Riverside Cemetery (Yarmouth, Maine)
 Inside the gate, looking east. Holy Cross Cemetery is at the end of this driveway. | |
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1869 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 43°47′36″N 70°10′17″W / 43.793422°N 70.171429°WCoordinates: 43°47′36″N 70°10′17″W / 43.793422°N 70.171429°W |
| Owned by | Town of Yarmouth |
| Size | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Website | https://www.riversidecemeteryme.com/ |
| Find a Grave | Riverside Cemetery |
Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.[1] Several prominent early business owners, sea captains and other townspeople are buried in the cemetery, including Leon Gorman, former president of L.L.Bean, which was founded by his grandfather, Leon Leonwood Bean.
Although it was founded in 1869,[1] Riverside Cemetery has graves dating to the 1700s.[2] The cemetery's oldest burials are on the northern side; the more recent ones are on the southern side. A long driveway, which leads to another cemetery, separates the two.
Of all burials at the cemetery between 2018 and 2020, 65% were burials of cremated remains.[2]
Holy Cross, a Catholic cemetery, is attached to Riverside to the east. They both sit about 50 feet (15 m) above the Royal River,[3] immediately to the north.
Notable burials[]
- Dr. Eleazer Burbank (1793–1867), physician and state legislator
- Edward J. Stubbs (1833–1887), shipwright
- Henry Hutchins (1819–1889), shipwright
- Dr. Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), physician[4]
- Joseph York Hodsdon (1836–1901), Maine state senator
- Herbert A. Merrill (1855–1926), American physician
- Lorenzo L. Shaw, businessman (1828–1907)
- Lyman Fessenden Walker (1836–1920), shipbuilder
- William Hutchinson Rowe (1882–1955), town historian and author[5]
- Frank Knight (1908–2012), tree warden of "Herbie"
- Leon Gorman (1934–2015), former president of L.L. Bean
- Carl Henry Winslow (1931–2020), former fire chief of Yarmouth
References[]
- ^ a b Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)
- ^ a b "Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery" – Portland Press Herald, July 27, 2021
- ^ Elevation Finder – FreeMapTools.com
- ^ Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 (1905), p. 330
- ^ Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
External links[]
- Official website
- Cemetery Records, July 2020 – yarmouthmehistory.org
- Riverside Cemetery – Find a Grave
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