Welcome to Penobscot County, Maine History and Genealogy Mount Hope Cemetery History City Affairs, In Board of Alderman, May 31, 1847 Orders-That the Mayor cause the fence around the public Cemetery at Mount Hope to be repaired, and that he inquire and report whether the lease of the land back of the cemetery has been forfeited. ( June 2, 1847, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) Mount Hope Cemetery-     At a meeting of the Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation, yesterday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: James B. Fiske, President; John Bright, Secretary; Albert W. Prince, Treasurer Executive Committee: John E. Godfrey, Henry A. Head, Albert Emerson ( June 15, 1853, Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) Mayors Address ....The ruinous and decayed state of the fence around a part of the ground at Mount Hope, appropriated for purposes of a public cemetery require that a new one should be built to protect it from the encroachments and depredations of the cattle and other animals that are kept in the adjoining premises, and by reference to the Report of the Cemetery Board, you will also learn that the Pine Grove Cemetery is in some what similar condition. I would therefore join them in recommending that an appropriation be made for fencing, improving and ornamenting the last resting places where sleep all that is mortal of those who have gone down to the grave before us. ( March 17, 1857 Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor Maine, Contributed by S. Williams) Burials listed below are taken from obituaries, not from onsite transcription Mistakes can be made so please use as a guide May not be a complete list of burials Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Shauna Williams Name Birth Date Death Date Remarks Source         Rich, Hosea 10/1/1780 1/30/1866 s/o Paul & Mary; h/o Fanny Obit Wallis, Mrs. John R.   1893   Obit HOME DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Submitters retain all copyrights ©2008 Genealogy Trails