Riverside Cemetery (Yarmouth, Maine) Explained

Riverside Cemetery
Country:	United States
Location:	Smith Street Yarmouth, Maine
Coordinates:	43.7934°N -70.1714°W
Owner:	Town of Yarmouth
Map Type:	USA Maine#USA
Website:	https://www.riversidecemeteryme.com/
Findagraveid:	90458

Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.^[1] 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,^[1] Riverside Cemetery has graves dating to the 1700s.^[2] The cemetery's oldest burials are on the northern side; the more recent ones are on the southern side. A long driveway, which leads to another cemetery, separates the two.

Of all burials at the cemetery between 2018 and 2020, 65% were burials of cremated remains.^[2]

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.^[3] They both sit on a bluff about above Yarmouth Marina,^[4] 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), physician^[5]
• 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 author^[6]
• 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

External links

• • Cemetery Records, July 2020 – yarmouthmehistory.org
• Riverside Cemetery – Find a Grave

Notes and References

1. Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchinson Rowe (1937)
2. https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/27/cremation-garden-grows-at-yarmouths-riverside-cemetery/ "Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery"
3. Web site: Sacred Heart Church, Yarmouth . 2022-06-15 . Parish of the Holy Eucharist . en.
4. https://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm Elevation Finder
5. Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 (1905), p. 330
6. Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)