Castine Town Cemetery Listing

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Above are the links to the data derived from Castine Town Cemetery stones, and from the Castine Cemetery Association’s records. The survey of the CCA records is complete: the compiled names of all the people that the CCA shows in more than three sets of their records (having died before October 2, 2005) are now available here on-line. Currently the survey of the Castine Town Cemetery (map) includes Sections “A” (map), “B,” (map) and part of Section “D” for both stone information and CCA records, and the entire Castine Town Cemetery (Sections “A” – “L”) for CCA records only. The survey of stones continues. Photos have been taken for Sections “D,” “E,” & most of “F,” but await linking to graves & lots in our database before they can appear here.

It is our objective to present all inscriptions on stones: names, dates, epitaphs, and stone makers. The data presented is the best effort to-date. When there is no stone, records of the Castine Cemetery Association have been used to locate a person’s grave. Data is sorted by last name, generally by the person’s last name at the time of death.

New volunteers are welcomed to join in this endeavor and will surely speed the process. Help is needed gathering data on-site, and entering data into the database.

Unaltered Transcriptions of Inscriptions:
Despite information that might appear as errors “Transcription of Stone Surface” is exactly as inscribed on a stone, to the best of our ability. Some liberties may have been taken when filling in gaps of hard-to-read epitaphs; square brackets [ ], or square brackets with a question mark [ ?] indicate uncertainty when there is any doubt of names or dates.

Names:
“Full Name” is derived from all sources in a logical order. In the fullest example the name would read as such: First, Middle #1, Middle #2, Maiden, First Married Name, Second Married Name, Title (only when found on stone or in CCA records), “Nickname” (in quotes “ ”), Final (known) Last Name, Suffix #1 (Jr., Sr., M.D., etc.), Suffix #2 (M.D., Ph.D., etc.). “Full Name” will only begin with a Title when the person’s own names are not known, e.g. Mrs. John Smith, Mr. Jane Jones. When stone inscription and CCA records differ, preference (in almost every case) is given to the information from the stone. In the future other information might overrule this choice. “Last Name” is generally the person’s last name at the time of death. Names include ALL names found on stones, whether or not the person is buried there, plus all names that CCA records indicate are of people buried in the Castine Town Cemetery.

Dates & kinship:
Often, exact D.O.B or D.O.D. is known, but “c. year” (circa., around year) is used in these pages for all birth & death dates so that inexact dates can be included without qualifying them. The best place to look for a complete date or kinship is “Transcription of Stone Surface.”

Graves:
“Grave Lot #” locates within which lot a grave exists, using three sources: 1. CCA records and inscribed stone (frequent), 2. CCA records only (common), 3. inscribed stone only (rare). Section: “Unknown”/ Lot: “Unk” signifies that CCA records indicate that the person’s remains are located within the Castine Town Cemetery, but that the precise lot is unknown at this time. If this “Grave Lot #” field is blank then the name is only being listed: because of its inclusion in an inscription, which might have been due to kinship or stone cutter information; or the inscription may be on a memorial-only stone; or name is only being included because of association with another person’s stone or records. This does not necessarily mean that the location of the person’s remains is unknown.

NOTE: This is an above-ground survey and no attempt is made to investigate the physical existence of graves below the surface.

Stones:
“Stone” (Yes or No) refers to the known existence of an inscribed stone for that person in the Castine Town Cemetery within the data presented. If blank, then the existence of a stone has not yet been analyzed. A “Stone” is referred to within the survey as a “Personalized Gravemarker (usually a Stone)” which indicates inscribed: stones, markers, monuments, and tombs, as well as commemorative plaques. “Impersonal Gravemarkers” include: prefabricated markers (G.A.R., I.O.O.F., etc.), known as STANDARDS, and uninscribed gravemarkers (fieldstones, headstones, wooden crosses, monuments, tombs, etc.). “Impersonal Gravemarkers” are not part of the data pages, except perhaps to create the impression of an “unknown” grave. See U-Unknown-Uz to explore those possible cases.

“Stone Lot #” locates within which lot the “Personalized Gravemarker (usually a Stone)” was found. This does not necessarily mean that a stone is in its proper place — although most are.