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  • Collection: Cemetery Photos

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Amanda Melvina Harris Gilpatrick Skofield was born February 9, 1837 in Weston, Maine, in Aroostook County.Between December 1859 and July 1882, Amanda give birth to 13 children: Martha Ella, Thomas J., Charles R., and George H. Gilpatrick by her first…

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This unique gravestone was designed by Annie French and patented November 16, 1875 (U.S. Pat. No. 169,898).  The patent describes: "Fadeless Ornaments...flowers, fruits, or leaves which shall be fadeless, and which may be used to form ornamental…

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Fanny (Fan) Jones was born Nancy W. Jones in 1824 in West Brooksville, Maine. According to research conducted by Wayne Reilly and Richard Shaw, in 1858, Nancy adopted the name Fanny and is charged with operating "a house of ill-fame" in Bangor. Her…

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As industrialization and urban centers expanded in the 19th Century, the traditional extended family infrastructure degraded. In urban settings, family units became fractured and de-centralized, leaving sick and elderly family members without family…
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