Babbidge-Murphy Burial Ground
Tremont, 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 26 July 2011)





Location. West of Kelleytown Road. UTM: 19T 0548714, 4902212; Lat./Long.: N 44°16′17.5″ x W 68°23′22.6


Directions. From the intersection of Routes 3 and 102/198 at the north end of Mount Desert Island, go straight ahead (south) onto Routes 102/198. In approximately 5.2 miles (and at the south end of the village of Somesville), turn right onto Pretty Marsh Road (Route 102). Travel on Route 102 about 7.7–7.8 miles, and turn left onto Kelleytown Road. In about 0.7–0.8 miles, there is a private road/driveway on the right. On the left (south) side of this driveway, before it rises toward a private residence, is a flat, cleared area. The cemetery, not visible from the drive, is just beyond this cleared area.

History.

Notes. This cemetery is enclosed by a gated, wire-mesh fence with metal posts. The woody vegetation is occasionally cut by the owners of the property that surrounds the cemetery.

Date of most recent visit. 23 May 2010

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers.
BABBIDGE
   Isabel H. (wife of Joseph) - b. 18 June 1833; d. 11 April 1902
   Joseph (husb. of Isabel H.) - b. 12 April 1834; d. 7 May 1867
GOTT
    [Margaret - see MURPHY]
MURPHY
   Isaac S. (husb. of Margaret (GOTT)) - b. 26 December 1839; d. 25 April 1919
   Margaret (GOTT; wife of Isaac S.) - b. 1851; d. 1885
[...]
   [...]1

Note:
   1Two rough stones mark two children's graves according to owner of surrounding property.



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