Hodgdon Cemetery
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 28 July 2011)





Location. UTM: 19T 0547555, 4907668; Lat./Long.: N 44°19′14.6″ x W 68°24′13.1″

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). A driveway that passes by the cemetery is on the left in about 4.8–4.9 miles. Immediately before the driveway is a large rock with "Hodgdon Pond/Farm" engraved in it. The picket fence surrounding part of the cemetery and some of the stones can be seen from a parking place just beyond the driveway.

History. This cemetery is on land that was part of lot #4, a 108-acre parcel, on the 1808 Salem Towne Jr. map.

Notes. Except for one lot that is enclosed by a white picket fence that needs paint, the stones are standing or laying in an unmaintained area of trees and lower, but unchecked, vegetation.

Date of most recent visit. 23 May 1999

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers.
BILLINGS
   Jane (wife of Deacon John) - d. 16 January 1873 Æ 97 y., 11 m., 20 d.
   John (Deacon; husb. of Jane) - d. 10 February 1860 Æ 79 y., 6 m.
CLONEY
   Isabelle E. (wife of Raymond H. [no stone]) - b. 1904; d. 1933
H.1
   N.1
HODGDON
   Ann (wife of Joseph T.) - d. 6 March 1833 Æ 78 y.
   Charles A. (husb. of Mabelle H. (NORWOOD)) - b. 1873; d. 1907
   Charlotte G. (dau. of Charles A. and Mabelle H. (NORWOOD)) - b. 1903; d. 1908
   [Elisha or Elisher]2 B. (husb. of Nancy and Mary [no stone]) - d. 22 May 1863 Æ 75 y., 6 m.
   infant (son of [Elisha or Elisher]2 B. and Nancy) - d. 15 June 1817 Æ 2 d.
   Isabelle B. (wife of William W.) - b. 2 February 1831; d. 18 January 1918
   Joseph T. (husb. of Ann) - d. 15 September 1816 Æ 68 y.
   Mabelle H. (NORWOOD; wife of Charles A.) - b. 1876; d. 1950
   Marjorie I. (dau. of Charles A. and Mabelle H. (NORWOOD)) - b. 1897; d. 1914
   Nancy (wife of [Elisha or Elisher]2 B.) - d. 15 September 1834 Æ 38 y.
   Nancy R. (dau. of [Elisha or Elisher]2 B. and Mary [no stone]) - d. 24 December 1855 Æ 19 y., 3 m.
   R. M. - [no dates]; (member of Co. F, 3rd Maine Regiment [Civil War])
   William W. (husb. of Isabelle B.) - b. 15 January 1834; d. 12 August 1904
   Winfield (son of [Elisha or Elisher]2 B. and Mary) - d. 17 May 1852 Æ 5 y.
NORWOOD
   [Mabelle H. - see HODGDON]

Notes:
   1Headstone reads only "Aunt Meenie" and "20th century".
   2Different on different stones.




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.