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SAILORS ISLAND CEMETERY
This island, just West of Salvage and less than a mile in length, was settled
in the 1850's and vacated again in the late 1920's. The cemetery is just beyond
the grassy clearing on the N. side of the cove where most of the people lived,
and is now hidden among a growth of evergreens. In July 1999 ten headstones
were visible:
1. Henry MOSS 2. Elizabeth MOSS 3. Hannah MOSS
d. Jan. 11, 1891 Wife of Robert Wife of John
Age 74 d. Jan. 4, 1881 d. Dec. 10, 1899
Age 26 Age 49
4. Jessie MOSS 5. Alfreda MOSS 6. William MOSS
Wife of Thomas d. Nov. 18, 1907 Husband of Mary Jane
d. Aug. 20, 1905 Age 27 d. June 20, 1918
Age 41 Age 68
7. Jane BABSTOCK 8. Mary Julia 9. Alphaeus
Wife of John daughter of son of
died _____, 1895 Robert & Suzanna BROWN Joseph & Martha LANE
Age 53 d. Dec. 13, 1900 died 1918
Age 11 mo. Age 22
10. Thomas Fish PARKER
died Feb. 16, 1881
Aged 86 years
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Submitted by: W. Roy Babstock
(June 15th, 2000)
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