Fairmount · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-AA-25-NE
George Ford Cemetery during fieldwork. Click photograph to enlarge.
The cemetery is in the Fairmount community, south of Fairmount Road in a wooded area that had recently been timbered when the site was documented. The survey notes that the cemetery itself was not disturbed by the logging operation.
The contributor associated the location with the W. E. Ford and J. H. Ford homes shown on the 1877 Atlas and suggested that it probably lay on the tract the Desart, patented to Stephen Horsey for 400 acres on March 10, 1665.
Latitude38° 05′ 22.2″ N
Longitude75° 48′ 46.8″ W
Graves Recorded
Thomas J. Ford. Click photograph to enlarge.
Thomas J. Ford
Transcription
[weeping willow] In Memory of Thomas J. Ford, born March 24, 1846 departed this life, Sept 17, 1850. Aged 4 Years, 5 Mo.s & 23 Days.
Josephine Ford. Click photograph to enlarge.
Josephine Ford
Transcription
[rose bouquet motif] Josephine Daughter of W.E. & A.R. Ford Died Feb. 25, 1856 Aged 7 months
The contributor noted that the marker was sunken in the grave.
Samuel T. Ford. Click photograph to enlarge.
Samuel T. Ford
Transcription
Samuel T. son of Wm. E. & R.E. Ford died May 24, 1873 aged 24 Yrs 7 Mos & 9 Days.
The transcription notes an alpha-omega sign.
Marthia A. P. Ford. Click photograph to enlarge.
Marthia A. P. Ford
Transcription
Marthia A. P. wife of George E. Ford. Born May 10, 1845 Died April 10, 1876.
Marker signed “D. Stevens / Salisbury.” The survey noted the stone fallen in a bricked grave with vegetation and stated that it had a concrete top at one time.
Larua Anna Ford. Click photograph to enlarge.
Larua Anna Ford
Transcription
[hand with finger pointing up] Larua Anna wife of John A. Ford died Dec. 25, 1879 aged 25 years.
Other grave evidence
The survey recorded another adjoining grave and a mounded-over grave with bricks, with daffodils growing along the same row.
Site Photographs and Map
Brick grave remains and a marker at the cemetery.Contributor location map.
Documentation History and Source Material
8 April 2001: Listed by Philip L. Goldsborough, Ed Smith, Rebecca F. Miller, and Dickie Ford.
