Mt. Vernon area · exact location withheld at property owner’s request · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-G25-East
One of four surviving gravestone photographs supplied with the Hopkins Cemetery record. Click photograph to enlarge.
This cemetery record is associated with the Mt. Vernon area. The contributor’s working record contains approximate coordinates, but the property owner requested that the exact location of the stones not be revealed.
Public LocationMt. Vernon area; exact site withheld
Transcription note: The inscriptions below are presented as recorded by the contributors, including unreadable or missing portions shown with blanks or bracketed notes. Only four gravestone photographs were supplied with this collection.
Graves Recorded
Sarah E. Hopkins
Transcription
Sarah E. wife of Stephen A. Hopkins died Sept 7, 1902 aged 75 years
No gravestone photograph was included with the supplied collection.
Stone condition: Stone broken at inscription point.
And what you come ___ ___ Prepare yourself to follow me Prepare us time, make no delay ___ or I was quickly called away
Broken Hopkins marker Click photograph to enlarge.
Ch [obliterated] Hopkins
Transcription
Ch [obliterated] son of S.A. & S.E. Hopkins died Sept 22 1877 aged 17 yrs 11 mos & 18 dys
Contributor note: Tiny carved inscription which cannot be read; stone broken at first name.
Stephen A. Hopkins
Transcription
Stephen A. Hopkins died Nov 17 1880 in the 65 year of his age
No gravestone photograph was included with the supplied collection.
Contributor note: Tiny carved inscription.
Sarah Jane Hopkins Click photograph to enlarge.
Sarah Jane Hopkins
Transcription
Sarah Jane wife of Stephen A. Hopkins died Nov 25, 1871 aged 25 yrs 11 mos & 20 d.
She was a tender mother And in her life she loved the Lord did ____ Trust our loss will be ___ again And that with Christ she’s your ___
Melissa A. Murray Click photograph to enlarge.
Melissa A. Murray
Transcription
Melissa A. dau of G.W. & M.A. Murray died April 19 1873 Aged 18 months & 19 Ds.
Make this lamb said He And lay it on my breast Protection it shall find in God, he forever blest.
Lewis C. Jones Click photograph to enlarge.
Lewis C. Jones
Transcription
Lewis C. son of Joseph & Martha Jones born Nov 11 1863 died July 19 1878 aged 14 yrs. 8 mos & 8 Ds
Field note in contributor record: “Hotdog said he heard Lewis drowned right off here in the Wicomico River at the old Steamboat Wharf while swimming.”
Geo. H. Hopkins
Transcription
Geo. H. Hopkins died Sept 6 1877 in the 58 year of his age
No gravestone photograph was included with the supplied collection.
Cemetery and Research Notes
Location protection: The property owner requested that the exact location of the stones not be revealed. The public page therefore gives only the general Mt. Vernon area and does not publish the near-exact coordinates contained in the working record.
A collection note dated March 17, 2004, states that some of the black-and-white photographs did not turn out and that only four were included in the collection. It also states that the inscriptions were witnessed by three people and believed to be correct.
Listed by: Philip L. Goldsborough, Rebecca F. Miller and Lloyd Simpkins
Date listed: Sunday, February 7, 1993
Collection note: Philip L. Goldsborough, March 17, 2004
