Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937) Several prominent early business owners, sea captains and other townspeople are buried in the cemetery, including Leon Gorman, former president of L.L.Bean, which was founded by his grandfather, Leon Leonwood Bean.
Although it was founded in 1869, Riverside Cemetery has graves dating to the 1700s."Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery" – Portland Press Herald, July 27, 2021 The cemetery's oldest burials are on the northern (river) side; the more recent ones are to the south. A long driveway, which leads to another cemetery, separates the two sections.
Of all burials at the cemetery between 2018 and 2020, 65% were burials of cremated remains.
Holy Cross, a Catholic cemetery, is attached to Riverside to the east. It was established by Father Joseph Quinn, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in the early 20th century. They both sit on a bluff about above Yarmouth Marina,Elevation Finder – FreeMapTools.com immediately to the northwest.
Notable burials Listed chronologically: Dr. Eleazer Burbank (1793–1867), physician and state legislator Edward J. Stubbs (1833–1887), shipwright Henry Hutchins (1819–1889), shipwright Dr. Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), physicianHarvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 (1905), p. 330 Harlan Prince (1837–1899), sea captain Joseph York Hodsdon (1836–1901), Maine state senator Alfred T. Small (1826–1906), sea captain Lorenzo L. Shaw (1828–1907), businessman James M. Bates (1827–1911), physician Frank L. Oakes (1859–1912), sea captain Lyman Fessenden Walker (1836–1920), shipbuilder Herbert A. Merrill (1855–1926), physician Charles Chandler Oakes (1856–1934), sea captain and Frank's older brother William Hutchinson Rowe (1882–1955), town historian and authorImages of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002) Frank Knight (1908–2012), tree warden of "Herbie" John H. Staples (1920–2013), World War II veteran Leon Gorman (1934–2015), former president of L.L.Bean Carl Henry Winslow (1931–2020), former fire chief of Yarmouth
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External links
Cemetery Records, July 2020 – yarmouthmehistory.org Riverside Cemetery – Find a Grave