lowelcem LOWELL CEMETERY Farmington, Maine From Route 4, take a left onto the Back Falls Road/Mt Blue High School Road At the "y" by the high school, go straight. Cemetery is about 1.5 miles past the high school on the left on a knoll with a stonewall in front. Cemetery is well-kept. Many, many old unreadable stones. Many unmarked graves. Probably one of the oldest in Farmington. Information in ( ) with -ed are added by us, the editors (flag) denotes a military affiliation This record is set up alphabetically by Surname, not by row or lot as the stones appear in the cemetery. Copyright © 1998 by Nancy J. Porter ALLEN Hiram d. 1-16-1861 age 35y 8m B_ _ _ _ John A, son of Eli L & Joanna (?) B......... d. Oct 9 1841 13y 11m 25d (note: the B_______ name is too short to be "Butterfield" - more like "Butler") (Wirth didn't have this stone or info) BURSLEY Samuel & Sophronia C BURSLEY Ann Caroline, their dau. d. 5-29-1836 age 4m 16d BUTTERFIELD Jesse d. 2-6-1842 age 90y [SAR flag] Lydia, his wife d. J___? __ 1837 age 79y [BB June 12 1837] [Wirth gives June 12 18?? @79y) COOK William, William P., Betsey, Betsey L., & Eliza (see Reuben LOWELL, Jr. lot) DWINAL David DWINAL Betsey, his wife d. 1-7-1832 age 46y (Wirth gave above info - stone wasn't there July 1998) EAMES Samuel d. 3-24-1837 age 74y [SAR Flag] Sally, his wife d. 8-15-1794 age 30y note: this is the oldest standing stone in Farmington GOULD William, Gen. d. 9-23/29-1831 age 78y Elizabeth, his wife d. 8-26-1831 age 66y JORDEN Jacob d. 5-13-1813 [SAR Flag] (two stones - original & one Veteran) Hannah, his wife d. 6-9-1840 age 90y KNOWLTON Benjamin d. 12-3-1827 age 17y KNOWLTON Samuel d. 6-21-1823 age 35y LOWELL Oliver LOWELL Jane, his wife d. 12-5-1821 age 22y LOWELL Reuben d. 6-1824 age 85y [Flag-SAR] Priscilla h.w. d. 1807 LOWELL (Broken Stone see Ref. below) Reuben LOWELL, Jr. Betsey, his wife d. 8-6-1824 age 52y Reuben, their son d. 8-9-1825 age 20y (see Wirth's Cemeteries of Franklin County, Me.) Betsey her dau. & wife of William COOK d. 5-31-18?? age 77y 5m (Butler's Hist. of Farm.: Betsey Lowell d. 5-31-1877) Eliza, dau. of William P. & Betsey L. COOK d. 2-11-1854 age 20y NORTON Jonathan NORTON, Dr. Hannah Norton, his wife d. 7-1-1826 age 22y Nancy, his wife d. 3-3-1831 age 31y Oriza, his wife d. 11-23-1811 age 23y (Wirth: stone says Nancy & Oriza were sisters) TAYLOR William Taylor of Dunstable d. Sept 11 1795 @22y (Note: Wirth did not have this stone) Ed note: It's likely the unreadable stones & unmarked graves belonged to members of the Butterfield & Gould families, as they are the folks who lived in this area of town circa 1800. History of Farmington by Francis G Butler gives the death dates of the people with illegible stones Copyright © 1997, 1998 by George A. Thompson, All rights reserved. Franklin County Home Page A Few Cemeteries In Maine Copyright © 1998 by George A. Thompson, All rights reserved. NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.