Manokin / Fontaine and Fairmount Roads · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
Cemetery No. 911-W-31-SW
The historical church building was already gone when surveyed. The field notes place the burial ground near the intersection of Fontaine and Fairmount Roads at the former Salem church site, marked as an M.P. church on the 1877 atlas.
The 1995 record includes standing markers, flat memorials, family plots, multiple unmarked vaults, and a number of epitaphs. Later photographs by Ed Smith were kept with the folder.
Latitude38° 06′ 57″ N
Longitude75° 45′ 23.3″ W
Graves Recorded
Photograph: IMG_0780.
D. Bowers Maddox and Susan Robertson
Transcription / field record
D. Bowers Maddox
Feb. 25, 1866
Dec. 6, 1922
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His Wife
Susan Robertson
Dec. 21, 1861
Feb. 25, 1935
Charles E. Adams
Transcription / field record
Charles E. Adams
1859-1924
Photograph: IMG_0786.
Willie M. Barry
Transcription / field record
[heartshaped]
Willie M.
son of Wm E. Barry
born
Feb. 19, 1905,
died
Nov. 15, 1907.
A little flower of love,
That blossomed but to die
Tho’ lost to sight to mem-
ory dear.
Field note: Four surrounding posts were inscribed “W.E.B.”
Photograph: IMG_0787.
Virginia Reese
Transcription / field record
Reese
Virginia Reese
born July 28, 1845
died Apr. 10, 1929
Field note: Within a remnant iron-fence enclosure with other Reese graves.
Photograph: IMG_0788.
Wilbur C. Reese
Transcription / field record
Reese
Wilbur C. Reese
born Nov. 28, 1844
died July 31, 1917
Field note: Within the same enclosure.
Fannie E. Reese
Transcription / field record
Asleep in Jesus
Fannie E.
daughter of
Wilbur C. & Virginia
Reese
July 11, 1874
Aug. 17, 1892
Photograph: IMG_0796.
Wesley R. Somers
Transcription / field record
[heartshaped]
Wesley R.
son of
Henry & F.C. Somers
Feb. 28, 1900
May 10,
1910
Asleep in Jesus.
Photograph: IMG_0792.
Sallie G. McLane
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
Sallie G.
beloved wife of
James H. McLane
born Jan. 29, 1862,
died Oct. 22, 1883
aged
21 yrs. 8 mo’s. & 22 ds.
Photograph: IMG_0797.
Isaac P. Dryden
Transcription / field record
DRYDEN
Isaac P. Dryden
Oct. 24, 1861
Jan. 2, 1912
Our loved one.
Photograph: IMG_0800.
Benjamin W. Lankford
Transcription / field record
Benjamin W.
son of
James Lankford
born April 11, 1879.
died Oct. 20, 1907.
Sweetly resting.
LANKFORD
Photograph: IMG_0802.
Nettie A. Ford
Transcription / field record
At rest.
Nettie A. Ford
1874 1946
Photograph: IMG_0803.
Nellie Evans
Transcription / field record
Nellie Evans
1909-1951
Field note: Recorded on a vault.
Photograph: IMG_0805.
Florence M. Dennis
Transcription / field record
Florence M. Dennis
1887-1935
Field note: Recorded on a vault.
Photograph: IMG_0808.
Sarah C. Somers
Transcription / field record
Sarah C. Somers
1864-1928
Field note: Recorded on a vault.
Floyed Walter Boston
Transcription / field record
Floyed Walter
born Aug. 8,, 1887,
died June 20, 1908.
“We loved him, yes, we loved him.
But Jesus loved him more,
And he has sweetly called him.
To yonder shining shore.”
BOSTON
Photograph: IMG_0813.
R. E. Landon
Transcription / field record
R.E. Landon
1809-1879
Field note: One of six names on a Landon family marker; the source notes insufficient matching vaults.
George H. Landon
Transcription / field record
George H. Landon
1851-1919
Arintha Landon
Transcription / field record
Arintha Landon
1852-1869
E. H. Landon
Transcription / field record
E.H. Landon
1824-1903
Robert F. Landon
Transcription / field record
Robert F. Landon
1849-1931
John R. Landon
Transcription / field record
John R. Landon
1860-1942
Other unmarked vaults
Transcription / field record
The source records two unmarked vaults at some distance from the Maddox stone; at least one additional unmarked vault; another within the Reese fence; and two more unmarked vaults near the Landon group. A funeral-home marker read: “Bradshaw & Sons __becca / 0 months 5 days.” The surviving reading does not identify the individual.
Field note: Do not infer an exact number of distinct unidentified burials beyond what the field record supports.
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.
The source folder calls this “Salem M.P. Church site,” whereas the transcription heading says “Salem M.E. Church Cemetery,” and it reports the 1877 atlas marked an M.P. church. The different descriptions are retained here without deciding which denominational name is historically definitive.
IMG_0783.JPG appears in the source folder but was not downloadable through the connected Drive API (404); it is not included in this review package.
