cemetery records
kennebec county, maine
Alphabetically below so far include: Augusta; Gardiner; Waterville. Last Update July 2019.
AUGUSTA - Mt Pleasant Cemetery
Samuel Leavitt line.
Samuel Leavitt line.
taken Dec 2008 by S. Dow
AUGUSTA/CHELSEA - TOGUS VETERANS CEMETERY
Photo by Roland. Charles W Leavitt, Lot L3188 at Togus.
GARDINER photos by Roland Rhoades. Gardiner stones of my other families here.
LIBBY HILL CEMETERY, Brunswick Rd Rt 201 almost to 295, Libby Hill Rd going south half-mile.
Israel Leavitt line from Richmond. Lot # 8-29. Lincoln Leavitt 1820-1888; Mary H [Huntington] his wife 1813-1894; Alvin 1845-1851; Elizabeth E 1843-1916.
OAK GROVE CEMETERY, huge old one in town off Brunswick Road Rt 201, adjoining Catholic cemetery. photos by Roland June 2019.
Upper newer end of cemetery. Israel Leavitt line. Arthur Ellsworth Leavitt (WW I) Dec 15, 1896 - July 31, 1960; his wife Sarah Marjorie Townes July 9, 1903 - Feb 28, 1997. Son William Ellsworth Leavitt Aug 23, 1934 - July 17, 2015.
Lower end of cemetery along the roadway. Front and back of same stone. Small family connection, David md Amanda O Small 1859-1937 whose d-cert says she is buried here. Israel Leavitt line from Richmond.
1. David Leavitt Feb 23, 1856 (we had 21 Feb 1855) - March 5, 1915 (d-cert corroborates parents, Lincoln Leavitt see Gardiner Libby Hill Cem). Dau: Abbie B (Leavitt) Luckern Oct 28, 1883 - April 28, 1915. Son: Arthur D Leavitt July 3, 1886 (or 5) - July 11, 1925.
2. Joseph Douglas Jan 31, 1830 - April 28, 1909. Wife Abbie Bernice Small Aug 24, 1839 - Jan 10, 1921. Also a Douglas connection with a neighboring Rhoades stone.
1. David Leavitt Feb 23, 1856 (we had 21 Feb 1855) - March 5, 1915 (d-cert corroborates parents, Lincoln Leavitt see Gardiner Libby Hill Cem). Dau: Abbie B (Leavitt) Luckern Oct 28, 1883 - April 28, 1915. Son: Arthur D Leavitt July 3, 1886 (or 5) - July 11, 1925.
2. Joseph Douglas Jan 31, 1830 - April 28, 1909. Wife Abbie Bernice Small Aug 24, 1839 - Jan 10, 1921. Also a Douglas connection with a neighboring Rhoades stone.
WATERVILLE
PINE GROVE CEMETERY
photos by Roland Rhoades
photos by Roland Rhoades
ABOVE: 1. Leavitt Lot, Crescent Ave. Thomas Leavitt line. James A Leavitt is not buried here. Arthur and mother Teenie. The monument in the right rear next to the tree is the Leavitt monument of Roland Rhoades' family, below, no relation.
2. Teenie M Leavitt, wife of James A Leavitt, Died Nov 15, 1885, AEt 21 yrs.
3. Arthur J Leavitt, son of James A & Teenie M Leavitt, Died May 21, 1885, AEt [looks like 0 yr] 4 mo.
Other family members that helped with identification:
2. Teenie M Leavitt, wife of James A Leavitt, Died Nov 15, 1885, AEt 21 yrs.
3. Arthur J Leavitt, son of James A & Teenie M Leavitt, Died May 21, 1885, AEt [looks like 0 yr] 4 mo.
Other family members that helped with identification:
BELOW: Leavitt Family Lot of Roland Rhoades' grandparents and great grandparents. Lot 548 on Crescent Ave. Engravings updated about 2005.
1. In Loving Memory of Sina 1879-1910 [dau of]; Joseph C Leavitt 1858 - 1922; Ellura Mae Stinneford May 19, 1860 - Apr 27, 1938.
2. William Lewis Robertson June 27, 1885 - Oct 10, 1947; wife Edith Maude Leavitt Oct 25, 1889 - Oct 2, 1936.
3. Side of the monument with Chester Joseph 1885-1887. PGC records say Chester was re-interred there from the Cambridge cemetery and the dates may be wrong. In the background are my parents planting geraniums on her parents' graves in 2002.
4 & 5. Front and back of stones for Joseph C Leavitt (my great-grandfather, born Nov 15, 1858 in Cambridge Maine to Ralph C Leavitt (1828-1894 buried in Cambridge, son of Joseph Leavitt born 1782) & Mary Abigail Morgridge. And his wife Ellura Mae Stinneford.
6 & 7. Front and back of the stones for children Chester and Sina. Sina Ellen died of typhoid in 1910.
8. Stones for my grandparents, William Lewis Robertson & Edith Maude Leavitt (where my parents are planting flowers)
9. Ulrich Frank Leavitt, March 10, 1881 - Jan 3, 1944, son of Joseph C & Ellura. We were surprised to learn from PGC records that he was buried there without a stone, so we added one.
1. In Loving Memory of Sina 1879-1910 [dau of]; Joseph C Leavitt 1858 - 1922; Ellura Mae Stinneford May 19, 1860 - Apr 27, 1938.
2. William Lewis Robertson June 27, 1885 - Oct 10, 1947; wife Edith Maude Leavitt Oct 25, 1889 - Oct 2, 1936.
3. Side of the monument with Chester Joseph 1885-1887. PGC records say Chester was re-interred there from the Cambridge cemetery and the dates may be wrong. In the background are my parents planting geraniums on her parents' graves in 2002.
4 & 5. Front and back of stones for Joseph C Leavitt (my great-grandfather, born Nov 15, 1858 in Cambridge Maine to Ralph C Leavitt (1828-1894 buried in Cambridge, son of Joseph Leavitt born 1782) & Mary Abigail Morgridge. And his wife Ellura Mae Stinneford.
6 & 7. Front and back of the stones for children Chester and Sina. Sina Ellen died of typhoid in 1910.
8. Stones for my grandparents, William Lewis Robertson & Edith Maude Leavitt (where my parents are planting flowers)
9. Ulrich Frank Leavitt, March 10, 1881 - Jan 3, 1944, son of Joseph C & Ellura. We were surprised to learn from PGC records that he was buried there without a stone, so we added one.
