MORRELL CEMETERY
RESTORATION PROJECT UPDATE: SPRING/2013
The Morrell Cemetery Restoration Project began early last Spring
… Students from the Marshwood High School of Eliot, Maine as part of their Annual
Community Service Project cleaned the cemetery of leaves and debris in
preparation of the restoration … James Driver, a Boy Scout from Eliot, Maine
selected this cemetery restoration as his Eagle Scout Project with the
assistance of Donald Driver, his father and troop leader and overseen by
members of the Eliot Historical Society …After many weeks of cleaning the area they were able to locate close to all of the original ornate ironwork, including corner posts, center section posts, long side sections including the entrance gates which are now in full use on the north and south side … Many large trees needed to be removed before James and Donald could begin their work of laying out the stones from town records to their original location …Each headstone has been beautifully reset along with each of the corresponding footstones … Some of the headstones that were broken from many long harsh New England winters and years of neglect were saved and restored … This was a painstaking task throughout the hot and humid summer encountering poison ivy and mosquitoes along the way … The project was considered completed late Fall/2012 …
We cannot begin to express our gratitude for the hundreds of
hours of work that James and his father did in the restoration of The Morrell
Cemetery … Now and into the future fellow researchers and family members of the
Morrell Family will be able to clearly see how important this cemetery is to
the History of Eliot, Maine … Rarely, do you see an entire family buried in one
cemetery …
The Morrell Cemetery - West Side
The Morrell Cemetery - South Side
The Morrell Cemetery - West Side
The Morrell Cemetery - Ornate Ironwork - West Side
Thank you! According to this article -
ReplyDeletehttp://network.mainegenealogy.net/profiles/blogs/old-morrell-estate-in-eliot-maine-has-a-most-interesting-history
the cemetery was in the back of the house, the house burned in 1933 and in the front of the house there is a hill. At the bottom of the hill was where the original John Morrell is buried and it is "marked by a cluster of stones". Do you have any idea where that might be? Also there was an original Friends/Quaker meeting house within a mile. Do you know where that might be? Thanks so much - Jennifer Morrell