Oak Grove Cemetery (originally the Sewall Burying Ground)[2] is an historic cemetery located in Bath, Maine. Its oldest headstone bears the date January 22, 1777.[2] The cemetery was purchased from the heirs of Charles Sewall in 1872.[2]
The cemetery is situated on Oak Grove Avenue near Maple Grove Cemetery. These cemeteries are considered two of Bath's "big three", the other one being Calvary Cemetery,[3] just north of downtown.
A portion of the cemetery close to Oak Grove Avenue is given to the Jewish Beth Israel Cemetery. It contains 96 burial spaces.[4]
Whiskeag Trail traverses a portion of the cemetery, crossing Old Brunswick Road at its southern boundary.[5] It crosses the cemetery's bridge that spans the Rockland Branch railroad.
Notable burials
- Emma Eames, opera singer and actress
- Peter A. Garland, United States Congressman
- Thomas W. Hyde, Union Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
- Arthur Sewall, politician and ship builder
- Harold Sewall, politician; son of Arthur
- Sumner Sewall, governor of Maine; grandson of Arthur
Gallery
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Looking east, Maple Grove Cemetery can be seen across Oak Grove Avenue -
The cemetery's bridge crossing the Rockland Branch railroad
References
- ^ Cemeteries & Parks – City of Bath official website
- ^ a b c History of Bath and Environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine: 1607–1894, Parker McCobb Reed (1894)
- ^ "Grave matters: Digging into Bath’s ancient cemeteries" – Portland Press Herald, January 28, 2019
- ^ Beth Israel Cemetery
- ^ Whiskeag Trail at MaineTrailFinder.com
External links
- Cemeteries & Parks – City of Bath official website
- Map of Oak Grove Cemetery – Granite In My Blood, August 29, 2011
- Oak Grove Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Grove Cemetery
