Grove Cemetery entrance 1903

Grove Cemetery entrance 1903

Grove Cemetery Entrance 1903 This is the older entrance to the cemetery, on Belmont Avenue, with the cast iron gateway. The angel on the left is now accompanied by a second. EARLY HISTORY The early settlers of Belfast made provisions for a burying place as part of the first division of the land. In 1769, 10 acres of land on the east side was set aside for a meetinghouse and graveyard. The original cemetery has been recently restored and is now accessible to the public. The next cemetery was laid out on the west side, near where the Baptist Church is now. The first burial there was in 1790, and this cemetery was used until Grove Cemetery was laid out in 1830. The following year, a parcel of five acres was bought from Captain William Avery for $500. The land was laid out and lots were sold. Reverend Alfred Johnson was the first to be interred in May 1837. Land Purchases Grove Cemetery is made up of five different purchases: 1. The original five acres in 1831(Section Old) 2. Two different tracts in 1865 of almost three acres (Section Old) 3. Thirteen acres in 1889 (Section 1889) 4. Five acres in 1924(Section 1925) 5. Five acres in 1946 (Section 1946) 6. New section laid out in 1975 (Section 1975) In 1975, the City laid out the new section of Grove in which lots are still available for sale. We have approximately 50 acres of grounds that we care for. Nearly 21,000 people are interred at Grove Cemetery. GROVE CEMETERY - ESTEEMED INTERMENTS Abbott, Nehemiah b. March 24, 1804 d. July 26, 1877 US Congressman. He was elected to represent Maine's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1859. Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Anderson, Hugh Johnston b. May 10, 1801 d. May 31, 1881 US Congressman, Maine Governor. Elected to represent Maine's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1841. Served as Governor of Maine from 1844 to 1847. His son was Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General John Francis Anderson. Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Anderson, John Francis b. December 4, 1832 d. April 19, 1902 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. The son of former Maine Governor Hugh J. Anderson, he enlisted at the start of the Civil War as a Private in the 4th Massachusetts Militia Battalion. When that unit was mustered out, he was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant and regimental Adjutant of the 24th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He subsequently joined the staff of Major General John G. Foster, serving as an Aide-de-Camp and rising to the rank of Major. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Plot: Old Section, Range 13, Lot 1 Crosby, William George b. September 10, 1805 d. March 21, 1881 Maine Governor. Served as Governor of Maine from 1853 to 1855. He was defeated in 1850, and 1852. Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Milliken, Seth Llewellyn b. December 12, 1831 d. April 18, 1897 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 until his death in office in 1897. He also served as a member of the Maine State Legislature. (Bio by: K) Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Pratt, Adm. William Veazie b. February 28, 1869 d. November 25, 1957 US Navy Admiral. He served as the President of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and as the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington DC. He was selected to attend the US Naval Academy and graduated in 1889. After serving the required two years at sea on the protected cruised USS Atlanta, he received his commission as an ensign in July 1891. He then served successive tours on the cruisers USS Chicago and USS Philadelphia, the gunboat USS Petrel, the sloop USS Lancaster, and gunboat...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad) Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Plot: Johnson-Pratt Vault Read, Nathan b. July 2, 1759 d. January 20, 1849 US Congressman, Inventor. Born in Warren, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University in 1781, was a teacher and a tutor in Harvard University, until 1787. In 1788, he began to work with the theories of steam engines and built the tubular boiler, a new kind of steam boiler. He then made efforts to improve the function of the steam cylinder placed it in a horizontal position so the engine could sustain much higher pressure and invented the high-pressure steam engine. His new engine was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, USA Wilson, John b. January 10, 1777 d. August 9, 1848 US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts's 4th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 to 1815, and 1817 to 1819.