Welcome to Penobscot County, Maine History and Genealogy Lowder Cemetery History Lowder Cemetery     The subscriber wishes to inform the citizens of Bangor and vicinity that the burial place incorporated as the Lowder Cemetery is now nearly completed and open for the inspection of the public. Those ladies and gentlemen who wish to visit it can ride round and through the grounds in carriages. An ample space is attached to the cemetery for the growth of trees which will be set out immediately as the season will permit.     By the act of incorporation the property of the Cemetery is divided into sixty five shares and any one becoming purchaser of a share is also owner of a tomb, of which there are sixty eight, one of which the subscriber reserves to his own disposal and two to the disposal of the corporation. The shares are offered for sale at a cost, which with the contemplated improvements, will not exceed one hundred and sixty dollars.     By the above named act of incorporation the right of property in the shares and tombs is exempt from taxation and not liable to attachment for debt, and no part of the premises can be used as a public road or for other purposes than mentioned in said act. It is proposed shortly to have a public and solemn dedication of the Cemetery to the purposes which it is intended, of which ceremony notice will be given in the public prints. Samuel Lowder, Bangor, Sept 16, 1841 (September 27, 1841, Bangor Daily Whit and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) POSTPONEMENT     The public are informed that the Dedication of the Lowder Cemetery advertised to take place on Wednesday, the 6th inst., is postponed to Wednesday, the 12th day of October inst. ( October 8, 1841, Bangor Daily Whit and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) Lowder Cemetery     The consecration of this new place of sepulcher, took place on Wednesday. The exercises of the occasion were a consecrating prayer by rev. Mr. Maltby, followed by a very neat and appropriate address from Rev. Mr. Hodge, and benediction by Rev. Prof Pond accompanied by select music. The exercises were of a highly interesting character, and were listened to with great pleasure by a numerous audience of ladies and gentlemen, who gave their attendance, not withstanding the coldness of the weather at the time.     This Cemetery which has just been completed, is situated on the North West Avenue, about a mile from the Institution, and has been built at the expense, and under the direction of our fellow citizen, who it bears.  The premises cover a half acre of ground, and are surrounded by a neat and permanent wall, surmounted by an iron picket railing. Within this wall and around the entire enclosure, are located tombs covered by an uniform embankment, handsomely arranged and seeded to grass. In the centre of the enclosure, rises a circular mound, seventy or eight feet in diameter, and about twenty feet in height, which it is intended, and is to be surmounted by an appropriate statue or monument. A granite flight of steps leads to its summit. Around this mound, at its base, are also located tombs, making with the others sixty eight in number.     It is the intention of the proprietor to ornament the grounds with trees and shrubbery, and thus to make it an agreeable place of resort for the living, as well as an appropriate place for the burial of the dead.     An act of incorporation has been obtained, for the better management and protection of the grounds, and the purchase of a tomb makes the owner a member. The present proprietor now offers the tombs for sale at the lowest price which the cost will justify. We trust this will be sufficient to induce our citizens, generally, to favor the cause as one honorable to the city, and of interest to themselves. (October 18, 1841, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) HOME DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Submitters retain all copyrights ©2008 Genealogy Trails