GPS: 44.22577 -70.91823
R05-007
Directions: From its intersection with Vinton Road, drive 1.8 miles north on West Lovell Road. Park at 44.22093 -70.91750, which is the beginning of an old road. Walk northwest along the old road 375 yards to a clearing and an old cellar. From here, walk 240 yards northeast through the woods uphill. Use GPS. The cemetery, which is about 12 x 24’, is surrounded by split granite posts threaded through with nylon cable. Two signs for the “A. Gray Cemetery” (Abram Gray Cemetery) are attached to the cable. There is one definitive fieldstone in the SW corner with other rocks that are possibly gravemarkers. The graves are arranged in two rows and there could be up to ten people buried there. A Civil War flag holder is in the cemetery in memory of Marshall Gray who is buried in Louisiana.
Burials (According to William B LeBaron’s 1899 account in “A History of West Lovell”):
- Abram Gray 1787-1865
- Abigail (Pugsley) Gray 1789-1867
- Dolly (Walker) Gray, First wife of Simeon Gray (who was the son of Abram) 1821-1852
- Daniel Gray, son of Abram, b.1829 “went to Portland sickened and died there, was brought home and buried in the family lot in 1851”
Condition (10/18/24): This cemetery is not near any landmarks. The stone posts are leaning but standing and a new nylon cord and sign were added by descendent Barry Gilman a few years ago. Barry also repaired and repainted the flagholder. Some small saplings have started to grow in the last year.