OBHS Cemetery Records

EXPLORE! South Berwick's five community cemeteries span almost four centuries, from the 1600s to the present day. Rich with history, they are peaceful, interesting places to stroll, as well as being a repository of historical facts and a means to honor hundreds of our veterans. The Town of South Berwick provides only minimal maintenance for cemeteries. The Old Berwick Historical Society is therefore grateful to the volunteers who maintain these irreplaceable community landmarks.

This cemetery database is based on Old Berwick Historical Society archives, particularly "The South Berwick (Maine) Record Book," a 1967 survey by John Eldridge Frost, with updates by historical society volunteers.  Records here reflect inscriptions on graves in Old Fields Burying Ground, Portland Street Cemetery, Freewill Baptist Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Woodlawn Cemetery, and many small burial plots scattered throughout South Berwick.

Cemetery Database

Last First DOD Age Cemetery Town  
Bennett Hannah Merrell 1/12/1879 AEt 71 Years 4 Months PortlandSt South Berwick
Bennett Sophia L 1/22/1874 AE 25 Years PortlandSt South Berwick
Bennett Gilman L, Dr 12/10/1872 AEt 67 Years PortlandSt South Berwick
Bennett Julia A 3/20/1896 AE 63 Years 8 Months PortlandSt South Berwick
Bennett Charles 3/3/1920   PortlandSt South Berwick
Bennett Herbert C 2/21/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Infant 2/27/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Cora B 3/8/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Lydia J Dorr 3/18/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Moses 3/23/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Lizzie S 3/29/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Reuben F 4/14/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Edward Jr 4/14/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Ida M Thompson 4/15/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Herbert 4/20/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Albert D 4/23/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Everett 4/27/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Oliver 5/1/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Carrie A 5/5/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Annie M 5/12/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Harold L 6/4/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Shelia A 6/6/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Dorris M 6/9/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Della M 6/9/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Laura S 6/26/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Hannah 12/26/1953   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Christopher 6/2/1981   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Alfred J 5/1/1990   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Alfred J 5/1/1990   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett ElizabethK 4/25/2005   Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett       Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Moses M     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Lydia J     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Herbert T     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Infant     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Elizabeth     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett 2 Infant Children     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett       Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett       Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Charles F     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Mother     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Father     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Lizzie     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Cora     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Oliver     Woodlawn South Berwick
Bennett Carrie     Woodlawn South Berwick
Benoit Helen L 6/16/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Benoit Greta M 6/20/1905   Woodlawn South Berwick
Benoit Leon 2/2/1947   Woodlawn South Berwick
Benoit Ian P N Thomas 12/21/1966   Woodlawn South Berwick