Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Whittier, 5th grade; Miss Fairly, 6th grade; Miss Graves, 7th grade; Miss Adams, 8th grade; Mr. Reed, 9th grade; Miss Josephine Briggs, Music…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Then state-funded workers dug up the graves and reburied the remains in the graveyard at the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded, as of 2022 the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Richard Graves III The Northern Maine Fair existed about seventy years before my grandmother was born and still exists today."

Brick Store Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… of all GAR posts first decorated veterans' graves with flowers on May 30, 1868. This Decoration Day continues as a national tradition but became…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"Harris' class can be viewed below: Actual grave marker for Hiram T. Smith Taken by George King along Rt."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"They are buried in modest graves in Strong Village Cemetery. Thanks to the efforts of a group of grateful students, the grave marker was replaced…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"A closer examination revealed a shallow grave containing the body of young Lura Libby. Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Hopkins (1876-1960) - Find A Grave...” Find A Grave, Find A Grave, 24 Apr. 2012, www.findagrave.com/memorial/89083580/mary-alden-hopkins."

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He was buried in Grave 95, Section 3 in a cemetery on Peleliu Island. A letter received from Lieutenant Colonel K. H. Boyer of the U."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… was never claimed so he was buried in an unmarked grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Bangor. J. Edgar Hoover to Shep Hurd, Bangor, 1937Bangor…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… and great personal valor in the face of grave peril, Sergeant Trafton upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” Two days…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… is buried in the cemetery in South Winn, but the grave is unmarked. Marissa Martin "Compare and contrast your topic in the past and in the present"…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"He was buried in a mass grave. X Brent Davis "Compare and contrast your topic in the past and the present" Jonathan Clay Jr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Her unmarked grave is near where her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a never-failing spring of pure water."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"James's parents are buried in Strong, and an inscription memorializing him can be found at their grave marker. Return to Student Research"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… he was buried in Capitol Park, where his grave is marked by a granite tomb and monument. In addition to his public life, Governor Lincoln was a man…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing.” This counsel was to prove false as the infant, Hannah, lived to the age of 79."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… in Hampden’s Locust Grove Cemetery, though his grave is not marked. In later years the Crosby family continued to make contributions to Hampden."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery in grave number 10421. The Strong Grand Army of the Republic Post was named after him."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Presque Isle Historical Society Sources: Graves, Richard A. III. Forgotten Times - Presque Isle’s First 150 Years."