DEERING, N.H. CEMETERIES - 
From Deering's 2004 Master Plan
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TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN 
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DEERING NEW HAMPSHIRE Cemeteries

The first recorded establishment of a cemetery (then called burying grounds or
graveyards) was on September 15, 1783, when the Town voted "to give Bray Wilkins
seven dollars for clearing and fencing the graveyard according to law." This
particular site was chosen as the skeleton of a man was found under a tree he was
felling near the southeast corner of the present Gove Cemetery. His identity was 
never known.

The other early Town cemeteries include:
--Goodale Cemetery, in 1785 the Town voted "that Nat Gove have four dollars and
three quarters for clearing and fencing the same."
--West Deering, in 1811 John Hogdon gave one-half an acre for the burying ground
--East Deering, in 1851 the Goodale Cemetery was filled and East Deering Cemetery
was laid out and expanded through a generous gift of the Yeaple family.
--Wilkins Cemetery, in 1825 the Town purchased an acre from the farm of Isaac
Wilkins.

The three oldest cemeteries have many graves but not gravestones for each. In many
cases simple field stones were used, as the cost of a stone was so very expensive
and there were no local stone carvers.

The only Town cemeteries having lots available for sale are in East Deering (Yeaple
Annex) and Wilkins Cemetery.  The sale of lots has been restricted to Deering
property owners or residents.  The exception to this was a case where the family had
a long history in Town and many family members were buried in either East Deering or
in Wilkins Cemeteries.  At the present time it is assumed that the burial plots in
East Deering and Wilkins will be sufficient for the next 20 to 25 years.

The Town's cemeteries are managed by a Cemetery Committee. It is generally felt
that this committee is doing a fine job managing these historic resources.
However, as with the maintenance of any historic resource, adequate funding will
need to be assured. Historic cemeteries can be especially expensive to maintain due
to the delicacy of old grave markers.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CEMETERIES

CEMETERY // OWNERSHIP // LOCATION
Appleton Cemetery // Town // Deering Center Road
Butler Cemetery // Private // Deering Center Road
East Deering Cemetery // Town // East Deering Road
Goodale Cemetery // Town // Driscoll Road
Bartlett Cemetery // Private // East Deering Road
Ellsworth Cemetery // Private // Reservoir Road
Wilkins Cemetery // Town // Old County Road
West Deering Cemetery // Town // 2nd NH Turnpike
Family Cemetery // Private // County Road Extension
Patten Cemetery // Private // Clement Hill ROad
Gove Cemetery // Town // Wolf Hill Road
Poling Family Cemetery // Private // Wolf Hill Road
Hill Cemetery // Private // North Road
Civil War soldier and child // Private // Old County Road
 *the Soldier and child are in individual graves, not a formal cemetery

See http://www.cnhrpc.org/deering/Public%20Hearing%20History%20and%20Culture.pdf#search=%22Gove%20Cemetery%20Deering%22

for the completed PDF file of the 2004 Deering Master Plan

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