Byrdtown / Crisfield · Lawson’s District No. 8 · Somerset County, Maryland
Site reference 911-QQ-23-North Ctr.
The Joseph Byrd family cemetery is recorded on the south side of Calvary Road near Byrdtown Road, in the Byrdtown area of Somerset County. The 1994 survey places it near the home marked J. Byrd on the 1877 Atlas, on land the source calls “Bay Bus Hall.”
The survey records ten inscription groups and notes additional footstones and uninscribed markers. Four identifiable headstones have matching photographs in Ed’s supplied folder.
Latitude37° 57.584′ N
Longitude75° 50.434′ W
Graves Recorded
Photograph from the contributed cemetery collection. Click to enlarge.
Joseph Byrd
Transcription
[Anchor in circle] In Memory of Joseph Byrd. Born Aug. 5, 1822 Died July 2, 1894 Aged 71 yrs. 10 mos. & 28 days.
You are not forgotten, father dear Nor never will you be For as long as life and memory last We will remember thee.
Photograph from the contributed cemetery collection. Click to enlarge.
Hannah E. Byrd
Transcription
Hannah E. Wife of Joseph Byrd Born Feb. 1, 1828 Died Nov. 27, 1905
And after time we’ll meet her
Photograph from the contributed cemetery collection. Click to enlarge.Second view. Click to enlarge.
Christopher C. Daugherty
Transcription
[Cathedral top] In Memory of Christopher C. Son of R. H. & Arintha Daugherty Born March 11th 1884 Died May 10th 1891
One less on earth, One more in Heaven.
Photograph from the contributed cemetery collection. Click to enlarge.
Hettie E. Riggin
Transcription
[Dove flying downward in circle] In Memory of Hettie E. Wife of W. T. Riggin Born Jan. 28, 1863 Died Dec. 6, 1890 Aged 27 yrs. 10 mos. & 9 days
She has left us but not forever God has called her to His home Through his promise we will meet her And be happy around His throne.
George R. Byrd
Transcription
[Hand with finger pointing upward] Geo. R. Byrd Died Nov. 29, 1877 Aged 27 yrs. 2 mos. & 12 ds.
Where e’er I stray I see thy form Thy voice I seem to hear And though thou art to a brighter Region gone, thy smile still charms My eye, thy toins thy ear
Fond devoted and faithful husband
Mary S. Heward
Transcription
[Circle with flower] Mary S. Wife of L. D. Heward Died June 7, 1875 Aged 23 yrs. 4 mo. 17d
Alas she has left us, Her body now slumbers Along with the dead; Her Savior hath called her, To Him she has gone, Be ye also ready to follow her soon.
Infant children of M. S. E. and L. D. Heward
Transcription
[Circle with wing] Infant children of M. S. E. & L. D. Heward Died Dec. 25, 1874
The source says “infant children”; the number of individual burials represented by this marker is not specified.
Unidentified infant or child
Transcription
[Broken top] born Nov. 20, 1890 died July 30, 1891 Only asleep
Melissa F. Wilson
Transcription
Melissa F. Dauther of W. H. & S. A. Wilson Died July 3, 1868 Aged 10 mos. & 1 day.
A bud on earth a bloom in Heaven
Minnie E. Wilson
Transcription
[Broken in 3 pieces] [Square box with lamb] Minnie E. ------er of ------ S. A. Wilson died Aug. 25, 1880 Aged 2 yrs 11 mos & 19 ds.
Sleep on sweet babe and Take thy rest, God called you home He thought best.
Cemetery and Research Notes
The original field notes report ten markers and one footstone without a corresponding headstone. One footstone was inscribed “J. S.”; the survey also describes a small uninscribed tablet and an uninscribed circular stone with a wing design. These are not assigned additional names.
The survey states that five stones had been turned over and buried. This is a report of conditions at the time of the December 1994 survey, not an assessment of the cemetery today.
Original field listing: Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller, December 1994. Wording and uncertain passages above are retained from the supplied typed transcription.
