Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yarmouth,

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, United States.''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) Several prominent early business owners, sea captains and other townspeople are buried in the cemetery, including

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, which was founded by his grandfather,

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. Although it was founded in 1869, Riverside Cemetery has graves dating to the 1700s."Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery"
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'', July 27, 2021 The cemetery's oldest burials are on the northern side; the more recent ones are on the southern side. A long driveway, which leads to another cemetery, separates the two. Of all burials at the cemetery between 2018 and 2020, 65% were burials of

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remains. Holy Cross, a Catholic cemetery, is attached to Riverside to the east. It was established by Father Joseph Quinn, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in the early 20th century. They both sit on a bluff about above Yarmouth Marina,Elevation Finder
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Notable burials

Listed chronologically: *Dr. Eleazer Burbank (1793–1867), physician and state legislator * Edward J. Stubbs (1833–1887), shipwright * Henry Hutchins (1819–1889), shipwright *Dr. Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), physician''Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin'', Volumes 1-6 (1905), p. 330 * Harlan Prince (1837–1899), sea captain * Joseph York Hodsdon (1836–1901), Maine state senator * Alfred T. Small (1826–1906), sea captain * Lorenzo L. Shaw (1828–1907), businessman *

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(1827–1911), physician * Frank L. Oakes (1859–1912), sea captain * Lyman Fessenden Walker (1836–1920), shipbuilder * Herbert A. Merrill (1855–1926), physician * Charles Chandler Oakes (1856–1934), sea captain and Frank's older brother *

William Hutchinson Rowe William Hutchinson Rowe (March 6, 1882''Maine Biographies'', Harrie B. Coe (before 1937), p. 135 – 1955) was an American author and historian who lived in Yarmouth, Maine. The town's elementary school, built the year he died, is now named for ...

(1882–1955), town historian and author''Images of America: Yarmouth'', Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002) *

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veteran *

(1934–2015), former president of

* Carl Henry Winslow (1931–2020), former fire chief of Yarmouth

References

External links

*
Cemetery Records, July 2020
– yarmouthmehistory.org
Riverside Cemetery
– Find a Grave 1869 establishments in Maine Cemeteries in Yarmouth, Maine Cemeteries established in the 1860s {{US-cemetery-stub