Dern Farm Cemetery
Whitmore Family Of Frederick County, Maryland
[Originally read and transcribed by H.C. Nycum and Norman Niccum]
Pub. in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly,
pg. 85, Volume 52, Part 1, Number 2, June 1964
Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by K. Torp
This abandoned cemetery, known as the Dern Farm Cemetery1, is in what was once Toms Creek Hundred.
It is south of Toms Creek Cemetery, which is southeast of Emmittsburg.
In reality, Toms Creek Cemetery, itself, consists of two cemeteries.
These graves are the earliest in the locality.
In memory of / BENJAMIN WHITMORE Sen- /
who departed this life / March 11th. 1818, aged 84 years.
In memory of / MARY WHITMORE /
who departed this life / April 4th. 1820. /
aged 67 years / and 11 months.
B. W AU / A.64.
Footstone; "A.1789".
A O 1728 / D. 22. May / C. x W.
BARBARA WHITMORE
Died May 14, 1863,
Aged 59 Years & 7 M.
FRED WHITMORE
/ Died May 6, 1858, /
Aged 45 Years, / 4 M. & 12 D.
ELIZABETH WHITMORE
/ Died March 1, 1846 /
70 Years, 6 Mo. / & 28 days.
CHRISTIAN WHITMORE
/ Died May 26, 1862 /
Aged 86 Years, 9 Mo. / & 6 d.
1To get to
the Dern farm, go south on the SIXES ROAD, from
the Toms Creek Church. Turn to the right and follow a lane
to the residence. Not far from the Dern residence is a lane.
Follow this, then cross a fence, and the stones will be seen
among clumps of trees and brush, surrounded by a woven wire
fence. All the stones were carefully examined, and data copied
on September 16, 1956.
Update:
The above gravestones were moved to the Mountain View Cemetery, in
Emmitsburg, Maryland.
