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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Elston Hill Cemetery, Town of
VanEtten, Chemung County, NY
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
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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.
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Elston Hill Cemetery
Read by Doris and Joseph Boyd
Read on July 9, 1975
Typed by Ruth BRYAN
ELSTON HILL CEMETERY
The Elston Hill Cemetery is located in the northwestern
part of the Town of Van Etten, Chemung County, New York, on an extremely
narrow, crooked and steep dirt hill known as the Elston Hill Road.
It is a town highway originating on the McDuffy Hill Road (County Route
#48) and climbing Elston Hill to its summit, continuing into Tompkins County.
The small burial site is situated in the west side
of the road, 1.3 miles from McDuffy Hollow. Measuring about 40 feet
in depth and 50 feet in width, the plot could contain as many as 25 graves.
Sunken spots and stubs of markers are mute evidence of “forgotten” grave
sites. There is no fence. Eight small trees, two of them apple,
grow on the cemetery ground. Tiger lilies abound.
The following record was made by Doris and Joseph
Boyd on July 9, 1975. Data in brackets does not appear on the tombstones,
but has been added for interest. Likewise, the surname has been added
for wives, sons and/or daughters for the sake of clarity.
| Last Name |
First Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Age |
Inscription/Relationship/Comments |
| BEATY |
ELIZA A. |
6/17/1837 |
6/12/1844 |
6y 11m 26d |
Daughter of JAMES &
M.M. BEATY |
| BEATY |
AMANDA M. |
9/22/1842 |
6/23/1844 |
1y 9m 1d |
Daughter of JAMES &
M.M. BEATY. |
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(The two above appear side
by side on a single stone.) |
| BEATY |
MARY E. |
10/29/1835 |
05/9/1852 |
16y 6m 10d |
Daughter of JAMES &
MARIAH M. BEATY. (Stone leans against a tree.) |
| LINDERMAN |
CORNELIUS |
09/05/1802 |
08/23/1883 |
80y 11m 18d |
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| LINDERMAN |
FANNY |
12/30/1808 |
04/16/1881 |
72y 3m 16d |
His wife. (A small shaft
monument.) |
| LINDERMAN |
EMELINE |
11/11/1849 |
05/06/1852 |
2y 5m 25d |
Daughter of CORNELIUS &
FANNY LINDERMAN |
| MCWHERTER |
SARAH |
1795 |
5/25/1846 |
51y |
Wife of ALEXANDER MCWHERTER
(The spelling is as it appears on the stone.) |
| MCWHORTER |
JAMES |
1832 |
12/28/1845 |
13y 3m |
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| W __?__ H |
JANE |
07/071843 |
03/18/1855 |
11y 6m 11d |
Daughter of JOHN &
SUSAN __?__ (A small marker which has been struck by rifle bullets, destroying
the surname. The rear of the stone was also used for target practice.) |
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Two fieldstone stubs with
no data |
Dear Joyce, [November 2007]
On the transcription for the cemetery there is a stone listed W_?_ H
Jane, 7/7/1843 - 3/18/1855, 11yrs, 6m,11d. Daughter of John and Susan
_? I believe the stone is for Jane Welsh, daughter of John and Susan
Welsh. They are my ggggrandparents. They are in the 1850 Census
in Painted Post, Steuben County, with a daughter Jane 7 years old.
In the NY State Census in 1855 they are listed in Big Flats, Chemung, NY,
without Jane. John's will names all other children found in Census
Data. I don't know if this is helpful but I will pass it along.
Great site. Thanks for all you do.
Sincerely,
Lori Semashko
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On
03/29/2000
By Joyce M. Tice
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