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Layfield-Holland Cemetery

Behind Greenwood Middle School · Princess Anne area, Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-N-36-East
Map showing the Layfield-Holland Cemetery location
Layfield-Holland Cemetery location map. Click the photograph to enlarge.

Located beside northbound U.S. Route 13 behind Greenwood Middle School.

The source described the cemetery as severely vandalized and approximately 17 feet square, surrounded by an iron fence.

  • Latitude38° 11.671′ N
  • Longitude75° 41.794′ W

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

Susan E. Goslee Layfield

Transcription

[weeping willow]
In Memory of
Susan E. Goslee
wife of
Peter Layfield
died July 31, 1911
aged 62 years

Only sleeping

Melissa A. Holland

Transcription

[mother]
Melissa A.
Holland
died
Aug. 24, 1919
[no age, birth, etc.]

Other Recorded Markers

Transcription

Footstone H.L.

Slab caved in - footstone P.L.

Footstone S.E.L.

Cemetery and Family Notes

Listed February 26, 1995 by Philip L. Goldsborough and Rebecca F. Miller.

The source uses both Layfield and Holland family names for this small fenced cemetery.