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Frenchtown / Fairmount–Rumbley Road · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland
An abandoned Methodist churchyard in the Frenchtown area. The church building was gone when the site was inventoried. The records describe dense growth, dumping, and twelve photographed grave markers.
Transcription / field record
[lamb]
Virginia A.
daughter of
J.H. & M. T. Blake
died
Aug. 5, 1874
aged
1 yr. 9 mos. 3 ds.
Suffer little children
to come unto me and
Forbid them not.
Transcription / field record
[two angels holding open book]
Sydney M.
wife of
Tayler Bradshaw
died
Feb. 12, 1877
aged
56 yrs. 11 mos. & 27 ds.
Dearest mother thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
And tis God that hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal
Transcription / field record
Margaret E.
wife of
John S. Blake
died
Sept. 2, 1878
aged
32 yrs. 8 mos. & 16 ds.
She was a tender mother here
And in her life the Lord did fear
We trust our loss will be her gain
For that with Christ she's gone to reign.
Transcription / field record
[hand with finger pointing upward]
Dasy Ellen
daughter of
James A. & Nancy E.
Tyler
died
July 6, 1879
aged 1 yr. 1 mo. 22 ds.
Suffer little children
to come unto me and forbid
them not.
Transcription / field record
[lamb]
Infant
Daughter of
Wm J. & S.E. Hewitt
died
March 16, 1871
We loved this tender little girl
but would have wished her
but let our Father’s will be done
She shines in endless day.
[omega symbol]
Transcription / field record
Infant
[hand motif]
daughter of
Isaac & Mary A.
Hurley
Died
Feb. 17, 1879
Asleep in Jesus
[omega mark]
footstone
[positioned near Virginia Blake]
Transcription / field record
In memory of
Alice V.
Dau of
E.S. & H.A. Tyler
Born Jan. 1, 1880,
Died June 16, 1882
Aged
2 Yrs. 5 Mos. & 15 Ds.
A little bud of love
To bloom with God above.
Transcription / field record
John P. Hewitt
son of J. & H.A. Hewitt
died Jan 21, 1875
aged
8 years, 8 months & 15 days.
Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid
them not; for of such is
the kingdom of Heaven.
[omega mark
Transcription / field record
[weeping willow]
In Memory of
Charles O. Beauchamp
Born Sept 11, 1845,
Died March 3, 1870.
Rest, thy work on Earth is done
Never to sorrow nor to weep;
Thine the promised joy attained
He giveth his beloved sleep.”
A. Coleman,
212 Concord St Balt
Transcription / field record
In memory of
Our Infant Girl
Born & Died
May 11, 1874.
Transcription / field record
In memory of
Virginia U. Beauchamp
Wife of
Saml W. Beauchamp,
Born
Novlr 12, 1843,
Died
August 8, 1874.
She suffered much bodily pain,
But her sins were all forgiven.
She is dead they say but she lives again
We trust with her saviour in heaven.
Transcription / field record
In Memory of
William T. Bradshaw
Born
March 2, 1845
Died
Novlr 20, 1877.
Research and field records from Ed Smith’s cemetery collection, prepared for the Somerset Cemeteries Project. Where the original transcription is incomplete or difficult to interpret, consult the source document.