About Southside Cemetery
Southside Cemetery is a cemetery near Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. The grounds sit at about 243 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Abner Coburn, Benjamin White Norris and Forrest Goodwin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 575829. The nearest funeral home we know of is Central Maine Cremation & Funeral Services in Skowhegan, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 112 cemeteries we list in Somerset County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 112 listings in Somerset County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Skowhegan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Southside Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 2 scientists, 2 writers, 1 business leader, 1 governor.
- Abner Coburn1803-1885American politician
- Benjamin White Norris1819-1873American politician
- Forrest Goodwin1862-1913American politician
- Stephen Coburn1817-1882American politician
- Alice Turner Curtis1860-1958American writer
- David Kidder1787-1860American politician
- Samuel Wadsworth Gould1852-1935American politician
- George Otis Smith1871-1944American geologist
- Louise Helen Coburn1856-1949American botanist, botanical collector, writer, poet and founder of Sigma Kappa
- Helen Coburn Smith Fawcett1904-2000Namesake of Helen Lake near Parker Pass; daughter of George Otis Smith
People whose Wikidata entry gives Southside Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Southside Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- South CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery0.0 mi
- North CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery1.1 mi
- Calvary CemeterySkowhegan, MECatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Old Bloomfield CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery2.3 mi
- Old River Road CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery2.8 mi
- Malbons Mill CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery3.2 mi
- Hayden CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery3.9 mi
- Longley CemeterySkowhegan, MECemetery4.2 mi
- Old Oak CemeteryNorridgewock, MECemetery4.2 mi
- Larone CemeteryNorridgewock, MECemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Southside Cemetery
- Central Maine Cremation & Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Skowhegan · (207) 612-8408
- Smart & Edwards Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Skowhegan · (207) 474-3357
- Dan & Scott Adams Cremation2.2 miCremation provider · Skowhegan · (207) 474-0000
- Giberson Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Madison · (207) 696-8081
- Wheeler Funeral Home & Cremation Care15 miFuneral home · Oakland · (207) 465-3011
- Redington Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Waterville · (207) 873-3611
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