CECIL BURIAL GROUND, KENT CO., MD Rt. # 298 (Lambs Meadow Road) This file is part of the MD Tombstone Transcription Project: http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html ********************************************* http://usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project & USGenWeb Archives by: Frances Turner Allison (allison1709@embarqmail.com) To contribute additional information and/or photographs, please contact MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager at mdcemmy@yahoo.com Contributor's Notes: Cecil Burial Ground is located in Kent Co., Maryland (originally a part of Cecil Co., hence the name) on Rt. # 298, Lambs Meadow Road, approximately 1.65 miles NE of the Kent County High School and 0.2 miles SW of Lynch. It is under the care of the Chester River Friends Meeting in Chestertown, MD. The Cecil Friends Meeting House, built before 1694, stood on the grounds and the first legible gravestone is dated 1816. This information was copied, with permission from Joseph E. Rogers, Jr., Clerk of the Cecil Burial Grounds Committee of Chester River Friends Meeting, from "The Cecil Burial Ground Handbook", prepared February, 1997. NAME BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION | NOTES ============================================================================================================== A, L. H. ALLEN, Anne 4/1805 10/1870 Wife of D.R.T. Allen ALLEN, Robert T. Dr. 11/1/1801 4/5/1858 ALLEN, Robert W. Dr. 12/10/1828 8/1/1851 ATKINSON, Hannah 1/20/1857 BALDWIN, Mary E. 4/16/1851 Wife of John E. Baldwin | In the 40th Year of her Age BOWERS, Annie E. 8/31/1808 6/18/1881 BOWERS, David William 1834 Aged 21 years BOWERS, Elizabeth 1841 Aged 39 years BOWERS, James Lamb 2/7/1810 1/4/1882 He giveth his beloved sleep BOWERS, John L. 3/23/1807 11/1/1878 BOWERS, John 1820 Aged 53 years BOWERS, John Jr. 1830 Aged 26 years BOWERS, Rebecca R. 2/12/1826 4/17/1912 BOWERS, R. L. BOWERS, Rosemond 1841 Aged 63 years BOWERS, S. L. BOWERS, Thomas 1835 BOWERS, Wm. BOWERS William L. 2/18/1861 8/29/1916 BOWERS, Wm. L. 8/5/1816 5/13/1887 BULL, Anna Webster 10/8/1830 Aged 34 years BULL, Isaac 3/21/1732 9/10/1871 HARRISON, Christopher Norris 1925 2007 HOLDING, James R. 10/12/1805 8/15/1884 HOPKINS, Elma B. 11/25/1843 4/29/1930 Wife of George R. Parrott HUNT, E. Joan 1932 2003 JOHNS, Walter Robinson, Jr. 12/21/1912 11/13/1992 He touched others LAMB, R. Aged 72 LAMB, Thomas A. Aged 26 years LONG, Barbara Henry 1923 2003 LONG, Susanne Barbara 1946 1986 LONG, Winslow Neilson 1922 MELVIN, Annie R. 8/8/1843 1/16/1885 Wife of Thomas Melvin | Daughter of James L. and Rebecca R. Bowers MELVIN, Rosa 12/23/1867 9/26/1871 Daughter of T.M. & A.R. Melvin MENG, Lois 1916 2000 MENG, Ralph H. 1918 1995 NEALE, David 1851 Ag'd 16 years NEALE, John B. 1852 Ag'd 7 years NEALE, Walter R. 8/3/1878 9/28/1879 NEEDLES, Mary B. 4/1879 in the 80th year of her age NORRIS, Daniel Lamb 9/30/1834 7/7/1851 NORRIS, J. C. 1796 1851 NORRIS, M. A. L. 1802 1856 NORRIS, Susan A. 1827 1850 PARROTT, B. W. B. 9/11/1835 10/13/1856 PARROTT, Benjamin 1799 1816 PARROTT, Emily May 10/8/1872 3/22/1929 Daughter of George R. & Elma B. Parrott PARROTT, George E. 2/24/1869 7/19/1926 Son of George R. & Elma B. Parrott PARROTT, George R. 3/1/1838 8/26/1898 PARROTT, Howard H. 12/31/1877 8/21/1903 Son of George R. & Elma B. Parrott PARROTT, George Hopkins 6/12/1867 Aged 1Y-3M-10D | Son of George R. & Ella B. Parrott PARROTT, Harrie W. 7/31/1882 8/19/1882 Son of Geo. R. & Ella Parrott PARROTT, John Ellwood 11/7/1868 Aged 1Y-2M-20D | Son of Geo. R. & Ella B. Parrott PARROTT, Lillie Bowers 12/8/1875 12/31/1938 Daughter of George R. & Elma B. Parrott PARROTT, Rachel A. 12/25/1806 11/12/1828 PARROTT, Robert T. 7/31/1840 8/31/1851 PARROTT, Willie B. 11/4/1840 11/23/1840 PENNELL, Harry 8/8/1868 Aged 1M-14D | Son of Dell & Sarah M. Pennell PENNELL, Mary J. 10/1/1868 Aged 1Y-20D | Daughter of Dell & Sarah M. Pennell PENNELL, Robert H. 9/6/1854 11/19/1872 Son of Dell & Sarah M. Pennell PENNELL, Sallie T. ` 11/16/1869 Aged 9Y-16D | Daughter of Dell & Sarah M. Pennell SOMERS, Gerald 1920 1999 STUART, Sarah 3/1/1790 Sacred to the memory of ... Wife of Doct A. Stuart | She was only an amiable woman in disposition mild, friendly and conceliating in manners easy, engaging & unambitious as a Wife and Mother most affectionate, tender, attentive and as a Christian pious and resigned. Many daughters have done virtuoufly but thou excelleft them all. Prov. 31 & 29 SWANN, Mary W. T. 4/16/1876 6/1/1896 Daughter of Wm. E. & Georgiana Frazier Swann THOMAS, Elizabeth 1/15/1790 3/30/1875 TURNER, Elizabeth B. 1/11/1836 7/7/1909 TURNER, Joseph 6/8/1841 Aged 76 years TURNER, Martha E. 12/28/1840 11/16/1911 TURNER, Richard T. 8/22/1819 2/6/1892 TURNER, Richard T., Jr. 3/20/1845 2/19/1908 TURNER, Rachel B. 1/3/1844 3/19/1900 TURNER, Sarah Son [sic] 6/8/1845 USILTON, Mary R. 8/15/1812 9/9/1882 __ ____ to his beloved sleep [?] WARREN, Charles W. 11/4/1835 10/24/1885 WARREN, Mamie B. 12/21/1865 2/27/1870 WARREN, Sarah L. 9/22/1887 Aged 54 yrs | Wife of Charles Warren WERLE, Martha Grawols