Fontaine Cemetery

Manokin / Normandy Farm · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-U31-NW

Gravestone of Charles G. Fontaine and Susan U. W. Fontaine — Charles G. and Susan U. W. Fontaine marker. Click photograph to enlarge.

Located on the Normandy Farm of the late William B. Fontaine, near Back Creek, which makes out of the Manokin River. The contributor placed the cemetery near the J. H. Fontaine home shown on the 1877 Atlas.

The site is on the tract Normandy, patented to Nicholas Fountain for 50 acres in November 1670. It was described as well maintained at the time of the survey.

Latitude38° 8.306′ N
Longitude75° 45.491′ W

Graves Recorded

Charles G. Fontaine and Susan U. W. Fontaine

Transcription

[ one stone ]
Charles G. Fontaine
born January 14, 1813,
died August 16, 1857.

Susan U. W. Fontaine
born February 20, 1817,
died January 5, 1866.

John H. Fontaine

Transcription

[ one stone }
John H. Fontaine
born
July 8, 1840,
died
June 12, 1912.

America M.. Fontaine

Transcription

America M..
Fontaine
Feb. 8, 1846
June 28, 1929.

These have footstones.

Documentation History and Source Material

12 March 1995: Listed by Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller.

Original contributor transcription: Fontaine Cemetery (PDF).