Wilson Cemetery, Pittsfield, Maine

W i l s o n C e m e t e r y Pittsfield, Maine Directions: From center of town of Pittsfield, travel west on Park St./Somerset Ave. to intersection of outer Somerset Avenue, Crawford Road and Phillips Corner Road. Turn right onto Phillips Corner Rd, proceed to end of road (2.5 miles) and intersection of Route 2. Make a left turn onto Rt. 2 West and travel 3.3 miles, continuing past Tilton Corner to midway on down side of rise, (Sibley Pond at bottom of rise), turn onto Wilson Road on the left. Proceed 0.1 mile on Wilson Road to cemetery on left roadside. For map, see cemeteries.pdf Note: There are 15 unmarked graves with only a slate or field stone. Town history has it that this cemetery was desecrated in the 1940's for an unknown reason and the remaining stones righted and placed in a uniform manner. It is doubtful they are in their original location. 5-May-2002 kmp.
No.	Last Name	First Name	Deceased Date	Age	Headstone Remarks	Comments
1	ADAMS	Capt. Benj.	died March 11, 1849 Aet. 56	marker, War of 1812
2	ADAMS	Mrs. Margaret	wife of Capt. Benja. Adams	died Dec. 26, 1842 Aet. 54
3	ADAMS	James C.	son of Capt. Benja. & Margaret Adams	died Oct. 9, 1838 Aet. 18
4	F.	M.
5	F.	J.
6	FISHER	Addison		died July 4, 1903 Aet. 67
7	FISHER	Betsey	his wife	died Aug. 16, 1897 Aet. 68
8	FOWLER	Jedidiah		died June 22, 1852 Aet. 69
9	FOWLER	B. D.		died Apr. 27, 1852 Aet. 26
10	HIGGINS	Calvin K.	son of Ephraim & Phebe Higgins	died April 20, 1843 aged 18 yrs 10ms
11	HIGGINS	Dea. Elkanah		died Jan. 8, 1847 Aet. 77
12	M.	M. J.	probably footstone Mary J. Merrick
13	M.	W. P.	? footstone William P. Merrick ?
14	M.	H. H.	? footstone Hezekiah H. Merrick ?
15	M.	D. S.	? footstone Deborah S. Merrick ?
16	McMASTER	Amanda Malvina	wife of William H. McMaster	stone broken at date - - - 1840, aged 22 yrs	"The fairest flowers that deck this earthly sod, are called to beautify the throne of God."
17	MERRICK	Mary J.	In memory of	died Sept. 4, 1828 Aet. 3yrs
18	MERRICK	B. Crosby	In memory of	died Nov. 29, 1839 Aet. 16 yrs
19	MERRICK	William P.	In memory of	died Mar. 1, 1830 Aet. 18 yrs
20	MERRICK	Deborah S.	In memory of	died Dec. 27, 1851 Aet. 65		PHS has noted that this is the wife of Barnabas P. Merrick (unknown source)
21	MERRICK	Hezekiah H.	In memory of	died Feb. 1, 1841 Aet. 27 yrs
22	N.	D.	rough marked stone 1847
23	PUSHOR	David Jr	was drowned at Stillwater	May 17, 1835 Aet. 20 ys 9 ms
24	PUSHOR	Maria	children of Capt. David & Nancy Pushor	died Nov 16, 1830
25	PUSHOR	Mrs. Betsey	wife of David Pushor	died Jan. 10, 1843 Aet. 29
26	TOZIER	Mrs. Polly	wife of Ezekiel Tozier	died Mar. 4, 1847 Aet. 72
27	WHEELER	Otis S. (B?)	son of Edward I. & Mercy Wheeler	died Oct. 4, 1841 aged 21 years 1m 18ds
28	WHEELER	Mary D. (E?)	dau of Edward I. & Mercy Wheeler	died Oct. 18, 1846 aged 29 ys
29	WILSON	Mrs. Anna	wife of Samuel Wilson	died Dec. 27, 1833 Aet. 64

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Wilson Cemetery, Pittsfield, Maine

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