Old Wagg Cemetery of Auburn, Maine

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Next to Androscoggin River, on Riverside Drive (The
History of Auburn, Maine titled "1869 - Auburn -
1969, 100 Years a City, A study in Community Growth,
by Skinner, Libby & Merrill on page  302 states: The
Wagg Cemetery in South Auburn, Maine is probably the
oldest of all the Auburn Cemeteries. The earliest
marked stone was that of James Wagg. This read
"James Wagg of Brighton, England first settler of
South Auburn 1780. .....The plots were in the woods
near the Androscoggin River. The graves probably
faced the road that once went along by the river,
but since reached from the South River Road by
crossing a large garden plot that was sometimes
planted to potatoes and other times beans."

Monument
James Wagg of Brighton, England. First South Auburn
Settler. 1780

James Wagg Rev War
wife: Dorcas b. 16 Aug 1756 d. 11 Feb 1825

Deacon James Elwell d. 14 Dec 1845 at 79yrs

Deacon Lemuel Dyer b. 26 Apr 1759 d. 1 Jan 1813
wife: Sarah d. 31 Jan 1847 at 85yrs

William W. Peables d. 5 aug 1851 at 87yrs
wife: Mary d 22 Dec 1841 at 74yrs
wife: Hannah d 13 July 1793 at 29yrs

Moses Hanscom d. 27 Aug 1835 at 75yrs
wife Mary d. 16 May 1855 at 88yrs 3ms

Jane Wheeler ( no dates)

History of Auburn shows Williams W. Peables d. 3 Aug
1851 at 83yrs buried in this cemetery.