Tremont Cemeteries
Seal Cove Cemetery

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


(updated 31 July 2011)



Location. Along west side of Route 102 and a short distance north of the outlet of Seal Cove Pond. UTM: 19T 0547670, 4904391; Lat./Long.: N 44°17′28.3″ x W 68°24′9.0″

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 5.2 miles (and at the south end of the village of Somesville), turn right onto Pretty Marsh Road (Route 102). The cemetery is on the right in about 6.9–7.0 miles.

History.

Notes. A low wire mesh fence with wood posts and a wrought iron gate encloses the cemetery. The lawn is well maintained, but some stones are leaning, laying on the ground, and/or partially buried.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 6 June 2009)
ASHLEY
   Bernice (dau. of Roland B. and Caroline E.) - b. 1888; d. 1976
   Caroline E. (wife of Roland B.) - b. 1859; d. 1941
   Roland B. (husb. of Caroline E.) - b. 1852; d. 1945
ATCHERSON
   James R. - b. 25 August 1918; d. 11 July 1970
ATHERTON
   Benjamin (Deacon; husb. of Rachel) - d. 19 October 1884 Æ 92 y., 25 d.
   Rachel (wife of Deacon Benjamin) - [no dates]
   [Rachel A. - see FULLER]
BILLINGS
   Abby A. - b. 25 March 1855; d. 26 February 1857
   Fernando W. - b. 28 August 1860; d. 28 February 1861
   Hannah S. (DOW; wife of Stephen) - b. 21 December 1836; d. 25 July 1914
   [Harriet - see SWAIN]
   Ina May (dau. of Stephen and Hannah S. (DOW)) - d. 26 November 1873 Æ [8 or 6?]1 y., 5 m.
   Stephen (husb. of Hannah S. (DOW)) - b. 3 June 1833; d. 19 May 1909
BROWN
   [Mary Norton - see NORWOOD]
   Phebe C. (wife of William S. [no stone]) - d. 9 July 1886 Æ 30 y., 6 m.
BUTLER
   Emerline [wife of James M.?] - b. 1818; d. 1856
   Fred E. [husb. of Virgelia M.] - b. 1896; d. 1956
   James M. (husb. of [Emerline and?] Lucy J.) - b. 1815; d. 1878
   Lucy J. (wife of James M.) - b. 1833; d. 1915
   Virgelia M. [wife of Fred E.] - b. 1898; d. 1987
   William J. (son of James M. and Lucy J.) - b. 1857; d. 9 December 1879 Æ 22 y., 4 m., 7 d.
CARTER
   Ella (WALLS; [wife of Roland L.?]) - b. 1864; d. 1955
   Roland L. [husb. of Ella (WALLS)?] - b. 1879; d. 1953
CARY
   Calvin Judson (son of Rev. Calvin L. [no stone]) - d. 8 October 1834 Æ 2 y., 1 m.
COOMBS
   Alice B. (HARPER; dau. of Capt. Nehemiah A. HARPER and Sophronia D.) - b. 1867; d. 1956
CUNNINGHAM
   Josiah [husb. of Martha R.] - b. 2 August 1812; d. March 1886
   Martha R. [wife of Josiah] - b. 18 June 1798; d. 6 November 1884
DOW
   [Hannah S. - see BILLINGS]
   Mary S. [wife of Samuel?] - b. 16 January 1793; d. 21 November 1855
   Samuel [husb. of Mary S.?] - b. 31 May 1788; d. 31 October 1861
FULLER
   Charles C. (Esq.; husb. of Juli[a]ette2 [no stone] and Rachel A. (ATHERTON)) - d. 10 October 1863, Tremont, Maine, Æ 41 y., 10 m., 26 d.; (member of Co. A, 28th Maine Regiment [Civil War])
   Ella L. (WILBUR; wife of George Ripley) - b. 27 November 1870; d. 22 May 1963
   Emma Everett (dau. of Esq. Charles C. and Juli[a]ett2 [no stone]) - d. 22 August 1853 Æ 1 y., 4 m., 15 d.
   George Ripley (husb. of Ella L. (WILBUR)) - b. 15 September 1857; d. 28 June 1937
   infant (son of Esq. Charles C. and Juli[a]ette2 [no stone]) - [b. and?] d. 30 December 1849
   infant (dau. of Esq. Charles C. and Juli[a]ette2 [no stone]) - [b. and?] d. 8 April 1852
   Nellie C. (dau. of Esq. Charles C. and Rachel A. (ATHERTON)) - d. 12 September 1876 Æ 17 y., 7 m., 5 d.
   Rachel A. (ATHERTON; wife of Esq. Charles C.) - b. 25 April 1828; d. 1 January 1891
GOODWIN
   Frederic B. (son of Frederic B. and Allie B. [no stones]) - d. 28 October 1893 Æ 8 m., 20 d.
GOTT
   Joseph - d. 20 December 1873 Æ 67 y., 4 m., 19 d.
   Martha L. - b. 1 August 1816; d. 1 November 1890
HAMBLEN
   Dorothea E. “Dotty” [wife of Dwight F. Jr.] - b. 9 February 1949
   Dwight F. Jr. [husb. of Dorothea E. “Dotty”] - b. 4 September 1940; d. 21 January 2001
HAMBRO
   Joseph - d. 27 November 1937 Æ [not given]
HARPER
   [Alice B. - see COOMBS]
   Carroll E. (son of Seth A., Sr., and Sylvia M.) - b. 28 January 1930; d. 1 May 1944
   Clyde H., Sr. - b. 1931; d. 1990
   Dean L. [HARPER?] - b. 16 July 1960; d. 2 August 1960
   infant (son of Capt. Nehemiah A. and Sophronia D.) - d. 5 September 1880 Æ 1[6?]1 [d.?]1
   J. William (husb. of Minnie A.) - b. 1871; d. 1956
   James W. [husb. of Thelma E.] - b. 1927; d. 1980
   Julia K. [wife of Julian Y.] - b. 1907; d. 1988
   Julian Y. [husb. of Julia K.] - b. 1898; d. 1970
   Minnie A. (wife of J. William) - b. 1870; d. 1951
   Nehemiah A. (Capt.; husb. of Sophronia D.) - b. 1834; d. 1897
   Seth A., Sr. (husb. of Sylvia M.) - b. 1894; d. 1977
   Sophronia D. (wife of Capt. Nehemiah A.) - b. 1839; d. 1917
   Sylvia M. (wife of Seth A., Sr.) - b. 1896; d. 1986
   Thelma E. [wife of James W.] - b. 1928; d. 1995
   William M. (son of Seth A., Sr., and Sylvia M.) - [b. and?] d. 9 August 1926
HEATH
   Louisa (dau. of Esq. William [no stone]) - d. 28 August 1819 Æ 14 y.
   Sally (wife of Thomas) - d. 24 September 1825 Æ 40 y.
   Thomas (husb. of Sally) - d. 31 August 1845 Æ 60 y.
HENDERSON
   Marguerite A. - b. 28 May 1922; d. 9 January 1970
HODGDON
   Bernice L. (dau. of Frank L. and Idella J.) - b. 1891; d. 1899
   Edgar W. (son of George S. and Lillie B.) - b. 26 March 1893; d. 3 January 1912
   Frances E. (wife of Leroy R.) - b. 1860; d. 1932
   Frank A. (Dr.) - b. 1892; d. 1964
   Frank L. (husb. of Idella J.) - b. 1869; d. 1941
   Fred E. [husb. of Gladys L.] - b. 1892; d. 1966
   George S. (husb. of Lillie B.) - b. 6 April 1871; d. 10 May 1905
   Gladys L. [wife of Fred E.] - b. 1891; d. 1978
   Idella J. (wife of Frank L.) - b. 1873; d. 1940
   John F. (Capt.; husb. of Myra F.) - b. 1 January 1843; d. 13 November 1897
   Kendal [sic] Kittredge - b. 8 August 1824; d. 8 October 1902
   Leroy R. (husb. of Frances E.) - b. 1849; d. 1926
   Lillie B. (wife of George S.) - d. 31 July 1899 Æ 27 y., 6 m.
   Mary A. (wife of Gilbert H. [no stone]) - b. 5 August 1848; d. 21 January 1895
   [Maud - see LANGSTROTH]
   Myra F. (wife of Capt. John F.) - b. 9 September 1847; d. 28 December 1936
   Ruth W. - b. 1917; d. 1960
LANGSTROTH
   Maud (HODGDON; wife of Walter) - b. 1867; d. 1943
   Walter (husb. of Maud (HODGDON)) - b. 1866; d. 1945
LATTY
   Frank - b. 1878; d. 1943
   John G. (husb. of Mercie B.) - d. 13 June 1901 Æ 94 y., 10 m., 21 d.
   John T. - d. 26 February 1865 Æ 24 y., 8 m.
   Mercie B. (wife of John G.) - d. 4 May 1881 Æ 73 y., 4 m., 26 d.
   Mercy M. “Mert” (wife of Richmond L.) - d. 22 March 1903 Æ 52 y.
   Riche [sic] (son of Richmond L. and Mercy M. “Mert”) - d. 1 January 1899 Æ 5 y., 21 d.
   Richmond L. (husb. of Mercy M. “Mert”) - d. 19 August 1930 Æ 82 y., 7 m., 15 d.
MATHEW [sic]
   Mary L. (wife of Charles [no stone]) - d. 4 March 1871 Æ 27 y., 13 d.
MURPHY
   Josie H. (wife of David N. [no stone]) - b. 28 March 1875; d. 30 November 1895
   Myrtle I. (dau. of David N. [no stone] and Josie H.) - b. 4 July 1895; d. 19 January 1897
NORWOOD
   Ida M. (wife of Capt. Willard S.) - b. 1857; d. 1941
   [Lizzie4 - see SAWYER]
   Mary Norton (BROWN; wife of Oliver M.) - d. 22 February 1900 Æ 86 y., 5 m.
   Oliver M. (husb. of Mary Norton (BROWN)) - d. 5 February 1879 Æ 66 y.
   Shubel D. (son of Oliver M. and Mary Norton (BROWN)) - “lost at sea” 11 June 1857 Æ 16 y., 11 m., 15 d.
   Willard S. (Capt.; husb. of Ida M.) - b. 1844; d. 1911
   Wood W. [1st husb. of Lizzie?] - d. 1 March 1896 Æ 44 y., 4 m., 19 d.
OBER
   Albert L. - b. 1864; d. 1933
   Eliza (Mrs.) - d. 14 March 1825 Æ 33 y., 1 m., 5 d.
   Isaac M. (Capt.) - “lost at sea” December 1853 Æ 45 y.; (“lost at sea in the gale of Dec. 1853”)
   John E. [son of Joseph W. and Martha J.] - b. 1866; d. 1925
   Joseph W. [husb. of Martha J.] - b. 1836; d. 1905
   Leslie C. - b. 1845; d. 1928
   Martha J. [wife of Joseph W.] - b. 1839; d. 1921
   Zeruiah - b. 1816; d. 1880
PIERCE
   Dellie L. (wife of Rev. E. Nelson [no stone]) - d. 12 December 1888 Æ 26 y., 10 m.
   Eliza M. (wife of George M. [no stone]) - d. 28 September 1859 Æ 44 y., 3 m.
POWERS
   Angeline S. (wife of Capt. James Studley) - b. 1834; d. 1931
   James Studley (Capt.; husb. of Angeline S.) - b. 1835; d. 1907
REED
   Elmer Jesse, Sr. (husb. of Sadie A.) - b. 21 June 1907; d. 13 December 1992
   Jessie Mae - b. 1877; d. 1948
   Sadie A. (wife of Elmer Jesse, Sr.) - b. 1920; d. 1974
ROBBINS
   Lucy E. (wife of Charles, Jr. [no stone]) - d. 14 December 1873 Æ 20 y., 6 m., 20 d.
   Sherman W. - b. 3 June 1883; d. 21 April 1924
   Sidney B. - b. 1904; d. 1957
RUMILL
   Arthur H. (husb. of Lelia A.) - b. 1883; d. 1948
   Basil G. (son of Capt. Joseph H. and Eliza A.) - d. 30 January 1896 Æ 1 y., 4 m., 7 d.
   Eliza A. (wife of Capt. Joseph H.) - b. 1857; d. 1919
   Joseph H. (Capt.; husb. of Eliza A.) - b. 1855; d. 1924
   Lelia A. (wife of Arthur H.) - b. 1883; d. 1967
   Madalene [sic] B. (“infant” dau. of Arthur H. and Lelia A.) - [no dates]
SAWYER
   Abigail M. (wife of Joshua) - d. 2 May 1862 Æ 74 y.
   Benjamin (husb. of Charlotte F. D.) - b. 1817; d. 1892
   Caleb H. (husb. of Clara D.) - b. 1828; d. 1902
   Charles R. - b. 1861; d. 1943
   Charlotte F. D. (wife of Benjamin) - b. 1828; d. 1890
   Clara D. (wife of Caleb H.) - b. 1832; d. 1919
   Clara D. (dau. of Benjamin and Charlotte F. D.) - d. 11 October 1881 Æ 23 y., 8 m., 11 d.
   Eben P. - b. 1865; d. 1938
   Emily J. (dau. of Benjamin and Charlotte F. D.) - b. 1861; d. 1922
   Eva L. - b. 1863; d. 1888
   Herbert L. - b. 1870; d. 1952
   Joshua (husb. of Abigail M.) - d. 7 May 1869 Æ 84 y., 5 m., 12 d.
   Joshua, Jr. (son of Joshua and Abigail M.) - d. 8 January 1831 Æ 20 y., 10 m.
   Lizzie4 - b. 1858; d. 1939
   Richard M. - b. 1903; d. 1941
   Willard (son of Joshua and Abigail M.) - d. 7 August 1842 Æ 22 y.; (“was drowned by falling from ship Chili off Valparaiso”)
   William E. (son of Benjamin and Charlotte F. D.) - b. 1866; d. 1906; bur. “at sea”
SPRAGUE
   Josephine (wife of Eugene H. [no stone]) - b. 1880; d. 1954
STANLEY
   Avild[i]a2 B. (wife of John B.) - d. 8 January 1891 Æ 60 y., 9 m.
   Bowen - b. 8 November 1862; d. 4 March 1934
   Elmer B. (husb. of Josie B.) - b. 1864; d. 1944
   Isaac - d. 9 November 1903 Æ 43 y., 11 m.
   John B. (husb. of Avild[i]a2 B.) - d. 31 January 1893 Æ 64 y., 11 m.
   John L. - b. 27 November 1855; d. 27 November 1898
   Josie B. (wife of Elmer B.) - b. 1872; d. 1936
   M. Elva - b. 22 August 1855; d. 8 December 1945
   Martha E. [dau. of John B. and Avild[i]a2 B.] - d. 31 May 1853 Æ 2 y., 3 m.
STICKNEY
   Rodney E. (son of Frank E. and Grace M. [no stones]) - d. 27 December 1892 Æ 17 y., 5 m., 27 d.
SWAIN
   Harriet (BILLINGS) - b. 1809; d. 1879
SWAZEY [includes SWASEY]
   Dana R., Sr. - b. 21 January 1895; d. 30 November 1959
   Annie J. (YOUNG; wife of Edwin V. [no stone]) - b. 1874; d. 1928
   Joseph B. - b. 27 May 1925; d. 14 October 1944
   Joseph E. [husb. of Sarah L.] - b. 1843; d. 1925
   Lillian A. (dau. of Joseph and Almira [no stones]) - d. 25 August 1895 Æ 19 y., 6 m., 17 d.
   Olive M. - b. 1903; d. 1985
   Sarah L. [wife of Joseph E.] - b. 1862; d. 1935
   […] [headstone only]
TAYLOR
   Gladys - b. 1899; d. 1968
TINKER
   Abby S. (dau. of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 21 April 1856 Æ 6 d.
   Amanda (dau. of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 10 September 1857 Æ 3 m.
   Edward S. (son of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 15 May 1850 Æ 5 w.
   infant (dau. of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 15 June 1858 Æ [not given]
   Leonora M. (dau. of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 21 November 1857 Æ 10 y., 7 m., 15 d.
   Willie (son of William L. and Amanda B. [no stones]) - d. 21 April 1858 Æ 6 y., 9 m.
TRACEY
   Terrance A. - b. 11 September 1948; d. 8 April 2008
WADE
   Benjamin L. (husb. of Nellie M.) - d. 5 May 1874 Æ 26 y., 20 d.
   Nellie M. (wife of Benjamin L.) - d. 4 October 1872 Æ 21 y., 8 m.
WALLS
   Chester F. - b. 1881; d. 1907
   [Ella - see CARTER]
   Etta H. (wife of Wills D.) - b. 1863; d. 1934
   infant (son of [not given]) - [b. and?] d. 1896
   Jacob B. (husb. of Sophronia D.) - b. 1822; d. 1902
   James M. - b. 1857; d. 1902
   John (Capt.; husb. of Mary A. [no stone]) - d. 1 December 1893 Æ 68 y.
   John W. (son of Capt. John and Mary A. [no stone]) - d. 11 July 1891 Æ 26 y.
   Rose (wife of Watson) - b. 12 May 1854; d. 29 July 1940
   Sophronia D. (wife of Jacob B.) - b. 1828; d. 1898
   Watson (husb. of Rose) - b. 26 August 1851; d. 3 June 1924
   Wills D. (son of Jacob B. and Sophronia D.; husb. of Etta H.) - b. 1851; d. 1919
WILBUR
   [Ella L. - see FULLER]
YOUNG
   [Annie J. - see SWAZEY]
[…]
   Ralph - b. 1913; d. 1957
   […]1
   […]3
   […]3

Notes:
   1Stone worn and/or broken.
   2Different on different stones.
   3Base of stone only.
   4Lizzie SAWYER's name is on the same gravestone as Wood W. NORWOOD's.



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