Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)
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| Established | 1854 |
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| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 44°48′47″N 68°47′27″W / 44.8129639°N 68.7909043°W |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland |
| Size | 69 acres (28 ha) |
| No. of graves | >17,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Mount Pleasant Cemetery |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (also known as Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery) is a cemetery in Bangor, Maine. Established as Bangor's Roman Catholic burial ground in 1854, it originally included 14 acres. It now includes over 69 acres.[1]
The need for a primarily Roman Catholic burial ground arose from a rapid influx of Irish Catholic immigrants to Bangor in the 1850s and onward. Many Roman Catholic residents from nearby Buck Street Cemetery were re-interred at Mount Pleasant as well.[2]
Notable interments
[edit]- Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), actress
- Arthur R. Gould (1857–1946), U.S. Senator from Maine
References
[edit]- ^ John T. Frawley, Early History of the Catholic Church in Bangor, March 21, 2004
- ^ Scee, Trudy Irene (2012). The Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine: The Complete History. The History Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1609493370. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery
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