Stanley-Hadlock Cemetery
Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine

a service of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 55 - Bass Harbor, Maine  04653
info@vfthomas.com


(updated 23 July 2011)





Location. Northwest end of Little Cranberry, near Hadlock Point.

Directions. From the boat dock, follow the paved road to the left. Turn of this road onto the second paved road on the left. At the first intersection (with a paved road to the right and a gravel road to the left), turn left. Watch on the right in approximately 75 feet for a mowed path that leads to the cemetery.

History.

Notes. This cemetery, sometimes called the Hadlock Cemetery, is not enclosed by a fence. Several stones are leaning or laying on the ground. The grass is mowed and trimmed.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers.
BLUNT
   H. H. (HAMILTON; wife of William P.) - b. 1 March 1803; Mount Desert, Maine; d. 20 October 1895, Bolton, Massachusetts
   William P. (husb. of H. H. (HAMILTON)) - b. 31 March 1798, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; d. 23 June 1830, Ilsford [sic], Maine
BRYANT
   Lena M. (wife of Alonzo J. [no stone]) - d. 28 October 1893 Æ 23 y., 2 m., 17 d.
   Ralph A. - b. 1892; d. 1982
BUNKER
   Flora E. (wife of Francis W.) - b. 1879; d. 1955
   Francis W. (husb. of Flora E.) - b. 1880; d. 1943
   infant (son of Francis W. and Flora E.) - [b. and?] d. 3 October 1904
FORHAN
   John - "lost at sea" 13 December 1852 Æ 18 y.
GOTT
   Amanda M. (dau. of Nathaniel and Huldah H. [no stones]) - d. 27 February 1849 Æ 10 y., 8 m.
   Charles T. (son of Nathaniel and Huldah H. [no stones]) - d. 26 October 1857 Æ 16 y., 4 m., 9 d.
HADLOCK
   Edna C. (wife of George R.) - b. 1885; d. 1949
   Edwin (husb. of Mary A.) - b. 17 January 1814; d. 16 September 1875
   Edwin H. - b. 1865; d. 1938
   Elijah (son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah) - d. 1 July 1828, West Indies, Æ 32 y.
   Ella G. [wife of William E.] - b. 1911; d. 1984
   Elmer C. - b. 26 April 1909; d. 22 March 1982
   Epps (son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah) - "lost at sea" January 1831 Æ 25 y.
   Frances H. (wife of Col. William E.) - b. 1835; d. 1916
   George R. (husb. of Edna C.) - b. 1880; d. 1958
   George R. Jr. (son of George R. and Edna C.) - b. 1921; d. 1943
   Georgie (wife of Capt. Gilbert T.) - d. 6 August 1880 Æ 38 y., 11 m.
   Gilbert T. (Capt.; husb. of Georgie) - b. 1837; d. 1917
   Grace M. (wife of Walter) - b. 1871; d. 1955
   infant (dau. of Walter and Grace M.) - [no dates]
   Jonathan G. (son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah) - "lost at sea" 1 January 1831 Æ 20 y.
   Mark Dale - b. 1960; d. 1983
   Mary A. (wife of Edwin) - b. 22 July 1816; d. 23 December 1888
   Samuel (Capt.; husb. of Sarah) - d. 24 September 1854 Æ 84 y.
   Samuel, Jr. (son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah) - "lost at sea" 1829 Æ 38 y.
   Sarah (wife of Capt. Samuel) - d. 1 October 1861 Æ 90 y.
   Walter (husb. of Grace M.) - b. 1870; d. 1927
   Wendell Stanwood - b. 1911; d. 1978; bur. Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth
   William E. (Col.; husb. of Frances H.) - b. 1834; d. 1911 Æ 76 y.; (member 28th Maine Regiment [Civil War])
   William E. [husb. of Ella G.] - b. 1913; d. 1994
HAMILTON
   [H. H. - see BLUNT]
JOY
   Ella M. (wife of Alden B. [no stone]) - d. 1 September 1881 Æ 21 y., 11 m., 16 d.
KNOWLES
   Samuel W. (son of Samuel H. [no stone]; grandson of Rev. George Dimock [sic] [no stone]) - d. 7 August 1855, "aboard the brig Billow", Mount Desert, Æ 21 y.
MORSE
   Fannie M. - b. 1868; d. 1903
SKALING
   Michael (son of David and Sarah [no stones]) - d. 19 September 1844 Æ 25 y.
SPRAGUE
   James C. [husb. of Nannie E.] - b. 1864; d. 1954
   Nannie E. [wife of James C.] - b. 1871; d. 1948
SPURLING
   Agnes E. (dau. of Clarence Hadlock and Lenora E.) - b. 1911; d. 1920
   Agnes H. [wife of Everett L.] - b. 1862; d. 1945
   Clarence Hadlock (husb. of Lenora E.) - b. 10 September 1886; d. 8 August 1962
   Everett L. [husb. of Agnes H.] - b. 1858; d. 1930
   Lenora E. (wife of Clarence Hadlock) - d. 25 December 1912 Æ 23 y.
   Serena W. - b. 1882; d. 1977; bur. Mt. Height Cemetery [Southwest Harbor - 4]
STANLEY [includes STANDLEY and STANLY]
   Abram R. (husb. of Hattie M.) - d. 26 August 1892 Æ 44 y., 9 m.
   Amos C. (son of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 and Esther R.) - d. 29 January 1849 Æ 11 y., 10 m.
   Belinda M. - b. 1846; d. 1935
   Elmira G. (wife of Daniel K. [no stone]) - d. 1 April 1869 Æ 25 y., 9 m.
   Emily A. (dau. of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 and Esther R.) - d. 9 February 1865 Æ 19 y., 5 m.
   Epps H. - b. 1843; d. 1902
   Esther R. (wife of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1) - d. 28 December 1862 Æ 53 y., 8 m., 17 d.
   Frances G. (son [sic] of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 and Esther R.) - d. 16 September 1858 Æ 2 y., 9 m.
   Francis G. (son of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 and Esther R.) - d. 5 August 1864, Cranberry Isles, Æ 24 y., 8 m., 21 d.; (member of Co. A, 14th Maine Regiment [Civil War])
   Freddie A. (son of Tyler H. and Hannah E.) - d. 27 October 1870 Æ 1 m.
   Hannah E. (wife of Tyler H.) - d. 21 April 1903 Æ 60 y.
   Hattie M. (wife of Abram R.) - d. 7 September 1891 Æ 40 y., 6 m., 7 d.
   Henry H. - d. 4 March 1868 Æ 37 y., 2 m.
   John (husb. of Phebe) - d. 10 May 1847 Æ 82 y.
   Lewis A. (son of Abram R. and Hattie M.) - d. 2 November 1873 Æ 4 y., 6 m., 7 d.
   Lewis P. (son of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 and Esther R.) - d. 11 January 1861 Æ 3 y., 9 m., 9 d.
   Loring A. (husb. of Velma R.) - b. 1864; d. 1910
   Lucinda ("consort" of [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1) - d. 19 September 1832 Æ 20 y.
   Margaret W. (wife of Nathan S.) - b. 13 March 1841; d. 5 January 1927
   Maria (wife of Peter) - d. 17 May 1869 Æ 61 y., 11 m., 10 d.
   Nathan S. (husb. of Margaret W.) - b. 25 April 1842; d. 14 October 1922
   Peter (husb. of Maria) - d. 7 April 1855 Æ 53 y.
   Phebe (wife of John) - d. 23 January 1830 Æ 66 y.
   [Thomas, Jr., or Thomas, 2nd]1 (husb. of Lucinda and Esther R.) - d. 16 May 1889 Æ 83 y.
   Tyler H. (husb. of Hannah E.) - b. 24 May 1837; d. 31 August 1914
   Velma R. (wife of Loring A.) - b. 1865; d. 1910
STANWOOD
   Mary (Mrs.) - d. 18 August 1842, Boston, Massachusetts, Æ 46 y.
YOUNG
   Emily [...]2 (dau. of Freeman G. and Sarah K. [no stones]) - d. 4 April 1858 Æ 9 y., 9 m., 6 d.
[...]
   [...]3 - d. [2?]83 September 1831 Æ [...]3

Notes:
   1Different on different stones.
   2Middle initial worn.
   3Inscription very faint. Stone laying on ground.



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