Oak Grove Cemetery (originally the Sewall Burying Ground)''History of Bath and Environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine: 1607–1894'', Parker McCobb Reed (1894)
/ref> is an historic cemetery located in

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. Its oldest

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bears the date January 22, 1777. The cemetery was purchased from the heirs of Charles Sewall in 1872. The cemetery is situated on Oak Grove Avenue near Maple Grove Cemetery. These cemeteries are considered two of Bath's "big three", the other one being Calvary Cemetery, just north of downtown. A portion of the cemetery close to Oak Grove Avenue is given to the

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Beth Israel Cemetery. It contains 96 burial spaces. Whiskeag Trail traverses a portion of the cemetery, crossing Old Brunswick Road at its southern boundary.Whiskeag Trail
at MaineTrailFinder.com It crosses the cemetery's bridge that spans the

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railroad.

Notable burials

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, opera singer and actress * Peter A. Garland, United States Congressman * Thomas W. Hyde, Union Army colonel and

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Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall (November 25, 1835 – September 5, 1900) was an American shipbuilder from Maine, best known as the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1896, running mate to William Jennings Bryan. From 1888 to 1896, he s ...

, politician and ship builder * Harold Sewall, politician; son of Arthur *

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, governor of Maine; grandson of Arthur

Gallery

File:Oak Grove Bath 2.jpg, Looking east, Maple Grove Cemetery can be seen across Oak Grove Avenue File:Oak_Grove_Cemetery_bridge.jpg, The cemetery's bridge crossing the

railroad

References

External links

Cemeteries & Parks
– City of Bath official website

– Granite In My Blood, August 29, 2011 * * {{GNIS, 572563, Oak Grove Cemetery Cemeteries in Sagadahoc County, Maine Buildings and structures in Bath, Maine Cemeteries established in the 1770s 1777 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay