Ludden Cemetery
Canton, Oxford County, Maine

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 111 - Shawmut, Maine  04975
info@vfthomas.com


(updated 5 April 2021




Location. In woods north of Canton Point Road. UTM: 19T 0394730, 4927279; Lat./Long.: N 44°29′28.1″ x W 70°19′26.3″

Directions. From the intersection of Routes 108 and 140, travel north on Route 140 approximately 2.4 miles to an intersection on the left with Canton Point Road. Turn left onto Canton Point Road, and a trail leading to the cemetery is on the right in approximately 2.3 miles. The trail crosses a brook (the bridge was out on 15 April 2016), and the cemetery is on the left a short distance after the brook crossing.

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers: (incomplete2)
BENNETT (see Bennett genealogy)
   Eunice (wife of Josiah) - d. 9 August 1859 Æ 70 y. (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   J. C. (husb. of Sarah G.) - b. 17 March 1827; d. 3 January 1904 (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Josiah (husb. of Eunice) - d. 18 March 1867 Æ 79 y. (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Sarah G. (wife of J. C.) - b. 25 July 1828; d. 8 July 1898 (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
EASTMAN
   Hiram C. - d 5 November 1859 Æ 22 y. (grave, gravestone [image by Rob Marshall], footstone)
ELLIS (see Ellis genealogy)
   Ruth Ann G. (wife of Hiram A. [no stone]) - d. 12 April 186-1 Æ 34 y. (gravestone)
GOULD
   J. Granville (husb. of Ruth Ann) - b. 1833; d. 1914 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Ruth Ann (wife of J. Granville) - b. 1861 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall)
HARLOW (see Harlow genealogy)
   Caroline (dau. of Samuel and Mary T.) - b. 1837; d. 1853
   Charles H. (son of Samuel and Mary T.) - b. age 10 y., 1 m., 6 d. at death; d. 26 June 1851 (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Jennette C. (wife of Thomas) - b. 1826; d. 1908
   John (son of Samuel and Mary T.) - b. 1827; d. 1853
   Mary T. (wife of Samuel; mother of Salome, John, Russell, Caroline, and Charles H.) - b. 1802; d. 1885 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Russell (son of Samuel and Mary T.) - b. 1833; d. 1868
   Salome (dau. of Samuel and Mary T.) - b. 1822; d. 1838
   Samuel (husb. of Mary T.; father of Salome, John, Russell, Caroline, and Charles H.) - b. 1798; d. 1877 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Thomas (husb. of Jennette C.) - b. 1824; d. 1871
HOLT
   Charles F. - b. 6 April 1858; d. 12 November 1891 (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
LUDDEN
   Alvin L. (husb. of Nettie) - b. 18 August 1840; d. 10 April 1910
   Bertrand C. (husb. of Eunice E.) - b. 1869; d. 1919 (headstone)
   Catherine B. [wife of Daniel] - b. 22 June 1800; d. 11 August 1882 (monument side)
   Daniel [husb. of Catherine B.] - b. 24 May 1798; d. 12 September 1881 (monument side)
   Daniel V. - b. 24 February 1847; d. 24 February 1849 (monument side)
   Electa L. (dau. of J. Madison and Flora L.) - d. 10 March 1874 Æ 2 y., 9 m., 15 d. (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Eunice E. (wife of Bertrand C.) - b. 1862; d. 1920 (headstone)
   Flora L. (wife of J. Madison; mother of Electa L.) - b. 22 August 1850; d. 7 June 1887 (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])
   J. Madison (husb. of Flora L. and Nellie A.; father of Electa L.) - b. 1845; d. 1917 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Josiah B. - b. 25 April 1834; d. 10 March 1836 (monument side)
   Nellie A. (wife of J. Madison) - b. 1850; d. 1910 (headstone [image by Rob Marshall])
   Nettie (wife of Alvin L.) - b. 14 October 1852; d. 3 December 1897
   Roswell D. - b. 26 January 1839; d. 2 March 1840 (monument side)
WILSON
   Assyria [wife of Mark H.] - d. 2 March 1879 Æ 74 y.
   Content (wife of Mark) - d. 2 April 1867 Æ 80 y., 6 m. (grave; gravestone; footstone)
   Frederic - d. 5 July 1853 Æ 71 y. (grave; gravestone [image by Rob Marshall]; footstone)
   Mark (husb. of Content) - d. 2 May 1859 Æ 79 y. (grave; gravestone; footstone)
   Mark H. [husb. of Assyria] - b. 5 January 1822; d. 31 October 1883 (gravestone)
   Olive (wife of Mark) - d. 18 March 1838 Æ 89 y. (gravestone [image by Rob Marshall])



Notes:
   1Stone broken.
   2A transcription of Maine Old Cemetery Association includes entries for the following stones that were not found on 15 April 2016, but they may have been covered by leaves:
         L.
            G. W.
            J.
            J. C.
         WILSON
            George - [no dates]
            Mark (husb. of Olive) - d. 28 August 1804 Æ 62 y.
            S. W. - [no dates]


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