.
ROBBINS
   Abra[ha]m1 (Capt.; husb. of Martha O.) - b. 24 September 1824; d. 5 February 1905
   Addison O. (husb. of Emma J.) - b. 2 December 1833; d. 22 January 1908
   Emma J. (wife of Addison O.) - b. 27 March 1838; d. 5 March 1900
   Henry N. (husb. of Phebe A.) - b. 1851; d. 1930
   infant (son of Capt. Abra[ha]m1 and Martha O.) - d. 12 February 1852 Æ 12 d.
   Martha O. (wife of Capt. Abra[ha]m1) - b. 23 January 1828; d. 23 March 1903
   Phebe A. (wife of Henry N.) - b. 1858; d. 1930
   Viola N. (dau. of Capt. Abra[ha]m1 and Martha O.) - d. 23 March 1868 Æ 1 y., 6 m., 7 d.
ROBINSON
   Abram R. (son of John H. and Mary H. [no stones]) - d. 25 January 1887 Æ 18 y., 10 d.
   Walter (son of John and Hannah [no stones]) - d. 24 December 1870 Æ 24 y., 9 m.
STEWART
   George Lynwood - b. 1901; d. 1905
STROUT
   Olive A. - b. 1957; d. 1975
WHITE
   Lovisa [wife of Michael] - b. 1816; d. 1895
   Michael [husb. of Lovisa] - b. 1809; d. 1869
WINSLOW
   Serena S. (OBER; dau. of Deacon William OBER and Martha; wife of Sumner [no stone]) - d. 10 March 1861 Æ 21 y., 1 m., 1 d.
WONG
   Tony - b. 1903; d. 1972
[…]
   […]2 - d. 26 December […]2 Æ 51 y., […]2

Notes:
   1Different on different stones.
   2Stone broken.
   3The inscription was marked in concrete and is difficult to read.



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