Upper Fairmount / Fishing Island Road · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-Y-25-NW
Dickey Ford,Phil G.& Ed Smith. Select the image for a larger view.
Ed’s files use both Maddux Meeting House and Maddux Chapel for the same cemetery at Upper Fairmount, near the former Cecil Ford store at Fishing Island Road. The original describes graves on both sides of that store and a former Methodist meeting-house site established in 1804.
The contributors recorded a local tradition that Martha Hall Thomas, mother of the Rev. Joshua Thomas, was buried below the later store building. The source reports this as a tradition, not an identified inscription. One survey section was previously considered a separate cemetery; the documents explicitly reconcile it into this one burial ground.
Latitude38° 06′ 26.8″ N
Longitude75° 47′ 53.0″ W
Graves Recorded
Photograph: Beauchamp, Elizabeth Jane.
Elizabeth Jane Beauchamp
Transcription / field record
In Memory
of Elizabeth Jane Beauchamp
wife of
Theodore Beauchamp,
who died in peace,
May 16th 1863,
aged
21 years, 1 mos & 3 days.
“O for the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord
O he like theirs my last repose
Like theirs my last reward.”
Photograph: Blake, George.
George Blake
Transcription / field record
In
Memory of
George Blake
died
April 2d, 1855,
in the 64th
year of his age.
Photograph: Beauchamp, Theodore.
Theodore Beauchamp
Transcription / field record
[rose motif] [broken stone]
Theodore
son of T.F. & P.F. Beauchamp
died
July 19, 18 [broken]
aged
Tubman L. Hall
Transcription / field record
[leaves]
In Memory of
Tubman L. Hall
born
March 15, 1801.
died
Sept. 28, 1890.
Sweetly Resting.
HALL
Photograph: Hall, Sarah.tif.
Sarah Hall
Transcription / field record
[open book]
Sarah
wife of
Tubman L. Hall.
& daughter of Lazarus
& Sarah Maddux
died April 28, 1874
aged 68 years.
From a child she was a consistent member
of the M.E. Church here and was peaceful
and Triumphant.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of his saints.
Psa. 116 Chapt 8th Verse
Photograph: Hall, Margaret.tif.
Margaret Hall
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow]
Margaret Hall
died Dec. 19th 1860
aged 90 years.
“Precious in the sight of
the Lord is the death of
his saints.”
Photograph: Hall, Julia Ann.tif.
Julia Ann Hall
Transcription / field record
Julia Ann Hall,
died
Aug. 7th 1860,
aged 61 years.
“To live is Christ and
to die is gain.”
Photograph: Brindle, Emory G..tif.
Emory G. C. Briddle
Transcription / field record
Emory G.C.
son of
Robt. J. & A.G. Briddle
died Nov. 1st 1858,
aged 10 years 6 months
“God in his wisdom has recalled
the precious boon his love had given,
and though the casket moulders here
the gem is sparkling now in Heaven.”
Field note: The source reads Briddle; the accompanying photograph file is spelled Brindle. The discrepancy remains under review.
Photograph: Hall, Edgar and Tubman L..tif.
Edgar and Tubman L. Hall
Transcription / field record
[double stone with leaves]
Edgar Tubman L.
born born
July 28 1864 Nov. 17, 1869
aged 10 days aged 3 years
Asleep in Jesus.
Children of L. J. & Julia K. Hall
Field note: The original PDF has two-column text with some line wrapping; see the source scan for column placement.
Photograph: Hall, Elizabeth.tif.
Elizabeth L. Hall
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow]
Elizabeth L. Hall
died 1873,
in the 70, year of her age.
She was a consistent member
of the M.E. Church about fifty
years.
Photograph: Hall, Edward T..tif.
Edward T. Hall
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
Edward T. Hall
died
Sept. 19th 1848
aged 38 years, 5 mo, & 26 days
Photograph: Hall, Edward T (Jr.) .tif.
Edward T. Hall (son)
Transcription / field record
[dove with olive branch]
In Memory of
Edward T.
son of
Edward T. & Sarah S. Hall,
born
May 13, 1839,
died
March 18, 1864
Photograph: Maddux, Littleton D..tif.
Littleton H. Maddox
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow and monument]
In Memory of
Littleton H. Maddox
died
June 28, 1851:
aged 77 years.
__ Gaddis, Balto.
Field note: Photo filename says “Littleton D.” while transcription reads “Littleton H.”; do not silently reconcile.
Photograph: Maddux, Henry D..tif.
Henry D. Maddux
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
Henry D.
son of
Littleton D. Maddux,
born July 14th, 1816.
and departed this life
January 20th 1898.
Photograph: Hall, Sarah S..tif.
Sarah S. Hall
Transcription / field record
[nice obelisk]
Sarah S.
wife of
Edward T. Hall
born
July 14. 1816.
died
Feb. 7, 1881.
Asleep in Jesus
P.T. Adams
Seaford, Del.
Field note: “HALL” appears on the opposite side of this obelisk, without additional names.
Other incomplete or unmarked graves
Transcription / field record
Two separate stone fragments with partial inscriptions were recorded near the store, as well as broken stone and brick remains and one unmarked vault among the Hall burials. Additional graves are reported under the old store by local tradition, without identified markers.
Additional Field Photographs
These are images in Ed’s source folder that cannot be confidently assigned to a specific transcribed marker, or are supplemental field and research photographs. Select a thumbnail to view its full-sized original.
Miller, Becky.tif
Documentation and Sources
Transcription date: 25 March 1995; additional listing 8 April 2001. Contributors: Philip L. Goldsborough, Ed Smith, Becky Miller, Dickie Ford, and Rebecca F. Miller (1995 section).
The companion source file Maddux Chapel Cemetery.pdf describes the same physical burial ground and is supplied for reference. The two PDF names are NOT separate cemeteries.
The source document accidentally labels the north coordinate as “Longitude” and the west coordinate as “Latitude.” The page’s coordinate cards are labeled by the actual directions N and W, without altering the original PDF.
The photographs and PDF disagree on the spelling Briddle/Brindle and the middle initial of Littleton Maddox. These require source-photo review rather than silent correction.
