Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in

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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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, former president of

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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 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 Augustus Hannibal Burbank (January 24, 1823 – June 27, 1895) was a 19th-century American physician. He was also treasurer of Yarmouth Aqueduct Company and an early president of North Yarmouth Academy. Early life Burbank was born in Poland, Mai ...

(1823–1895), physician''Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin'', Volumes 1-6 (1905), p. 330 *

Harlan Prince Harlan Page Prince (June 9, 1837 – March 5, 1899) was an American sea captain in the 19th century. He began going to sea at the age of fifteen in a career that lasted for forty years. He commanded eight ships during his career. Upon retiremen ...

(1837–1899), sea captain *

Joseph York Hodsdon Joseph York Hodsdon (October 20, 1836 – February 24, 1901) was an American businessman and politician from Maine. A resident of Yarmouth, he was a Republican state senator from 1899 to 1901 and a shoe manufacturer. Early life Hodsdon was born ...

(1836–1901), Maine state senator * Alfred T. Small (1826–1906), sea captain *

Lorenzo L. Shaw Lorenzo L. Shaw (November 8, 1828 – 1907), commonly known as L. L. Shaw, was an American businessman who was active in coastal North Yarmouth, Massachusetts (today's Yarmouth, Maine), in the 19th century. He was the co-founder of Freeman, Shaw ...

(1828–1907), businessman * James M. Bates (1827–1911), physician * Frank L. Oakes (1859–1912), sea captain *

Lyman Fessenden Walker Lyman Fessenden Walker (1836–1920)''Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History'', William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) was an American shipwright during a prolific period at Yarmouth Harbor in Maine Maine () is a state in ...

(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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" * John H. Staples (1920–2013),

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veteran *

(1934–2015), former president of

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

References

External links

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Cemetery Records, July 2020
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Riverside Cemetery
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