The Chemung Cemetery is located in the village of Chemung, Town
of Chemung, Chemung County, New York, and is one of the oldest burial grounds
in the area, some tombstones bearing dates of 1798 and 1799. Unfortunately
there are no records of interments except the grave markers prior to May
10, 1917.
In May, 1893, the Chemung Cemetery Corporation was formed at a
meeting held in Ruggles Hall. Chemung village, and since then this
organization has maintained the grounds in an acceptable manner.
A few monuments lay on the ground, but there is no high grass, nor unsightly
weeds or brush. Mowing is done on a regular schedule.
Doris and Joseph Boyd spent about 25 hours copying thedata appearing
on all the existing grave stones on September 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 18,
1976. They also expended an additional 11 hours examining the cemetery
ledger and recorded 75 or more burials where no tombstones were erected.
This data is included in the following account, but it must be remembered
that the dates are burial dates and not the death dates. There also
could be as many as 75 or 100 unmarked graves in the older sections of
the cemetery between the years 1798 and early 1917.
In the following record the surnames have been added in the case
of some wives, sons, and/or daughters for the sake of clarity. Any
data in brackets does not appear on the tombstones. Burials after
September 30, 1976, are not included in the record.
Last Name |
First Name |
Date of Birth |
Date
of Death |
AGE |
Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS |
Ackerman |
Johanna |
|
Aug
25 1877 |
39y 8m 23d |
Wife of Gustave Ackermann. [b. Dec 2
1837. An excellent shale shaft-type monument with nice lettering.] |
Ackley |
Marietta Peppard |
|
|
|
[Buried Mar 3 1940, aged 76y. No tombstone.
Data from CR] |
Abrams |
Delo., Rev. |
|
|
|
[Buried Nov 26 1941, aged 77y. No tombstone.
Data from CR] |
Abrams |
Minnie, Mrs. |
|
|
|
[Buried Dec 29 1950, aged 81y. No tombstone.
Data from CR] |
Adams |
Alvan L. |
1891 |
1968 |
|
[CR states he was buried on 12/27/1968,
aged 77y.] |
Adams |
Edna B. |
1890 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Agnor |
Edward M. |
1870 |
1911 |
|
|
Agnor |
Jennie B. |
1879 |
1968 |
|
[CR says she was buried Sept 18 1968,
aged 89 y.] |
Albertson |
Francis Warren |
|
|
|
[CR says he was buried 9/10/1970, aged
63 y. No tombstone.] |
Alexander |
A. |
|
Sep
16 1872 |
70y 8m 4d |
[b. Jan 12 1802 His first name was "Andrew"
and he was a farmer with 46 acres in the Town of Chemung in 1868.] |
Alexander |
Maria |
|
Jun
6 1877 |
75y |
Wife of A. Alexander [b. 1801 or 1802.
A large shaft-type monument with the shaft lying on the ground] |
Alteri |
Lena |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Mar 21 1956,
aged 73y. No tombstone] |
Alteri |
Michael Anthony |
|
|
|
[CR states he was buried on Jan 6 1957.
No age. No tombstone] |
Alteri |
Pauline Vivian |
|
|
|
[CR states she was burined on Jan 12
1957, aged 25y. No tombstone] |
Ameigh |
[Infant] |
|
|
|
[Still-born. CR states burial as Nov
19 1923. No tombstone] |
Ameigh |
Delphine |
|
|
|
[CR states she died at Odessa, N.Y. and
was buried on Apr 16 1941, aged 74y. No tombstone] |
Ameigh |
George A. |
1835 |
1922 |
|
[CR states he was buried on 9/26/1922,
aged 87y.] |
Ameigh |
Susan C. |
1848 |
1931 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Aig 27 1931,
aged 83y.] |
Ameigh |
Julius |
1840 |
1921 |
|
Co. G, 76th Regt., Penna. Vol. [CR states
he was buried on Jan 13 1921, aged 88y, in Lot 95. Tombstone lays face-up
on the ground.] |
Ameigh |
Julius E. |
|
|
|
[CR states he was buried Jun 22 1953,
aged 88y. No tombstone] |
Ameigh |
Delphenia |
1848 |
1919 |
|
Wife of J.C. Ameigh. [CR states she was
buried on Mar 2 1919.] |
Amey |
Fred A. |
1883 |
1940 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Nov 26 1940,
aged 58y. He is next to Julius Ameigh.] |
Amey |
Susan M. |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Aug 30 1976,
aged 13y. No tombstone] |
Amey |
Arnold Kenneth |
Jul
23 1921 |
Mar
10 1974 |
|
New York. PFC, U.S. Army, World War 2. |
Amey |
Pauline Mae |
1931 |
1974 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Apr 20 1974,
aged 43y.] |
Annabel |
Flora Lang |
1875 |
1951 |
|
"Mother" [CR states she was buried on
Jun 19 1951] |
Aquilio |
Grace Phelps |
Aug
13 1902 |
Mar
4, 1953 |
|
|
Archebald |
Elnora, Mrs. |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Sept 16
1949, aged 78y. No tombstone] |
Aumick |
Irma C. |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Aug 15 1962,
aged 64y. No tombstone] |
Averitt |
Frank |
1854 |
1943 |
|
[CR states that his name was "James"
and he was buried on Nov 181943, aged 89y.] |
Averitt |
Emma Cantrovitz |
1859 |
1933 |
|
His Wife [CR states she was buried on
Apr 101933, aged 73y.] |
Ayers |
Herbert P. |
1870 |
1922 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Dec 30 1922,
aged 52y.] |
Ayers |
Belle |
1876 |
1954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Babcock |
Joshua |
|
Jan
18 1885 |
74y |
Co. I, 109th N.Y. Vols. [b.1810 or 1811] |
Bailey |
B. Colton |
|
May
11 1871 |
26y 12d |
[b. Apr 30 1845] |
Bailey |
Charlie C. |
|
Nov
24 1868 |
8y 7m |
[b. Mar or Apr 1860] |
Bailey |
Ida P. |
|
Sep
10 1875 |
21y 1m |
Children of Wm. B. & Hannah H. Bailey
[b. Jul or Aug 1854. A very nice shaft-type monument.] |
Bailey |
Elmira |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Sep 14 1919.
No tombstone.] |
Bailey |
Eugene |
|
|
|
[CR states he was buried on Aug 18 1918.
No age. No tombstone.] |
Bailey |
Helen Hosley |
1858 |
1938 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Aug 23 1938,
aged 79y.] |
Bailey |
Ted |
1883 |
1945 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Jan 8 1945,
aged 61y.] |
Bailey |
Lida |
1894 |
1975 |
|
|
Bailey |
William L. |
|
|
|
[CR states he was buried on Jan 28 1966,
aged 94y. No tombstone.] |
Baird |
William H. |
1869 |
1932 |
|
[CR states his middle name was "Henry"
and he died in Manchester. Buried on Aug 12 1932, aged 63y.] |
Baird |
Charlotte |
1877 |
1936 |
|
[CR states she died in Manchester and
was buried on Jun 20 1936, aged 73y.] |
Baker |
Henry |
1811 |
1889 |
|
"Father" [He was a cabinet maker and
farmer with 200 acres in the Town of Chemung in 1868.] |
Baker |
Frances |
1816 |
1896 |
|
"Mother" |
Baker |
Hiram D. |
1845 |
1906 |
|
|
Baker |
Hiram D. |
|
Oct
1 1918 |
|
New York. Corp., 108th Inf., 27th Div.
[Only date. CR states he was killed in France and buried on Jul 24 1921] |
Baker |
Glenn Elton |
|
|
|
[CR states he was buried on Aug 71970,
aged 1 day. No tombstone.] |
Baker |
Ella H. Hamilton |
1852 |
1891 |
|
Wife of H.D. Baker |
Baker |
Sibbel E. Reynolds |
1858 |
1902 |
|
Wife of H.D. Baker |
Baldwin |
Martha M. |
|
Dec
12 1864 |
30y 7m 2d |
Daughter of Vine & Salley Baldwin.
[b. May 10 1825. Tombstone is off its base, broken into 2 pieces, and leaning
against the fence of the Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
Miles C. |
1819 |
1911 |
|
"Father" [He was the son of Vine Baldwin
and was a fruit grower and farmer with 150 acres in the Town of Chemung
in 1868. Tombstone in the Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
Mary A. |
1828 |
1904 |
|
"Mother" [Tombstone in the Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
R.C. |
Mar 25 1813 |
Jun
14 1886 |
|
[According to the Foulke Genealogy --
1974 -- his first name was "Robert." He was the husband of Rebecca Foulke
Baldwin and was a farmer in the Town of Chemung in 1868.] |
Baldwin |
Sarah M. |
|
May
8 1864 |
77y 7d |
[b. May 1 1787. Tombstone off its base,
is broken into 2 pieces, and piled against the base in the Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
Vine |
|
Jun
21 1872 |
90y 3m 28d |
[b. Feb 24 1782. Towner reports he was
born in 1774 and served in the War of 1812. The tombstone is broken through
the age line and the top portion lays against the bottom section in the
Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
Thomas B. |
1854 |
1879 |
|
[Tombstone is in the Baldwin Plot.] |
Baldwin |
Worth |
1847 |
1928 |
|
[CR states that his first name was "William",
that he died in Waverly, N.Y., and was buried on Mar 25 1928, aged 80y.] |
Baldwin |
Sarah M. |
1848 |
1925 |
|
[CR states her middle initial was "E",
that she died in Waverly, N.Y., and was buried on Jul 14 1925, aged 76y.] |
[Baldwin] |
Mary A. |
1875 |
1900 |
|
[The surname is not on the tombstone,
but the marker stands with other Baldwins and so it is assumed that she
was a Baldwin.] |
Balmer |
Harry O. |
1891 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Balmer |
Lillian G. |
1885 |
1970 |
|
[CR states she died on Feb 12 1970 and
was buried on Apr 21 1970, aged 84y. This was due, undoubtedly, to the
frozen earth in the cemetery.] |
Bangard |
Anna May |
|
|
|
[CR states she died on Oct 4 1934, aged
74y. No tombstone.] |
Bangard |
Brant |
|
|
|
[CR states she died on Nov 29 1926, aged
68y. No tombstone.] |
Bangs |
Donald E. |
1892 |
1975 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Jan 18 1975,
aged 82y.] |
Bangs |
Jennie M. |
1893 |
1967 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Mar 15 1967,
aged 73y.] |
Bangs |
Robert Francis |
Mar
20 1931 |
Oct
10 1931 |
|
|
Barr |
Archie L. |
1871 |
1919 |
|
"Father" [CR states he was buried on
Sep 111919] |
Barr |
Gladys |
1878 |
1919 |
|
"Mother" [CR states she was buried on
Feb 8 1919] |
Barr |
Delphine |
1910 |
1931 |
|
"Sister" [CR states she died in Oxford
and was buried on Feb 141931, aged 20y.] |
Barr |
James Guy |
1880 |
1964 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Feb 20 1964,
aged 83y.] |
Barr |
Jennie |
1874 |
1959 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Nov 11 1959,
aged 80y.] |
Barr |
Harvey |
1896 |
1958 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Feb 25 1958,
aged 61y.] |
Barr |
Clara G. |
1895 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Barr |
Lewis H. |
1849 |
1907 |
|
|
Barr |
Delphine Price |
1849 |
1929 |
|
[CR states she died in Elmira Heights
and was buried on Aug 11 1929, aged 78y.] |
Barr |
Nellie |
1876 |
1893 |
|
|
Barr |
Nile P. |
1877 |
1894 |
|
|
Barr |
Willis F. |
1883 |
1893 |
|
|
Barr |
Everett L. |
1885 |
1893 |
|
[All data on one tombstone] |
Barrett |
Allie B. |
1878 |
1937 |
|
[CR states the burial date was Jan 27
1973.] |
Barrett |
Lulu |
1883 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Barrows |
George Sylvester |
1881 |
1919 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Sep 2 1919.] |
Barrows |
Mary Catherine |
1857 |
1937 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Nov 26 1937,
aged 80y.] |
Barrows |
Ernest Roy |
1894 |
1894 |
|
|
Barrows |
Suzanne Falson |
1895 |
1918 |
|
[All data on one tombstone] |
Beach |
Arthur N. |
1858 |
1917 |
|
|
Bean |
Charles V. |
1855 |
1931 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Aug 28 1931,
aged 76y.] |
Bean |
Eliza Rogers |
1857 |
1934 |
|
His Wife. [CR states she was buried on
Jun 19 1934, aged 77y.] |
Beard |
Charles E. |
1898 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Beard |
Jennie A. |
1897 |
1944 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Mar 10 1944,
aged 49y.] |
Beckwith |
Charles H. |
|
May
25 1881 |
|
[b. Jun or Jul 1843. This tombstone has
been broken and repaired with the cement covering the age. Staver record
-- 1931 -- reports the age as "37y 10m".] |
Beckwith |
Matthias W. |
|
Mar
16 1888 |
81y |
[b. 1806 or 1807. He was a farmer with
58 acres in the Town of Chemung in 1868.] |
Beckwith |
Esther |
1814 |
1895 |
|
His wife. [A shaft-type monument.] |
Beebe |
Cornelius |
Mar 17 1824 |
Nov
12 1891 |
|
Co. I, 6th P.I.V.C. |
Beebe |
Harriet |
Oct 16 1827 |
May
19 1914 |
|
His wife. [A shaft-type monument laying
on the ground.] |
Beeman |
Minnie U. |
|
Dec
9 1874 |
12y 11m |
Daughter of James A. & Lucena A.
Beeman [b. Nov 28 1862. An excellent tall tombstone.] |
Beers |
Floyd J. |
1886 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Beers |
Theresa E. |
1886 |
1949 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Sep 18 1949,
aged 63y.] |
Beers |
Alexander H. |
1876 |
1953 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Sep 18 1949,
aged 76y.] |
Beers |
Etta M. |
1874 |
1956 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Dec 21 1956,
aged 84y.] |
[Beidelman] |
? |
|
Dec
20 1848 |
63y |
"Mother" [b. 1784 or 1785. The surname
on this headstone is assumed to be "Beidelman" as it stands next to the
large Beidelman shaft-type monument.] |
[Beidelman] |
? |
Dec 16 1833 |
Feb
19 1913 |
|
"Father" |
[Beidelman] |
? |
Feb 16 1831 |
Dec
7 1908 |
|
"Mother" [The two separate tombstones
above are assumed to be Beidelman as they are located with other Beidelmans.] |
Beidelman |
Arthur N. |
|
Nov
3 1889 |
71y |
[b 1817 or 1818] |
Beidelman |
? |
|
Nov
23 1856 |
76y |
"Father" [No first name. b 1779 or 1780] |
Beidelman |
George |
|
Feb
13 1907 |
82y |
[b 1824 or 1825 He was a farmer in the
Town of Chemung in 1868.] |
Beidelman |
Elizabeth |
|
Apr
11 1874 |
51y |
[b 1822 or 1823] |
Beidelman |
George V. |
1892 |
1965 |
|
[CR states his middle name was "Vincent"
and he was buried on Oct 6 1965, aged 72y.] |
Beidelman |
Bertha, Mrs. |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Jan 27 1947,
aged 73y. No tombstone.] |
Beidelman |
James F. |
1843 |
1920 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Apr 7 1920.] |
Beidelman |
Maria |
1844 |
1918 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Dec 21 1918.] |
Beidelman |
Vincent |
|
|
|
[CR states he died in Elmira Heights
and was buried on Jan 23 1939, aged 68y. No tombstone.] |
Bell |
Donald T. |
1898 |
1948 |
|
[Foulke Genealogy - 1974 - states that
his middle name was "Tiffany," that he was born on Mar 10 1898 and died
on Jul 3 1948.] Vet. Of World War 1. |
Bell |
Helen Wood |
1900 |
|
|
His Wife [No death date. Foulke Genealogy
- 1978 - states her middle name was "Mabel" and that she was born on Feb
1 1899. Also that she was the daughter of Frank Louis & Anna Catharine
Foulke Wood.] |
Bell |
Grace A. |
1873 |
1964 |
|
"Mother" [CR states she was buried Feb
13 1964, aged 90y.] |
Bennett |
Carlton |
1849 |
1923 |
|
[CR states he was buried on Apr 17 1923,
aged 73y.] |
Bennett |
Bertha E. |
1861 |
1934 |
|
[CR states she was buried on Dec 24 1934,
aged 73y.] |
Bennett |
Dorothy Louisa |
|
|
|
[CR states she was buried on Dec 14 1924,
aged 3 days. No tombstone.] |
Bennett |
George R. |
1889 |
1947 |
|
[CR states he was buried in Dec 1947,
aged 56y.] |
Bennett |
Alma L. |
1900 |
|
|
[No death date] |
Bennett |
Dorothy Louisa |
1925 |
1925 |
|
|
Bennett |
Theodore W. |
May 17 1880 |
Apr
23 1962 |
|
[CR states that he was buried Apr 27
1963, aged 827y. Apparently the wrong year was cut into the tombstone.] |
Bennett |
Verna Gere |
Apr 15 1887 |
Jul
29 1960 |
|
Wife of T.W. Bennett |
Berich |
C. William |
1897 |
1967 |
|
[CR states his first name was "Cedrick"
and he was buried on Dec 6 1967, aged 70y.] |
Besley |
Lucinda |
1873 |
1951 |
|
[CR states that he {sic} was buried on
Mar 26 1951, aged 78y, and died at Newark Valley, N.Y. This epitaph appears
on the large Harold E. & Helen O. Nichols monument.] |
Bevier |
Fred D. |
|
12/3/1888 |
5y & 5d |
In loving rememberance of only son of
S.W. & Addie Bevier [b Nov 28 1883] |
Bevier |
Nellie W. |
|
Aug
17 1881 |
11m 24d |
Daughter of S.W. & Addie Bevier [b.
Aug 24 1880. The Official Death Register of Elmira states that she was
born in Elmira and died at 117 Caldwell Avenue, Elmira. Her father's first
name was "Silas."] |
Bevier |
Adelia |
|
Jul
29 1897 |
|
Wife of S.W. Bevier [b 1847 or 1848] |