Perkins Cemetery (Joseph E.)

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Location: 43.91153 -71.01600

From its intersection with Brownfield Road, drive south on Old Portland Road just over 0.3 miles to a farm. The cemetery, consisting of one monument for three graves, is 250 feet southwest of the house on a small hill.  

Historical Information: The Joseph Perkins family lived at the farm this cemetery is on for over fifty years. There is a single monument that has the names of Joseph and his two wives inscribed on it. There may also be graves for four children who died young.  According to Ancestry.com family trees, Mehitabel and Joseph had triplets (two sons, one daughter) who were born and died in 1848. They also had a son Joseph A. who was born in 1850 and died in 1857.

Condition (12/24/2019): This cemetery is in the middle of an active berry farm and is nicely maintained. The single gravestone is granite and in good condition.