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Union Historical Society
P.O. Box 154,
Union
Maine
USA
4862
(207) 785-5444
Type: Historical Interest
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Union
Maine
USA
4862
(207) 785-5444
Type: Historical Interest
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The talk on The History of Union's Cemeteries on Wednesday May 7 was extremely interesting and informative. Speaker Basil Brown of Union discussed the history of the six cemeteries in town, of which five are town cemeteries and one is private. The Common Cemetery holds many graves of the early settlers, including Philip and Jemima Robbins and Joel and Mima Adams, and other pioneers who feature as characters in Ben Ames Williams' 1940 historical novel Come Spring.
The first recorded burial in the Common Cemetery was in 1791. Brown emphasizes that all the cemeteries continue to evolve and that each has had additions recently. Having served as Union's Director of Cemeteries for 19 years, Basil Brown has detailed knowledge of the town's burial places. He brought photos and copies of old records to illustrate his talk, and donated a great number of them to the Union Historical Society. In an attempt to share some of Mr. Browns contributions, we are displaying three phots on the website's header.
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