Find-A-Grave Listing (contains information about individual burials, including gravestone photos)
Location:43.93172, -70.95551
From its intersection with Center Conway Road, drive south on Hampshire (Eaton Center) Road 330 feet until a small drive on the left (east) side of the road. Follow this drive (right at the fork) 500 feet to the cemetery, which sits on a spit of woods raised above the surrounding fields.
Historical Information:
Samuel Wentworth built his house across from this cemetery in 1807. While there are no headstones here for Samuel (1772-1845) and his wife Anna (Keay) (1773-1833), it is assumed that they are buried here. Four of their children are also buried here (Ruth (Wentworth) Brown, Ebenezer, Augustus and Merrill), as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A notable headstone is for Harville Wentworth, who was murdered by Wendell Foss of Eaton in 1886. For the detailed story, click here.
The surrounding property left the family on July 11, 1885 when Zenas O. Wentworth sold to Stillman J. Durgin for $2000 “excepting and reserving the burial ground on said land as enclosed by a fence together with the right of a convenient way to and from said burial ground with suitable bars for the entrance thereto” (Book 73, Page 363)
Condition (7/17/23):
This cemetery was restored in July of 2023, mostly to repair damages from a large tree that fell in January 2023. All stones are now standing, except for one, which was too shattered to reset vertically. The cemetery is fully fenced, though part of the wire fence was damaged by the tree. There is a large section near the entrance that seems to be empty of graves. This cemetery is now being maintained by a professional landscaper hired by the town.
