David Revell Cemetery

Fairmount Area · Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-AA24-North

David Revell Cemetery after the graves were exposed from heavy vegetation — David Revell Cemetery after the site was opened enough to reveal the two marked graves. Click the photograph to enlarge.

This small cemetery in the Fairmount area was recorded on January 13, 2002. Photographs supplied with the record show how heavily overgrown the site was before the stones were exposed.

The contributor’s aerial map places the Revell Cemetery west of the White Cemetery and south of the Parks Cemetery in the Fairmount area.

Latitude38° 05.286'
Longitude75° 49.634'

Status: Extant when documented in 2002. The photographs show a difficult, heavily overgrown site.

Transcription note: The grave information below is presented as recorded by the contributors. Original spelling, abbreviations, epitaph wording, and transcription notes have been retained.

Graves Recorded

Gravestone of Alie Revell. Click photograph to enlarge.

Mrs. Alie Revell

Stone imagery: weeping willow, open book, and obelisk.

Transcription

Sacred
to the Memory of
Mrs. Alie Revell
Consort of
Capt. David Revell
Who departed this life
Novr 1st 1850,
In the 55th year of
her age.

“Blessed are the dead,
Which die in the Lord.”

David Revell

Stone imagery: hand with finger pointing upward.

Transcription

David Revell
Died June 23, 1851
In the 81, Year
of his age.

Site Documentation

The before-and-after photographs document the difficult field conditions at this small cemetery. The aerial image shows its location in relation to nearby cemeteries.

David Revell Cemetery before vegetation was cleared enough to expose the stones — Site before the graves were exposed from the vegetation.

Additional view of the David Revell gravestone — Additional view of the David Revell stone.

Aerial map locating the David Revell Cemetery in the Fairmount area — Aerial map showing the Revell Cemetery in relation to the Parks and White cemeteries.

Documentation History

January 13, 2002: Listed by Becky Miller, Philip Goldsborough, Ed Smith, and Dickie Ford.

Original contributor record: David Revell Cemetery transcription (PDF)