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South Berwick - Portland Street Cemetery The Portland Street Cemetery is on Agamenticus Road in South Berwick, Maine. This is the burial place of the famous 19th century writer Sarah Orne Jewett and her family. Several of the people here were used as the basis for characters in her books. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps. Cemetery Status: Very Good Condition. Landscaping is very good, but there are several broken stones in need of repair. View the entire Gallery Bowen G. Abbott d. 1861, Co. B. 12 Reg. Maine Volunteers, Civil War. Died at New Orleans. George W. Abbott d. 1832 Infant Abbott d. 1837 Jane S. Abbott d. 1867 John H. Abbott d. 1861 Parker W. Abbott d. 1851 Rebecca Abbott d. 1868 Sally Abbott d. 1849 Salvina T. Abbott d. 1834 Sarah E. Abbott d. 1832 Sylvester Abbott d. 1889, served in the Army and Navy during the Civil War. Elizabeth Ann Andrews d. 1827 Olive Ann Andrews d. 1837 Sarah L. Andrews d. 1833 Albert E. Bachelder d. 1881 Mary Ballard d. 1832, "after a distressing illness of 5 weeks." Ezra Bartlett d. 1892 Sarah Bartlett d. 1846 Sarah Caler Bartlett d. 1847 Charles Parker Beal d. 1845 Lyman P. Beal d. 1854 Mary O. Beal d. 1874 Sarah J. Beal d. 1872 Charles Bedell d. 1868 Harriet W. Bedell d. 1863 Timothy A. Bedell d. 1865, Civil War veteran. Daniel A. Bennett d. 1864, Company F, 32nd Infantry Regiment Maine, Civil War, killed in Petersburg, VA, two months after he joined. Sophia Bennett d. 1874 Asa Brown d. 1855 Hon. John H. Burleigh d. 1877, a member of Maine state house of representatives, delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, and U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District. Betsey Butler d. 1852 H. Gracie Butler d. 1883 Pelatiah Butler d. 1855 Sadie M. Butler d. 1885 Mary Jane Calef d. 1860 Samuel Cate d. 1812 Harriet Chadbourne d. 18?? James W. Chadbourne d. 1862 Oliver Chadbourne d. 1852 Oliver B. Chadbourne d. 1869 Abigail Chadwick d. 1876 Dorcas Chadwick d. 1853 James Chadwick Mary Chadwick d. 1850 Samuel Chadwick d. 1826 William Chadwick d. 1827 Olive Chaney d. 1848 Sophia Chaney d. 1838 Enoch G. Chase d. 1858 Maria Chase d. 1883 Catherine Clark d. 1846 ?? Cogswell d. 1830 Arthur Lambert Cogswell d. 1870 Hon. Charles N. Cogswell d. 1843, served 3 terms in the Maine state legislature. Charles Cogswell d. 1825 Charles Northend Cogswell d. 184? Elizabeth Cogswell d. 1828 Elizabeth W. Cogswell d. 1837 Frederick Cogswell d. 1870 Margarett Elizabeth Cogswell d. 1869 Maria D. Cogswell d. 1826 Northend Cogswell Esq. d. 1837 Theodotia Conant d. 1828 William Cromwell d. 1855 Elizabeth A. Curtis d. 1864 Thomas J. Curtis d. 1867 John Cushing d. 1822 Olive Cushing d. 1853, at age 95. Caroline Augusta Jewett Eastman d. 1897, sister of Sarah Orne Jewett. Edwin Calvin Eastman d. 1892 Theodore Jewett Eastman M.D. d. 1931 Charles Russell Evans d. 1812 Cyrus Ferguson d. 1848 Eliza Goodwin Ferguson d. 1849 John Ferguson d. 1826 John Ferguson d. 1859 Jordan G. Ferguson d. 1851 Timothy Ferguson d. 1839 Aphia Fernald d. 1867 Robert Fernald d. 1887 Charles Chancy Frost d. 1826 George Frost d. 1847 John Frost d. 1861 Sarah Frost d. 1848 Martha Garland d. 1827 Nathaniel Garland d. 1841 Levinn Gilman d. 1871 Abby Goodwin d. 1931, age 97. Benjamin F. Goodwin d. 1891 Isabel M. Goodwin d. 1879 L. Woodbury Goodwin d. 1867 Mark E. Goodwin d. 1863 Mary Goodwin d. 1829 Mary A. Goodwin d. 1883 Stephen Goodwin d. 1880 Thomas Goodwin d. 1862 Daniel Haggens d. 1824 Maj. Edmund Haggens d. 1827, Revolutionary War veteran. John Haggens d. 1821 Mary A. Haggens d. 1844 Nancy Gilman Haggens d. 1846 Susan Haggens d. 1826 Samuel Harding d. 1844 Freeman M. Hardison d. 1866 Job Harris d. 1869 Mary P. Harris d. 1860 Lucy J. Keays Hayward d. 1917 Elizabeth How d. 1838 Mary P. How d. 1821 Oliver How d. 1818 John Hubbard d. 1848 George Huntress d. 1820 Jane Huntress d. 1843 Statira Huntress d. 1845 Judith Hutchins d. 1873 Jedediah Jenkins d. 1852 Jerusha Jenkins d. 1855 Augusta M.W. Jewett d. 1857 Caroline Perry Jewett, mother of Sarah Orne Jewett. Dearborn Jewett d. 1854 Eliza S. Jewett d. 1870 George Jewett d. 1826 Henry M. Jewett d. 1842 Mary Jewett d. 1837 Mary Rice Jewett d. 1854 Mary Rice Jewett d. 1880 Olive Jewett d. 1826 Olive Maria Jewett d. 1832 Capt. Samuel Jewett d. 1846, side 2, side 3 Sarah Orne Jewett d. 1909, a famous american novelist and short story writer. Many of her works were set in South Berwick. Theodore F. Jewett d. 1860 Dr. Theodore H. Jewett d. 1878 William D. Jewett d. 1887 George S. Joy, d. 1864, Co. F 8th Maine Infantry, Civil War. He died as a captured prisoner in Andersonville Prison. Samuel Joy, Scammon's Regiment, Revolutionary War. Daniel G. Keays d. 1872 Elizabeth A. Lord Snow Keays d. 1911 Hannah J. Goodwin Keays d. 1889 Love Keays d. 1853 Mary A. Keays d. 1862 Eliza G. Lee d. 1858 Betsey Lord d. 1840 Elizabeth Lord d. 1856 John Lord d. 1872 William Lord d. 1844 Catherine S. Lyons d. 1869 David Malony d. 1847 Sarah E. McDuffee d. 1853 George A. McIntire d. 1874, Co. B 17th Maine Infantry, Civil War. Martha A. McIntire d. 1874 Martha S. McIntire d. 1897 William A. McIntire d. 1881 Hannah Merrow d. 1837 Isaac Merrow d. 1832 Nancy W. Merrow d. 1832 ? Meserve d. 18?4 Col. John Meserve d. 1871 Lewis Hayes Meserve d. 1844 Ann Moulton d. 1854 Louisa M. Moulton d. 1851 Augustus Nason d. 1864, 32 Maine Infantry, Civil War. Bartholomew Nason d. 1822 Charles Nason d. 1863 Daniel Nason d. 1872 Dudley Hubbard Nason d. 1864 Elizabeth Nason d. 1821 Hannah Nason d. 1872 Hope Nason d. 1842 Raymond Lee Nason d. 1863 Sarah Elizabeth Nason d. 1845 Benjamin Nealley d. 1859 Salley Nealley d. 1849 Bathsheba Norton d. 1834 Charles E. Norton d. 1873 Clarissa Norton d. 18?? Elizabeth A. Norton d. 1832 Maria Cogswell Norton d. 1825 Maria D. Cogswell Norton d. 1826 Maria Cogswell Norton d. 1828 Mary Ann Norton d. 1825 Mary Ann Cogswell Norton d. 1847 Mary H. Norton d. 1878 Moses Y. Norton d. 1832 Oliver Norton d. 1819 Oliver Norton d. 1875 Oliver K. Norton d. 1860 Sally Norton d. 1823 Abigail Parks d. 1844 Eley Parks d. 1820 Marianne C. Parks d. 1875 Samuel Parks d. 1865 Charlotte Pierce d. 1853 Ebenezer Pierce d. 1847 George W. Pierce 1862 Hannah Pierce d. 1843 Hannah Pierce d. 1869 John Pierce d. 1851 Mary E. Pierce d. 1866 Sarah E. Pierce d. 1854 Sarah R. Pierce d. 1875 William Pierce d. 1826 William Pierce Jr. d. 1834 Betsey Plaisted d. 1870 George Plaisted d. 1861 Elizabeth Plumer d. 1842 Elizabeth M. Plumer d. 1887 John Plumer d. 1873 Katherine Plumer d. 1833 Lucy Plumer d. 1874 Nahum Y. Plumer d. 1837 Charlotte Pray d. 1846 David G. Pray d. 1887 George H. Pray d. 1866 Joseph Pray d. 1846 Joseph Pray d. 1873 Mary Pray d. 1861 Mary C. Pray d. 1848 Oliver Pray d. 1846 Samuel Rice d. 1858 Mary Russell d. 1827 John Ryan d. 1854 Asenath Smith d. 1838 Mary Asenath Smith d. 1839 Dorcas Staples d. 1869 James A. Stone d. 185? Olive G. Stone d. 1853 George Strout d. 1837 Augustus E. Trafton d. 1852 Charles Trafton d. 1855 Elizabeth Trafton d. 1843 Sarah Trask d. 1866 Lucy J. Watson d. 1834 David Webster d. 1836 Mary Wentworth d. 1841 Samuel Witham d. 1872 Rebecca F. Wilkinson d. 1859 Patience Wiley d. 1840 Robert Wiley d. 1820 Thomas Willey d. 1849 Adeline Cutts Wyman d. 1887 Hartly A. Wyman d. 1850 Olive C. Hodgdon Wyman d. 1881 Samuel R. Wyman d. 1902 Annah K. Young d. 1851 Charlotte Young d. 1846 Dorcas N. Young d. 1874 John W. Young d. 1883 Rebecca O. Young d. 1927 William A. Young d. 1883

Free Will Baptist Church Located at 340 Main St., South Berwick, ME. In absolutely horrible condition and was recently severely vandalized. More photos uploaded than transcribed. View the entire Gallery Elmir F. ?? d. 1851 Abner Boston d. 1906 Gracie N. Boston d. 1870 Susan W. Boston d. 1856 ??? C. Brackett d. 1863 Joanna Brackett d. 1868 Lorenzo Brackett d. 1853 Louisa J. Brackett d. 1856 Mary C. Brackett d. 1851 Nathaniel Brackett d. 1850 Samuel Brackett d. 1832 Martha C. Butler d. 1896 Abbie Mary Coffin d. 1915 Edmund Coffin d. 1887, stone 2 Frank C. Coffin d. 1857, stone 2 George E. Coffin d. 1888 Olive T. Coffin d. 1867, stone 2 Sarah R. Coffin d. 1850, stone 2, stone 3 Comfort Davis d. 1849 Jacob Davis d. 1843 Charles Durgin d. 1876 George W. Durgin d. 1910, Company B, 27th Infantry Regiment Maine, Civil War, distinguished service. Jane Durgin d. 1879 Carrie B. Earl d. 1900 Nancy W. Folsom d. 1885 Sarah M. Folsom d. 1882 Jessie Grant d. 1886 Mary N. Grant d. 1851 Moses C. Grant d. 1881 Olive M. Grant d. 1885 ?? Hanscom, Civil War veteran. Ellen M. Hanscom d. 1867 Sarah W. Hanscom Susan Hanscom d. 1863 Willie P. Hanscom Hamlin Hart d. 1895 George W. Keays d. 1884 Sarah B. Keays d. 18?? Lydia F. Littlefield d. 18?? Charles McDaniel d. 1859 Georgie H. McDaniel d. 1869 ?? Morrison d. 1883 Lucius Q. C. Nason d. 1872 Sarah W. Nason d. 1884 Hannah J. Pray d. 1916 Charles E. Scammon d. 1878 Horace Almon Scammon d. 1863 John F. Scammon d. 1875 Sarah A. Scammon d. 1904 Alzade E. Shaw d. 1894 Lyman Shaw d. 1911 Edith Grace Smith, front of stone, d. 1871 Rozilla Butler Smith d. 1919   Goodwin Family Cemetery The Goodwin Family Cemetery is on Vaughan's Lane, in the field to the Hamilton House Museum. See it's location and get directions at Yahoo Maps. View Entire Gallery Alpheus Goodwin d. 1875 Alvin W. Goodwin d. 1881 Anne E. Goodwin d. 1917 Betsey Goodwin d. 1888 Calvin W. Goodwin d. 1911 Ella M. Goodwin d. 1882 True C. Goodwin d. 1918 Willie J. Goodwin d. 1882

More History in South Berwick Berwick Academy Academy St. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Conway Junction Railroad Turntable Site Fife Ln. and Rt. 236 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cummings Shoe Factory Also known as South Berwick Shoe Company 2 Railroad Ave. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jewett-Eastman House 37 Portland St. Greek Revival style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jonathan Hamilton House Vaughan's Lane and Old South Rd. Georgian style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Berwick Historical Society Corner of Main and Liberty Street PO Box 396 South Berwick, ME 03908 (207) 384-8041; (207) 384-5162; (207) 384-0000 Portsmouth Company Cotton Mills: Counting House Also known as Counting House ME 4 at Salmon Falls River Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sarah Orne Jewett House ME 4 and 236 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. If you know of an historic place to visit in South Berwick, please submit it to jenn@gravematter.com Find more museums in Maine