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Obituaries
Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
Do You Know that you can search just the search just the 860 pages of Chemung County Cemetery Records on 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. 

You will also want to search the three county level Obituaries by Cemetery partitions
Location: On Ridge Road, 4 1/2 miles north of Horseheads, Chemung  County, New  York
Originally  surveyed  and  known  as  " THE  PINE  GROVE  CEMETERY " ..  At  a  meeting  of  the  Veteran  Cemetery  Association  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  James  A.  Wheeler  of  Veteran,  N. Y. , on  June  27,  1877,  The  name  was  officially  changed  to  " THE  RIDGE  CEMETERY " .  It  is sometimes  called  the " VARY "  CEMETERY,  as  part  of  land  from  which  it  came  -  The  Vary  farm ……
Last Name First Name Middle Etc. Information Born Died Age Site Monuments
ALLEN Sarah B. wife of Joseph ?/?/1816 ?/?/1900   C2-E-1  
ALLEN Joseph     ?/?/1815 ?/?/1903   C2-E-2  
ALLEN Flora   daug. of Alfred & May J. ?/?/? 6/18/1876 2y2m3d N1-28-1  
ALLEN (*) Martha   See Stevens ?/?/1849 ?/?/1925   C2-E-6  
ANTHONY (*) Emma E. SeeTifft ?/?/1853 ?/?/1942 S1-95-7  
AVERY Levi N.   5/16/1856 7/23/1856   C2-77-3 N / R
AVERY Libbie     2/01/1860 2/05/1860   C2-77-4 N / R
AVERY Georgeanna     5/16/1862 4/12/1863   C2-77-5 N / R
AVERY William     8/07/1822 ?/?/?   C2-77-7 N / R
AVERY Clara Z. wife of William ?/?/? 3/21/1883 57y9m19d C2-77-8 T 
AXTELL Ida  May mother 5/?/1877 ?/?/1905   C1-70-4  
AXTELL Charles  Boyd ?/?/? 10/09/1900 1y2m8d C1-J-5 one grave 
AXTELL ?   ?/?/? 8/24/1905 C1-J-5 one grave 
BABCOCK John C.   ?/?/? 6/23/1868 4y11m6d S2-91-2 T
BABCOCK Elenor   Wife of John ?/?/1832 ?/?/1886   S2-91-3  
BABCOCK Minnie     ?/?/? ?/?/? 25y8m10d S2-91-4 T
BANKS Sarah A. daug. of Alonzo & Mary ?/?/? 3/30/1851 4y8m1d S2-87-1  
BANKS baby Allyn     ?/?/? ?/?/?   S2-87-2  
BANKS Hattie S.   ?/?/? 2/28/1855 2y2m6d S2-87-3 T
BANKS Ella     ?/?/? ?/?/?   S2-87-4 N / R
BANKS Mary H. daug. of Mary E. & Alonzo ?/?/? 2/10/1873 16y---- S2-87-5 T
BANKS Mary E. wife of Alonzo ?/?/? 1/29/1897 75y---- S2-87-6 N / R
BANKS Alonzo     ?/?/? 10/10/1910 84y---- S2-87-7 stone only
BANKS Georgeanna     ?/?/? 11/27/1918 72y---- S2-87-8 stone only
BARDWELL Eugene S. Rev.   ?/?/1895 ?/?/1979   S1-163-4  
BARDWELL Dora D.   ?/?/1903 ?/?/1979   S1-163-5  
BEARD Charles     ?/?/? ?/?/?   S2-78-1 no markings
BEARD Margaret   wife of Charles ?/?/? 3/02/1838 54y1m7d S2-78-2 T
BEERS Daniel M.   ?/?/1832 ?/?/1900   C4-46-1  
BEERS Mary L.   ?/?/1836 ?/?/1906   C4-46-2  
BENJAMIN Gordon E.   ?/?/1913 ?/?/1922   S1-104-3  
BENJAMIN Olive M.   ?/?/1891 ?/?/1944   S1-104-4  
BENJAMIN Ernest     ?/?/1887 ?/?/1980   S1-104-5  
BILLINGS Mary A. In Memory of: Wife of S. A. ?/?/1840 ?/?/1929   S2-86-7  
BILLINGS Freddie E. son of S. A. & Mary A. Billings ?/?/? 5/14/1862 1y--7d S2-86-8  
BILLINGS S.  A.   ?/?/? 6/01/1874 44y---- S2-86-9  
BREWER Raymond M. Vet ?? ?/?/1894 4/26/1974   N1-26-4 soldier ?
BREWER Edith   Vary(*) wife of Raymond Brewer ?/?/1899 ?/?/1988   N1-26-5
BRINK Jesse E.   ?/?/1890 ?/?/1976   S1-155-2  
BRINK May   Hosie (*) ?/?/1892 3825/1970   S1-155-3  
BRINK Nelson     ?/?/? 9/05/1873 25y11m20d C2-?-1 Between 80
BRINK Chandler     ?/?/? 3/29/1897 74y---- C2-?-2 and 81
BRINK Etta May     ?/?/1874 ?/?/1948   C2-F-5
BROWN A.  H.   ?/?/? ?/?/?   S2-F-3 A. H. only
BROWN Rev. O.  S.   5/14/1814 9/03/1895   S2-F-7  
BROWN Mary A.   9/26/1818 7/29/1904    S2-F-9  
BROWN Walter J.   ?/?/1886 ?/?/1938   C1-69-1  
BROWN Ethel S. Weik(*) - wife of Walter ?/?/1886 ?/?/1975   C1-69-2  
BROWN Margaret   daug. of Walter & Ethel ?/?/1914 ?/?/1990   C1-69-3  
BROWN Julia H.   ?/?/? 10/06/1907 --9m-- C4-49-1E Same-no stone
BROWN Helen     ?/?/? 3/06/1904 1y10m-- C4-49-1W Same-no stone
BROWN Archie     ?/?/? 10/03/1958 61y---- C4-49-2 no stone
BROWN Lorena     ?/?/? 1/24/1942 61y---- C4-49-3 no stone
BROWN George     ?/?/? 12/31/1935   C4-49-4 no stone
BRUYN Harriet L.   ?/?/1844 ?/?/1913   N1-30-2  
BRYANT (*) Lois H. See Olin 1/18/1878 5/04/1964   C1-137-6
BURNETT Peter H.   ?/?/1874 ?/?/1932   C1-73-3
BURNETT Florence     ?/?/1880 ?/?/1966   C1-73-4
BURR Harriet   wife of George ?/?/? 2/07/1891 55y4m10d C4-45B-1  
BURR George     ?/?/? 3/24/1889 58y9m3d C4-45B-3  
BURRIS Elizabeth   wife of Henry ?/?/? 9/06/1881 73y11m21d S2-91-7 T
BURRIS Henry     ?/?/? 12/16/1862 55y9m13d S2-91-8 T
CALKINS Henry   son of R. & C. Calkins ?/?/? 1/06/1863 4y4m25d S2-103-4 T
CALKINS Rufus   Co."D",107 NY Vol. ?/?/? ?/?/?   S2-103-5 Soldier
CALKINS Catherine     ?/?/? 7/24/1896 69y---- S2-103-6 stone only
CAMPBELL Lawrence L.   ?/?/1887 ?/?/1966   S1-154-1
CAMPBELL Laura   Oesterle (*) wife of Lawrence L. ?/?/1893 ?/?/1997   S1-154-2
CAMPBELL Etha Margaret daug. of Samuel & Lydia ?/?/1884 ?/?/1963   S1-154-3
CAMPBELL Samuel George   ?/?/1859 ?/?/1944   S1-154-6
CAMPBELL Lydia L. Tibbits (*) - wife of Samuel G. ?/?/1860 ?/?/1940   S1-154-5
CAMPBELL Lt. Lawrence  L. Jr. Lost at sea ?/?/1917 ?/?/1944 27y---- S1-154-1x Soldier-WWII
CAMPBELL Dora   wife of James 10/20/1851 5/02/1884   S1-94-1 d. NYC
CAMPBELL Samuel Alexander infant son of James & Dora 4/26/1884 5/04/1884   S1-94-2  
CAMPBELL Florence L.   ?/?/1894 7/15/1972   S1-94-3  
CAMPBELL James     ?/?/1851 ?/?/1938   S1-94-4  
CAMPBELL Andrew     11/14/1826 8/12/1903   S1-94-5  
CAMPBELL Margaret   wife of Andrew 11/22/1830 3/29/1919   S1-94-6  
CARPENTER Ella H.   ?/?/1877 ?/?/1950   C-1-140-5  
CARPENTER Frank H.   ?/?/1879 ?/?/1952   C-1-140-6  
CARPENTER Helen M. 1st wife of Thomas J. 2/08/1841 2/26/1875   N1-27-2  
CARPENTER Thomas J.   7/16/1841 9/18/1903   N1-27-3  
CARPENTER Margaret E. Swartout (*)- 2nd wife of Thomas J. 6/02/1848 6/08/1916   N1-27-4  
CARPENTER Nettie May   ?/?/1874 ?/?/1933   N2-31-2  
CARPENTER George S.   ?/?/1871 ?/?/1956   N2-31-1  
CARPENTER (*) M. Ruth See Kimport ?/?/1896 ?/?/1927   C4-45A-3  
CARPENTER (*) Amy L. See Vary 7/01/1869 6/07/1891   N1-26-2  
CARR John S.   ?/?/? 5/10/1881 70y---- C1-73A-1 T
CARR H. Selina   ?/?/? 9/05/1862 48y---- C1-73A-2 N / R
CHAPMAN Ransford   Co."C", 5 NY Arty. - Father ?/?/1829 ?/?/1934 105y---- C1-65A-2 Soldier
CHAPMAN Ransford   m. 8/25/1862 to Phebe 11/25/1841 ?/?/?   C1-65A-3  
CHAPMAN Phebe A. Johnson(*) wife of Ransford  5/07/1842 2/17/1913   C1-65A-4  
CHAPMAN Rebecca M. 9/06/1897 9/14/1902   C1-65B-4  
CHAPMAN Herbert L. son of John & Rebecca 9/16/1897 9/14/1902   C1-65B-5  
CHAPMAN Grace     ?/?/1885 ?/?/1964   C4-59-2  
CHAPMAN Herbert     ?/?/1872 ?/?/1958   C4-59-3  
CHATTLE Lany D. wife of William P. ?/?/? 7/15/1845 32y3m26d S2-90A-1 N / R
CHATTLE Joseph   son of Wm. & Lany ?/?/? 3/25/1845 --8m26d S2-90A-2  
CHATTLE Nancy     ?/?/? 8/02/1969 82y---- S2-90A-4  
CHITTENDEN Anna E.   ?/?/? 9/21/1918 83y---- S2-92-7 no stone
CLEVELAND Mary E. wife of Miles Cleveland ?/?/? 5/19/1853 22y7m23d C1-66B-2  
COGDILL John W.   ?/?/1857 ?/?/1924   N1-25-1  
COGDILL Matilda     ?/?/1857 ?/?/1916   N1-25-2  
COGDILL John J.   ?/?/1897 ?/?/1916   N1-25-6  
COLE Hannah    wife of Abraham ?/?/? 6/20/1876 76y---- C3-56-1  
COLEMAN Catherine A.   ?/?/? 3/30/1904 86y---- C2-75-2  
COLEMAN Nathan     ?/?/? ?/?/1897 86y---- C2-75-3  
COLEMAN J. H.   7/22/1816 7/17/1895   C3-55-1  
COLEMAN Miranda T.   4/02/1818 4/28/1889   C3-55-2  
COLEMAN (*) ? Mary   See Smith ?/?/? ?/?/1856 21y---- C2-75-6  
CONKLIN Elizabeth C. wife of Frank ?/?/1901 1/07/1992 90y---- C1-133-5  
CONKLIN Frank E. Cpl. Co."A", Postal Exp.Serv.N.Y. 12/06/1895 10/25/1962 67y---- C1-133-6 soldier - WWI
CONKLIN Jonathan baby son of David & Eunice ?/?/? 9/1/1969   C1-133-4  
CONKRITE (*) Ella   See Miller ?/?/1856 ?/?/1937   C1-132-2  
CRAMER Robert   w/ G.mom - M. Lockwood ?/?/? ?/?/?   C1-65A-1 one grave
CROUSE Bertha H.   ?/?/? ?/?/?   C1-65B-2  
CROUSE Frank B.   ?/?/1891 ?/?/1960   C1-65B-3  
Published On Tri-Counties Site On 05/29/2000
By Joyce M. Tice
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