Cemeteries of Bar Harbor - Emery Family Burial Ground

Emery Family Burial Ground
Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine

part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project
of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 20 August 2011)

Location. UTM: 19T 0556475, 4920038; Lat./Long.: N 44°25′53.2″ x W 68°17′25.6″

Directions. From the intersection of Routes 3 and 102/198 at the north end of Mount Desert Island (just after you cross the bridge from Thompson Island), bear left on Route 3. In approximately 4.2–4.3 miles, turn left onto Old Bar Harbor Road. The entrance to MDI Biological Labs is less than 0.1 miles on the left. Inquire at the office for permission to enter the grounds and for directions to the cemetery.

History. —

Notes. There is no discernable boundary to this cemetery. It is (2008) raked free of excessive brush.

Date of most recent visit. 2 April 2008

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers. (complete as of 2 April 2008)
DESISLE
   J. Frances (EMERY; dau. of Benjamin EMERY and Elmira; wife of Chesnel [no stone]) - d. 16 April 1873 Æ 32 y., 10 m.
EMERY
   Benjamin (husb. of Elmira) - b. 1808; d. 1883
   Cedelia H. - b. 1868; d. 1875
   Celia K. - b. 1853; d. 1866
   Clarence S. - b. 1853; d. 1864
   Clifford S. - b. 1855; d. 1877
   Elmira (wife of Benjamin) - b. 1809; d. 1865
   Everett - b. 1874; d. 1877
   Fannie R. - b. 1872; d. 1875
   "infant dau." - d. 25 April 1858 Æ 2 m., 19 d.
   "infant son" - b. 1854; d. 1855
   Ira L. - b. 1856; d. 1878
   [J. Frances - see DESISLE]
   Josie - b. 1877; d. 1881
   [Lydia H. - see WILCOMB]
INGALLS
   Charles A. - d. 5 March 1889 Æ 30 y.
WILCOMB
   Lydia H. (EMERY; dau. of Benjamin EMERY and Elmira; wife of Frederic [sic] [no stone]) - d. 23 April 1873 Æ 30 y., 5 m., 3 d.

Images and information (including corrections) should be e-mailed to info@vfthomas.com or sent by traditional mail to Bar Harbor Cemeteries, c/o V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.