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Quinton Methodist Protestant Churchyard

Coston Station / Cokesbury · Dublin District No. 4 · Somerset County, Maryland

General view of Quinton Methodist Protestant Churchyard with multiple markers
Churchyard site view; most distant grave inscriptions are not readable in this photograph. Click photograph to enlarge.

Quinton Methodist Protestant Churchyard is near Coston Station in Somerset County’s historic Dublin District. The supplied transcription by Philip L. Goldsborough records John F. Powell (1849–1920).

The accompanying photographs also show a larger churchyard with additional markers. Those are not treated as fully transcribed graves here: the available field document specifically records Powell, and the distant markers cannot be read reliably in the site view.

Status: Partial photographic and transcription record; no claim of a full churchyard survey.

Transcription note: The grave transcriptions below are drawn from the original contributor record. Uncertain original readings are preserved; observations made independently from survey photographs are explicitly labeled. Original sources remain in the donor archive.

Graves Recorded

Gravestone of John F. Powell
Original survey photograph of John F. Powell. Click photograph to enlarge.

John F. Powell

Stone imagery: Circular floral ornament near top of stone.

Transcription

JOHN F. POWELL
July 12, 1849
July 13, 1920

The donor document identifies him more fully as John Franklin Powell, maternal great-grandfather of Philip L. Goldsborough. The photographed marker reads John F. Powell; the dates match the donor transcription.

Site Documentation

Alternate view of John F Powell marker
Additional original view of John F. Powell’s stone. Click photograph to enlarge.

Cemetery and Research Notes

Phil describes John Franklin Powell as his maternal great-grandfather. His document provides birth and death dates and was dated May 9, 2010.

This is a partial recorded-graves listing, not a complete cemetery inventory. The presence of other visible stones does not establish their names or dates. If closer photographs or another survey are located, those can be added as individually documented grave cards.

Documentation History

  • May 9, 2010: John F. Powell inscription recorded by Philip L. Goldsborough.
  • October 2026: Available donor photographs checked for additional readable inscriptions; no additional individual identifications established from these images.

Original source: Philip L. Goldsborough, “Quinton M.P. Methodist Church Yard,” field note and associated photographs.