From the August 11, 2012, Portland (Maine) Press-Herald by Gilliam Graham.
Held August 11th at 69 Presumpscot St. This was the cumulation of a two-year project.
The grave of Crispus Groves, a RevolutionaryWar veteran in the 31st Regiment under Colonel Edmund Phinney, was dedicated.
Also decorated were the graves of War of 1813 veterans Andrew Graves (was he related to Crispus Graves?), John Sawyer, Joseph Sawyer, William Sawyer (must have been a family) and Samuel Blake.
WILLIAM SAWYER: Private Moody's Co., 3rd Massachusetts Militia, War of 1812, 1763-1825.
All six veterans have new white government-issue gravestones.
The cemetery started as a family one but got the name when the Grand Trunk Railroad began using the land to bury people who had died on their trains.
There is a Friends of the Grand Trunk Cemetery group. Their efforts have greatly improved the cemetery which was once overgrown and spray-painted.
The cemetery was used from 1763-1893. Documents confirm 74 burials, but it is believed that number is closer to 100. A total of eight veterans are buried there.
The cemetery is located behind Presumpscot School, whose students were also involved in the clean up.
Glad the Cemetery Has been Saved. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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