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Williams Cemetery

Upper Fairmount / Fishing Island Road · Fairmount District No. 6 · Somerset County, Maryland

Cemetery No. 911-Y-27 center
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The 2001 field survey places the site south of Fairmount Road near Fishing Island Road, opposite the former Cecil Ford store. It was described as overgrown, near a ditch bank, with one marked grave and two brick graves.

The location was associated with the home of J. Waters on the 1877 atlas.

  • Latitude38° 06′ 22.2″ N
  • Longitude75° 47′ 53.3″ W

Graves Recorded

Headstone or supporting photograph for Addie E. Williams
Headstone or supporting photograph for Addie E. Williams — additional view
Photograph: williams.

Addie E. Williams

Transcription / field record

Addie E.
wife of
T. G. Williams
Born Sept 15, 1872
Died Mar 14, 1891
How soon alas our brightest pros-
-pects fails as autumn’s leaves be-
-fore the driving gale.

Two additional brick graves

Transcription / field record

The survey recorded two additional brick graves without legible names.

Documentation and Sources

Transcription date: 8 April 2001. Contributors: Rebecca Miller, Ed Smith, and Philip Goldsborough.

Original cemetery survey and transcription (PDF)

Rebecca Miller added research identifying a possible marriage record for Thomas G. Williams and Addie B. Catlin, and proposed possible parental relationships. These are research notes, not proved identities.