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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
Do You Know that you can search just the 860 pages of Chemung County Cemetery Records on the site by using the Cemeteries -Chemung button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? If you use that partition follow these steps to search just one cemetery. 
1. Choose Cemeteries - Chemung
2. Enter part of the cemetery name [ie Comfort or Carr] AND a surname.
3. Choose the Find ALL Words option. Then it will find just the pages with that surname in the one cemetery you indicated. 
Introduction & Aber to Boyce
Brewer to Burt
Cacciotte to Comfort
Comstock to Dean
Decker to DuVall
Easton to Goldsmith
Green to Hammond
Haner to Hillman
Hollenbeck to Laseur
Lattimer to Mayr
McAdams to O'Hanlon
Ostrander to Roby
Rockwell to Smith
Snell to Tuton
Updike to Winant
Wood to Addendum
History of Ashland Cemetery
Obituaries
 Updates
See also the Wellsburg Cemetery which is the older cemetery which adjoins this
Surname First Name Birthdate Deathdate Age Inscriptions/Notes
Ostrander Charles T. 1842 1917   "Father" Co. I 103rd NY Vols. CR: struck by locomotive bur Jul 22 1917
Ostrander Elizabeth 1849 1924   "Mother" CR: d. Elmira bur Jul 11 1923 aged 74 years
Ostrander Leon E.       (no stone) CR: d. Elmira, aged 72 years, bur Jul 12 1957 Lot #174
Otterson Edward       (no stone) CR: d. Breeseport, aged 69 years bur Feb 8 1928 Lot #202
Owen William B.       (no stone) CR: d. Lowman, NY aged 87 years., Placed in receiving vault Feb 9 1972
Owens Charles B.       (no stone) Cr: d. Auburn, NY aged 42 years bur Aug 6 1918 Lot #115
Owens Delphine D. 1952 1932   obvious error - check cemetery.
Owens Georgianna Baldwin Oct 6 1856 Jul 29 1899   wife of G. M. Owens
Owens Griswold N. 1849 1923    
Palmer George E. 1860 1936   CR: d. Bradford Co., Pa. bur Aug 12 1936 lot #211
Palmer Jessie       See entry for JESSIE ROBBONS
Palmer Lena 1862 1946   CR: d. Elmira bur Feb 18 1946
Parch  Ralph, Jr.       (no stone) CR: d. 658 Main St., Elmira, aged 59 years bur Aug 24 1973 Lot #371
Parker Joseph B. Jan 29 1905 Mar 8 1953   New York Master Sgt. 259th Coast Arty Bn World War II CR: d. Wilawana, Pa. bur Mar 11 1953 Lot #189
Parks Fred O. 1889 1965   CR: d. Sayre. Pa. bur Jun 19 1965 lot #323
Parks Rose Marie 1896 None    
Parrish Clara C. 1893 1970   CR: d. Nichols, NY, bur Apr 14 1970. Stone behind Baptist church
Parrish Cora Etta 1924 1940   CR; d. Wellsburg aged 16 years bur Mar 28 1940 Lot #2. This lot is behing the Baptist church
Parrish Elery Edward 1919 1973   Roberts Funeral Home: d. apr 7 1973 CR; d. Sayre, Pa. bur Apr 10 1973 Lot #2
Parrish Harvey T. 1884 1951   CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Jun 21 1951
Parrish Katherine Snell 1927 None   Stone behind Baptist church
Parsells Ella D. Smith       (no stone) CR: d. Elmira aged 47 years bur Feb 7 1942
Parson Eliza       See entry for ELIZA PARSON HUFF
Parsons Charles F. 1883 1935   CR: d. Endicott, NY
Parsons Dwight Charles 1911 1931   son of Charles & Edna Parsons CR: d. Yates Co., NY
Parsons Edna G. 1889 1938   CR: middle name was "Grace", d. Endicott, NY bur Dec 14 1938 lot #169
Parsons Eliza A. Dewey 1859 1925   his wife
Parsons  Dwight Smith 1856 1911    
Pautz Harold L. 1914 1972   Cr: senior, bur Jul 18 1972 lot #371
Pautz Pauline E. 1916 1973   CR: middle name was "Ellen" bur Sep 2 1973 aged 57 years Lot #371
Payne Carrie Ballou 1858 1931    
Payne Helena       See entry for HELENA PAYNE DECKER
Payne Joseph Ballou 1827 1904    
Payne Susan Taylor 1835 1913   CR: bur Oct 10 1913
Pease Emma C.       See entry for Escourt C. Wells
Peck Elmer E. 1874 1952   CR: d. Lowman, NY bur Aug 25 1952 Lot #273
Peck Frederick   Oct 16 1955   Twin CR: stillborn, bur Oct 17 1955 Lot #273. This is a small heart-shaped bronze plaque set in the ground directly behind the stone for Elmer E. & Mollie A. Peck
Peck Mollie A. 1880 1950   CR: middle name was "Ann", d. Lowman, NY bur Jan 19 1950
Peet Earl 1900 1920   Cr: bur Sep 12 1901
Peet Gamaliel L. 1879 1927    
Peet Helen A. Jan 24 1852 Dec 11 1911   wife of Vertner G. Peet
Peet Howard Jun 15 1886 oct 29 1916   CR: killed by a train, aged 30 years 4 months 13 days
Peet Vertner G. 1852 1933    
Pelkey         (no first name - no stone) CR: male d. Endicott, Ny aged 4 days bur Jul 1 1933
Pfleeger Arlene 1908 1973   CR: first name was "Frances", bur May 30 1973 Lot #100
Phillips Jesse B. 1887 1939   CR: bur apr 17 1939 Lot #100
Pierce Belle       See entry for BELLE PIERCE BEVENS
Pierce Rebecca       See entry for JAMES COVELL
Pierce Sarah Herman 1820 1901   wife of William S. Pierce
Pierce William S. 1858 1902   son of W. S. & S. H. Pierce
Playford Jane       (no stone) CR; bur Sep 12 1918 aged 87 years
Pool Hattie   Feb 16 1873 7 mos. 16 days daughter of John A. & Estella Pool (spelling of surname is as it appears on stone)
Poole Estella G. Knapp 1849 1916   wife of John Poole
Poole John A. 1837 1894   "Husband" Co. D, 12th Rgt, Conn Vols.
Pope Alta       See entry for REV. CHARLES E. DRAKE
Porch Ralph, Jr. May 2 1914 Aug 22 1973   Pvt. U. S. Marine Corp. World War II
Porter Iva       See entry for EMMETT S. VAN DEMARK 
Prescott Anna M 1851 1887   wife of Joseph Prescott
Prescott May        See entry for MAY PRESCOTT DUKE
Purdy John A.       (no stone) CR; bur Nov 23 1823 aged 56 years
Quick Carl L. 1903 1909    
Quick Clarence T. 1880 1963   CR: d. Tampa, Florida, bur Apr 18 1963 Lot #204
Quick Cora B. 1901 1974   Roberts Funeral Home: d. June 3 1974, bur Jun 6 1974 CR: d. Gulfport, Pinellas Co., Florida
Quick Jennie B. 1884 1944   Cr: d. Binghamton, NY bur May 29 1944 Lot #204
Quinn Harry 1870 1951   Father of Mrs. F. F. Webb, Sr. CR: d. Rochester, NY bur Jun 22 1951 Lot #268
Randall Harriet N.       See entry for REUBEN E. MOSS
Rathbone Arthur T.       His stone contains only the name "Arthur" , is located on William Rathbone plot. Next is a small stone with only the name "Huldah" . Also a small fieldstone with no data. Data for Arthur T. Rathbone from cemetery records. D. Wellsburg 82 yrs. Bur. Nov 16 1826
Rathbun Caroline Hunter Apr 16 1820  Jan 25 1894   wife of Wm. Rathbun
Rathbun Lydia   Dec 14 874 67 yrs. 7 mos. 10 dys. wife of W. B. Rathbun
Rathbun William May 1 1803 Dec 12 1884    
Rayner A. Leland Oct 19 1899 Apr 19 1900   son of Archie & Elsie Rayner. This is a second stone with a different spelling of surname and with initial "A".
Rayner Richard Aug 28 1800 Jun 5 1882   (this epitaph inscribed on the Raynor-Colwell large shaft monument
Raynor Archie B. 1874 1945   CR: d. Ridgebury, Pa. bur. Sep 29 194
Raynor Elsie A. 1871 1950   CR: d. Ridgebury, Pa. bur Feb 13 1950 Lot #102 Middle name was "Ann"
Raynor Leland 1899 1900   See second entry
Read William J. 1894 1969   CR: bur May 1 1969 Lot #293
Read  Mildred L. 1902 None    
Reece Mollie Howell 1875 1959   wife of Robert Reese. (this interment not entered in cemetery record)
Reese Robert       (no stone) CR: d. Barton, NY aged 7 2years. Bur Aug 21 1951 Lot #18. The record shows surname spelled "Reice"
Reice Robert       See entry for Robert Reese
Remensnyder Albert L. 1895 1952   CR: d. Horseheads, NY bur Feb 13 1952 Lot #214
Rexville Florence       See entry for HENRY H. ACKERMAN
Richardson Clarence T.       (no stone) CR: stillborn, bur Jun 9 1928
Roat Ella Updike 1877 1940   CR: d. Elmira, bur. Nov 28 1940 Lot #279
Robbins Delos 1897 1919   Battery A, 59th Rgt., Field Art. CR: first name "John", a soldier, d. Camp Jackson S.C. bur Jan 30 1919
Robbins Jessie Nov 13 1878 Apr 4 1962   CR: middle name was "Palmer". Died Wellsburg, bur Lot #175 Apr 7 1962
Roberts Albert T. 1851 1925   "Father"
Roberts Alice Chilson May 12 1850 Jan 17 1897    
Roberts Alpha 1852 1923   (all on a shaft monument)
Roberts Amos Oct 10 1821 Sep 16 1904   "Father"
Roberts Diantha P. Jul 12 1829 Apr 7 1874   his wife
Roberts Eva 1858 1940   "Mother" CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Jul 30 1940 Lot #208
Roberts Frances O. 1891 1967   CR: d. Teaneck, NJ, bur. Jun 7 1967 Lot #376
Roberts George J. Dec 8 1870 Nov 19 1903    
Roberts George W. Nov 3 1808 Jun 3 1892    
Roberts Harold Lee       son of George J. & Maude Roberts (no stone) CR: d. Elmira, stillborn, bur Nov 10 1926
Roberts Harry M. 1892 None   CR: d. Waverly NY, bur. Feb 5 1974
Roberts Hovey 1868 1935    
Roberts Maria Aug 9 1822 Nov 7 1904   "Mother"
Roberts Miles 1828 1909    
Roberts Nelson W. Apr 7 1860 Jul 16 1893    
Roberts Sally Ann   Feb 21 1886 67 yrs. 9 mos. 16 dys. Wife of Geo. W. Roberts (shaft type monument)
Roberts Sara B. 1896 1960   CR: E. Elmira aged 64 years, bur. Nov 21 1960 Lot #153
Roberts  Sarah F. 1848 1917   CR: d. Binghamton, NY
Robinson Bonnie Mae       (no stone) CR: d. Comfort Hill Road, Town of Ashland, NY aged 2 days bur Sep 165 1949 Lot #305
Robinson Brandy Dec 12 1973 Apr 25 1974   CR: middle name was "Sue" d. Elmira
Robinson George B. 1897 1965   CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. Mar 18 1965 Lot #335
Robinson Ida May       (no stone) CR: d. Montour Falls, NY aged 42 years, bur. Mar 21 1941 Lot #283
Robinson Julia S. 1903 None    
Robinson William       (no stone) CR: bur. Sep 10 1914 aged about 30 years.
Roby Baby Girl       (no stone) Cr: d. Sayre, Pa., bur. Feb 11 1949

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 12/2/98
By Joyce M. Tice
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