Bangor cemetery listings available online

The city of Bangor has a very nice Web site at www.bgrme.org. Of great interest to genealogists is the database of interments for Pine Grove Cemetery on Hammond Street Extension, Oak Grove Cemetery on Finson Road and Maple Grove Cemetery at the intersection of Pushaw and Church roads.

At the Web site, click on “Departments,” then on “Public Works,” then on cemetery listings. The database is grouped by surname into three categories: Abbott-Gould, Gowith-Parson and Parsons-Zirk.

You don’t need to know the name of the cemetery where your relative is buried, as the listings are combined.

You may know that the city also owns a portion of the cemetery adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery, and that’s managed by Mount Hope. To check listings for both those cemeteries, go to the Mount Hope Web site at www.mthopebgr.com.

Look up Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first vice president – or all the Hamlins, for that matter. The location of Hamlin’s grave, and those of some other notables, is marked on a small map on the Web site.

Three cheers for communities and private cemeteries that put their listings online. It is very much a tribute to those who are buried there.

Corinth Old Home Days will be held Friday and Saturday, June 23-24. Saturday’s parade, conducted by American Legion Post 115, will honor Madeline Campbell, Corinth’s oldest citizen and holder of the Boston Post Cane.

Activities begin Friday with an ice cream social 6-8 p.m. at the town recreation field (rain location, Central High School). Elvis Returns in a free show at 8 p.m. with Bruce Nye The Elvis Guy. Bring a lawn chair.

On Saturday, the parade will line up at 9 a.m. in the Central Middle School parking lot and the entrance to the Morison School, rain or shine.

10 a.m. Parade with theme, “Sports Spectacular.” Prizes for business floats, non-profit floats, school group floats, decorated bikes and kids’ categories, decorated ATVs. Winners announced at noon.

11 a.m. Corinth Historical Society opens.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Activities at rec field, carnival rides, giant slide, baseball throw, sand art, Zack the Clown, balloons, games, concessions, dunk tank, Corinth Health Fair table, fire truck display, bounce house.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Cruize-In antique vehicles across from Legion Hall, Exeter Road. 285-3567.

11-11:45 a.m. John Tercyak, singer, on stage.

11:30 a.m. Children’s pedal tractor pull, rec field.

Noon. Fire department chicken barbecue, rec field.

Noon-12:45 p.m. Step In Time Cloggers, on stage.

1-1:45 p.m. Rusty Coffee, singer, on stage.

1 p.m. Free throw contest on the courts, cash prizes.

2-2:45 p.m. Oyster Band, on stage.

4 p.m. Lawn Garden tractor pull behind Central Middle School. 285-3081.

Do check out the Corinth Historical Society Web site at www.angelfire.com/me2/corinthhistorical/

Features include listings for early vital records.

3366. SPENCER. Seeking descendants of Leslie and Isabelle Spencer of Howland-Argyle-Old Town area. The 1920 census lists their children as Ervin, 11; Robert, 9; Otis, 3; and Flora, 1. Leslie was born Charles L. Spencer. Isabelle later married a Brown. Flora married a Mushero. Maggie Boyer, 1237 North 10th St., Reading, PA 19604; MBOYER36071@aol.com.

3367. WILLEY-CLARK. David Barker, a lawyer and poet from Exeter, wrote a poem about a Civil War enlistee from Exeter named David Willey, called “Old Willey.” My great-grandfather, Henry Willey, was from Exeter. He married Charlotte Clark of Corinna. They had six children and lived in Exeter in the 1860s, Levant in 1880. I would like to know if Henry and David “Old Willey” were related. Also any information on the Willey and Clark families. According to census records, Henry was born in Maine or Vermont. John T. Sears, 12 Moonlite Lane, Hartland, ME 04943; jtsears11@tds.net.

Send genealogy queries to Family Ties, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or send e-mail, familyti@bangordailynews.net.