Tinker Island 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 31 July 2011)




Location.

Directions.

History. —

Notes. The unenclosed cemetery is in an unmowed, grassy area.

Date of most recent visit. 10 June 2000

Names and dates on gravestones and other markers.
LELAND
   A[bb?]y1 A. T. (dau. of [...]1 and [...]1,2 [M or W?]1,2 - d. [9?]1 May 1837 Æ 6 m., 13 d.
TINKER
   Ada B. A. (dau. of Capt. John F. and Phebe [sic] [no stone]) - d. 15 December 1853 Æ 12 y., 4 m.
   Hannah D. (wife of Capt. James T.) - d. 16 April 1840 Æ 21 y.
   James T. (Capt.; husb. of Hannah D.) - d. 9 August 1839, "N. Y.", Æ 27 y.
   John F. (Capt.; husb. of Phebe [sic] [no stone]) - "lost at sea" 4 February 1845 Æ 38 y., 7 m.; ("lost at sea from the brig Gulnar[e or c?]1 off Cape Hatteras")
   Jonathan (Capt.) - d. 2 January 1852 Æ 73 y.

Notes:
   1Stone worn.
   2Initials only given on stone.



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.