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A Maine Historic Burying Ground September 13, 2008 |
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WELCOME TO THE These pages contain a detailed list
of burials since 1791. It is updated at least
annually. Please use this site to
gather family history information, cemetery news and information about the Riverside Cemetery is the largest of the town’s 14 cemeteries. Located on the north bank of the
Androscoggin River in the town’s village of Mayville, it is adjacent to the Bethel Regional Airport and
reached from U.S. Route 2 by taking the North Road. Although, Riverside Cemetery is the most active cemetery in the town at this
time, the West Bethel Cemetery, Pine Grove Cemetery Association, is also
active and has cleared more area for future burials. Another of the 14
cemeteries, one on Grover Hill in
Bethel, has interred deceased military veterans in the last decade. Mt Will Cemetery in North Bethel – it faces
Route 2 holds burials with a North Bethel, Swans’ Corner, Mayville and Sunday River heritage. Please contact The Bethel Journals with
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Many notable contributors to Bethel’s
history, political, social and
economic development, dating back to 1782, are buried in this
peaceful, scenic place of final rest. Rev. Eliphaz Chapman who was credited
with suggesting “Bethel” as a town name is buried here. Three Revolutionary War veterans, Eli
Twitchell, Moses Mason and Ebenezer Newell, are buried at Riverside Cemetery.
The farm buildings of the Mason family farm - some dating from 1800 - still
stand in use as a wayside inn and are within sight of the cemetery. The oldest grave in Riverside Cemetery
belongs to Curatio Twitchell the two year old son of Eli and Rhoda Twitchell
who died August 14, 1791 was buried near the bank of the Androscoggin River.
Less than seven months later, the boy’s mother, Rhoda Leland Twitchell died
on March 29, 1792. She was laid to rest next to her young son. The opening of
this family’s burial ground happened in Sudbury Canada Plantation in the
District of Maine. Four years later Massachusetts passed an act of
incorporation that created the town of Bethel. The burial listings of this website were obtained
from the Bethel Historical Society. This initial listing begins in the older
section of the cemetery starting at the bank of the Androscoggin River and
working across the cemetery toward Bethel’s North Road. The lists will be corrected as necessary
when errors or omissions come to light. |
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Adaline G. Clough seated at her desk in
the Research Center of the Bethel Historical Society. Mrs. Clough is a long time volunteer research
specialist for the Society. Through her work in Bethel cemeteries, we have
the benefit of her physical examination and recording of gravesite locations,
names, dates and in some instance inscriptions as they were found to exist
during the last five years. She started her cemetery research circa
2000. On the behalf of the great
number of us who so highly value this information, I say, “Thank you,
Adaline, for all your hard work”. |
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS BURIED AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY Eli Twitchell, Esq., died
Nov 3, 1845 aged 88 years “A Soldier of the Revolution” Location of grave is in Avenue 7 of the Old Part Eli Twitchell came to Sudbury Canada in the spring of 1782 from Sherborn, Mass., |
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Moses M Mason, died
Oct 1, 1836 AE 79 Location of the grave is in Avenue 5, of the Old
part Moses Mason came to Bethel from Dublin, NH in 1799. |
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Col Ebenezer
Newell, born in Brookfield, Mass., May 25, 1744, died in Bethel, Maine
Jan 14, 1831 AE 86 yrs His grave is located in
Avenue 6, of the Old Part. |
Riverside Cemetery – The Old Part
Fresh flags fluttering – Memorial Day 2008
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