WHITMORE FAMILY CEMETERY, FREDERICK CO., MD

Tom's Creek, MD

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NAME                     BIRTH          DEATH          NOTES
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WHITMORE, Abraham        1747           Dec 1812       Son of Benjamin & Mary Whitmore

WHITMORE, Barbara                       May 14, 1863   Aged 59Y-7M | Daughter of Christian Whitmore & Elizabeth Shealy

WHITMORE, Benjamin                      Aug 5, 1769

WHITMORE, Benjamin, Sr.                 Mar 11, 1818   In memory of .. who departed this life .. aged 84 years | Son of Benjamin & Mary

WHITMORE, Christian                     May 26, 1862   Aged 86Y-9M-6D | Son of Abraham Whitmore & Elizabeth Yerty

WHITMORE, Elizabeth                     Mar 1, 1846    Nee: Shealy | 70Y-6M-28D | Wife of Christian

WHITMORE, Elizabeth                     1793           Nee: Yerty | Wife of Abraham

WHITMORE, Fred                          May 6, 1858    Aged 45Y-4M-12D | Son of Christian Whitmore & Elizabeth Shealy

WHITMORE, Mary                          Apr 4, 1820    In memory of .. who departed this life .. aged 67Y-11M | Nee: Hockersmith
                                                       Wife of Benjamin, Sr.

WHITMORE, Mary O.                       May 22, 1798   Wife of Benjamin


Contributor Notes:

The cemetery records of the Whitmore Family Of Frederick Co., MD as recorded
in The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 52, 1964 and updated
December 18, 2009 from other sources.

Also known as the Dern Farm Cemetery, is in what was once Toms Creek Hundred, south
of Toms Creek Cemetery (SE of Emmittsburg). Toms Creek Cemetery, consists of two
cemeteries.These graves are the earliest in the locality.

To get to the Dern farm, go south on the Sixes Road, from the Tom's Creek Church, turn
right and follow a lane to the Dern residence. Follow the lane, cross a fence, and the
stones are among clumps of trees and brush, surrounded by a woven wire fence. All the
stones were carefully examined, and data copied on September 16, 1956.

Although the remains of the cemetery are still located on the farm, the stones have been
moved to the Mountain View Cemetery, Emmitsburg. As I understand, the reason for moving
the gravestones was that Frederick County had plans to flood the area for a large reservoir
but it was never constructed.