BENTON, MAINE
CEMETERY LISTINGS

Kennebec County

JOIN MOCA - only $10/yr for 4 newsletters!

Benton Cemeteries:

Photos by Roland Rhoades 2011. Click on photos for larger versions. If you wish to save for your personal use, save the larger copy.

The man said, "God - do you really exist? Send me a sign." And a Butterfly landed on the man's shoulder, but the man just brushed it away. I visited the graves of my ggg-grandparents in June 2011, for the first time in 25 years. I planted geraniums on the graves of Parmenas & Nancy Reynolds, and their grandchildren (my grandfather's aunts), ch of John & Nancy Reynolds Rhoades (see Winslow cemeteries for their graves). As soon as I got my camera out to take photos, a butterfly landed on them, one after the other as I was ready to take the photo. As far as I am concerned, that is a sign from above thanking me for still caring.
	butterfly
Parmenas Reynolds died Feb 25, 1862 AE 78 yrs. War of 1812.   [son of Thomas Reynolds & Tabitha Thayer] Nancy (Simpson) Reynolds, wife died Feb 24, 1874 AE 85 yrs. Inscription: "[ill...] partings in Heaven."  My ggg-grandparents		THOMAS REYNOLDS, 1762 Bridgewater MA - 1851 Winslow ME. No burial place found for him, but REV WAR statements say buried in Benton Cem.
	butterfly
Grandchildren of Parmenas & Nancy, and Children of John Bryant Rhoades & Nancy Reynolds (see Winslow Fort Hill Cem); see identification that was below ground. Phebe Ellen Rhoades d Aug 29 1848 aged 1yr 10ms. & Clarissa Bruce Rhoades Sept 4 1848 aged 3ys 8ms. Stone is right behind Parmenas & Nancy.
Jedediah Prebble Jr d July 4 1891, AE 75yrs 6ms. Civil War "Meet me in the better land."	Tabitha (Reynolds) Prebble, wife 1820-1903 "Gone to a better land."	Rufus R Reynolds 1830-1894 Civil War
Ellen C Simpson, wife of Rufus R Reynolds 1833-1917	Thomas C Reynolds 1821-1864 Civil War.	Loana 1858-1876 dau of Thomas C & Roxanna Reynolds
Abram I Preble 1817- Sep 18 1887, AE 70 yrs. 4 mos. maybe a brother of Jedediah Jr	Elizabeth T [Colby] wife of Abraham I., 1811- Oct 30 1893, AEt 82 yrs 6 mos. "I will praise the name of God with a song." D/C: d 30 Oct 1893 Belgrade age 82,10,15 wd, b unk to Henry Colby b Mt Vernon & Elizabeth Thing b Vienna.

  Maine Families Genealogy Index Page