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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

The Wellsburg Cemetery surrounds the Baptist Church in Wellsburg. Immediately behind it is the newer Ashland Cemetery
 
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Surname First Name Birthdate Deathdate Age  Notes/Inscriptions
Murphey Charles V.   Oct 11 1872 24 yrs. Corp. Co. I. 1st U. S. Infantry
Myers Clarence D.   Mar 26 1852 3 yrs. 11 mos. (b. Mar 15 1849)
Myers Emma R.   Mar 21 1852 11 mos. 12 dys. (b. Apr 9 1851)
Myers Rosa   Jul 3 1860 3 yrs. 20 days (eroded, death date may be incorrect)
Myers Grace Jane   Dec 11 1860 11 years (b. 1859. Eroded. The above have individual stones. On the back it states that all were the children of J. L. & M. H. Myers.)
Orvis Emma L.   Nov 1 1863 2 years dau. Of Hiram & Emily Orvis
Owen John   Nov 15 1869 51 yrs. 2 mos. 25 dys. (b. Aug 20 1818)
Owens Emily A.   Aug 16 1864   dau. Of Hector & Lucinda Owens (b. Mar 8 1845)
Owens John   Jun 7 1843 1 mo. 20 days. (b. Apr 18 1843
Owens Edwin S.   Dec 24 1861 1 yr. 8 mos. 7 dys. Children of Hector & Lucinda Owens (b. Apr. 21 1860. A very small tombstone)
Palmer ? C.   Sep 15 1867 2 yrs. 6 mos 15 dys. Marker on the ground, and eroded. Age may be incorrect)
Pierce Ruth   Jun 22 1873 83 yrs. 4 mos. 28 dys. wife of Leonard Pierce (b. Jan 25 1790. Stone stands against adjacent marker)
Pierson Samuel W. Aug 23 1832 Oct 6 1862   Born Morristown, NJ; died Wellsburg, Pa.
Prescott E. P.       (a small marker bearing only the letters "E.P." and it is assumed that the surname is Prescott as the stone stands next to others bearing this surname)
Prescott Joseph 1838 1907    
Prescott Ella   Jul 2 1882 18 yrs. 7 mos. 2 dys. dau of Joseph & Frances Prescott. (b. Nov 30 1863)
Price Thankful   Nov 12 1862 73 yrs. 1 mo. widow of Samuel Price (b. Sep or Oct 1789. Stone face up on the ground.)
Rayner Samuel   Oct 25 1863 71 yr. 9 mos. 2 dys. (b. Jan 23 1792)
Rayner Charlotte Apr 13 1798 Apr 15 1886 wife of Samuel Rayner  
Rayner Justus B. Nov 22 1833 Aug 10 1872    
Rayner William H.   Jun 30 1863 32 yrs. 10 mos. (b. Aug 1830. He also has an individual head marker. This is on a tall light colored shaft type monument, in good condition.)
Rayner William H.   jun 30 1863   (age can not be read as the stone has been repaired, covering the data. His dates appear on the large marker.)
Reed John   Mar 10 1859 10 yrs. 12 dys son of Sarah Reed. (b. Feb 26 1849)
Reynolds Augustus   Aug 19 1862 58 yrs. 6 mos. 20 dys. (marker broken , on ground)
Reynolds Charity   Mar 24 1859 58 yrs. 6 mos. 7 dys wife of A. D. Reynolds (b. Sep 17 1800)
Robbins Job Jan 26 1815 Sep 16 1878   (He was a farmer with 121 acres)
Robbins Rebecca Mar 15 1819 Sep 30 1890   wife of Job Robbins
Robbins Herbert Jul 11 1863 Sep 11 1865    
Robbins Alice A. Feb 18 1852 Sep 27 1853   These four are on a shaft type monument)
Robbins Lizzie Nov 22 1860 Aug 21 1899    
Roberts Charles M.   Sep 28 1872 46 yrs. 11 mos 20 dys (b. Oct 8 1825)
Roberts Mary E. Reynolds   Apr 16 1866 26 yrs. 7 mos. 10 dys. dau of A. S. & C. Reynolds and wife of Charles M. Roberts. (b. Sep 6 1839. This marker once shared the same base with the husband's stone, but now leans against an adjacent headstone.)
Roberts Elizabeth   Oct 29 1840 20 yrs. 6 dys. wife of Abner Roberts and dau. Of Phineas & Polly Squires. (B. Oct 23 1820. Stone is in three pieces, piled against its base. Abner Roberts was the son of Jonathan & Mary Wells Roberts)
Roberts James   Aug 19 1856 80 yrs. 3 mos. 19 dys.  
Roberts Mary   Sep 26 1864 76 yrs. 11 mos. 13 dys.  wife of James Roberts. (b. Oct 13 1787. Marker tipping)
Roberts Joseph   Dec 30 1813 27 yrs. 3 mos. 15 dys. In Memory of, (b. Sep 15 1786. A shale stone marker with excellent lettering)
Roberts  Olive E.   Mar 23 1871 29 years wife of Col. George Henry Roberts (b. 1841-1842)
Roberts  Nathan   Dec 23 1813 75 years (b. about 1738. He came to Wellsburg in 1795 from Orange Co., NY and settled about a mile from the mouth of Bentley Creek, or about where he is buried. He was a Soldier of the American Revolution. A notation on his stone reads "Stone ereceted by Samuel Benight")
Roberts Hannah   Oct 18 1818 70 years wife of Nathan Roberts. (b. about 1748. A notation on the stone reads"Stone erected by Samuel Benight"
Roberts Susan   Jul 9 1832 1 mo. 2 dys. dau. Of Henry W. & Elizabeth Roberts. (b. Jun 7 1832. A small shale stone with nice carvings)
Robinson William E. 1890 1912    
Roe Burton       (A very small marker with no data)
Roe Emily A. 1822 1901    
Roe Horatio 1818 1894   (He was a tailor in Wellsburg, 1869)
Rolison Freddie P.   Aug 30 1881 1 mo. 27 dys. son of H. C. & E. J. Rolison. (b. Jul 3 1881. Marker loose from base & eroded)
Scott Sarah R.   Oct 21 1881 2 months dau. Of J. H. & Mary Scott. (a badly eroded stone leaning aginst another)
Scribner Charles P. 1826 1880   (a large modern marker)
Shappee Jesse B.   Sep 29 1894 76 years Co. I. 41st Regt. NY Vol. (b1817 or 1818. He was a harness maker and carriage trimmer in the Town of Ashland in 1869)
Shappee Marillia Nov 5 1828 Aug 13 1800   wife of Jesse B. Shappee (obious error in dates- check
Shappee Phebe   Jul 15 1845  25 yrs. 10 mos 15 dys. wife of Jesse B. Shappee, Jr. (b. Aug 31 1819)
Shappee John S.   Dec 25 1862 20 yrs. 6 mos., 25 dys. son of J. B. & Phebe Shappee (May 30 1842)
Sly  William M.   Mar ? 1876 39 years. Co. I 141st Regt. NY Infantry. (b. 1836 or 1837. Stone on edge against its base)
Smith Betsey W.   Mar 9 1870 74 yrs. 4 mos. wife of Col Hezekiah Smith. (b. Oct or Nov 1795)
Smith John C.   Oct 5 1859 18 years son of James & Ada Smith (b. 1840 or 1841)
Smith Martha Hanmer 1841 1884   (may be a dau of William B. & Emily A. Hanmer, as she is buried next to them)
Smith Timothy   May 24 1842 27 years son of Solomon & Julia Seeley Smith . (b. 1814 or 1815)
Smith T. O.   Nov 27 1869 34 yrs. 7 mos. ( b. Mar or Apr 1835. Badly eroded shaft. The letter "O", may be a "C", and the date & age may be incorrect)
Smith Uri   Dec 21 1864 48 years (another source shows his name as "Uriah", ( b. 1815/16. He was the son of Timothy & Fanny Little Smith)
Spafford Maria Wilcox May 5 1825 May 19 1912   dau of J. & H. Coleman
Spaulding Adaline   Aug 19 1873 37 years (b. 1835/36)
Spaulding Harvey   Sep 15 1854 22 yrs. 15 dys. (b. Sep 8 1832)
Spaulding Margaret   Sep 3 1898 84 years (b 1813/14)
Spaulding S. S.   Oct 16 1870 25 years (b 1844/45)
Spaulding Sylvester   Feb 23 1867 54 yrs. 7 mos. 8 dys (b. Jul 15 1812)
Spaulding Tom   Dec 17 1885 34 years (b1850/51)
Squires Phineas   Mar 8 1872 87 years (b1784/85)
Squires Polly   Jan 14 1861 70 years wife of Phineas Squires. (b1791/92)
Stevens Clarissa   Feb 38 1850 64 yrs. 6 mos. 11 dys. wife of M. W. Stevens. (b. Aug 17 1785)
Stiles Richard       (Stone missing in 1932. Mrs. Stavers in her report of that year stated: "He was a Soldier of the Revolution and carried messages from Gen. John Sullivan to Col. James Clinton. He is buried on the north side of the (old) church, so close that the water from the eaves drip on his long lost and unmarked grave." The erection of the new church after fire destroyed the old building undoubtedly destroyed the grave site. Jos. Boyd 1973)
Stirton John   Mar 19 1879 79 yrs. 7 mos. 17 dys (b. Aug 12 1799)
Stirton Ellison   Aug 8 1874 68 yrs. 2 mos. 10 dys. wife of John Stirton. (b. May 29 1806. A shaft monument)
Stirton Alanson   Dec 15 1864 22 yrs. 3 mos. 5 dys. son of John & Ellison Stirton (b Sep 10 1842)
Sutton Pamelia R.   May 13 1819 25 years wife of Henry G. Sutton and dau. Of Sally Henry of Erin, (b.1793 or 1795)
Sweet David   May 20 1892 78 years (b 1813/14)
Sweet Nancy   Oct 10 1882 56 years (b. 1825/26)
Thayre Kittie   Apr 13 1861    dau of G. W. & T. M. Thayre (marker broken at the age line and bottom portion missing.)
Tooker Mary Hillman   Aug 27 1873 52 yrs. 3 mos. 20 dys. wife of Nathaniel Tooker (b. May 7 1821)
Tooker Francis S.   Mar 12 1853 11 months dau. Of Nathaniel & Mary Tooker (b. Mar or apr 1852)
Tracy Mehetable   Mar 19 1820 94 yrs. 10 mos. 26 dys. In Memory of. (b. Apr 24 1724. Reported to be a dau. Of Abner Wells, Sr., if so, her age must be incorrect as he was b 1737.)
Tubbs Andrew (W)   Sep 28 1871 61 years (b. 1810/11. He was a cabinet maker and undertaker in Wellsburg in 1869)
Tubbs Chalres 1803 1864    
Tubbs Ann Rathbun   Jul 10 1857 50 yrs. 26 dys. wife of Charles Tubbs (b. Jun 15 1807)
Tubbs Ella   Feb 10 1857 8 mos. 23 dys dau. Of H. M. & Harriet Tubbs. (b. May 15 1856)
Tubbs Abigail   Jan 25 1861 79 yrs. 6 mos. wife of Hamilton Tubbs (b. Jun or Jul 1781. The upper right corner of the stone gone.)
Tubbs Hamilton   Sep 10 1857 81 years d. in Ridgeburry, Bradford County, Pa. (note the spelling of Ridgebury)
Van Buskirk Charlotte Apr 13 1798 Apr 15 1886    
Van Buskirk Phebe M. Oct 4 1856 Nov 30 1896    
Van Buskirk Theodore May 8 1824 Mar 15 1901    
Van Buskirk Lucinda R. Mar 25 1820 Sep 25 1873   wife of Theodore Van Buskirk
Vangorder Harvy L.   May 6 1871 6 months son of Henry B. & Harriet Van Gorder (b. Oct or Nov 1870. Marker leans against another)
Warren John G.   Feb 16 1865 74 years (b. 1790/91)
Warren Anna       wife of John G. Warren (no death date cut into stone. She was the dau. Of David & Hannah Bennett Burt and was b. Dec 28 1789)
Watson Henry Jul 24 1799 Sep 18 1867   Born Surry County, England
Watson Charles W. Mar 4 1849 Feb 21 1863   son of Henry & Clarissa Watson
Watson George B. 1855 1923   son of Henry & Clarissa Watson
Weeks Imogene S. 1855 1923   wife of Frank G. Weeks
Wells Abner   Sep 21 1797 59 yrs. 8 mos. 21 dys. Captain, Departed this life (b. Dec 31 1737. Came to Wellsburg from Orange Co., NY in 1789, resided with his dau, Mehitable Tracy. Am educated man, a graduate of Princeton University, a Soldier of the American Revolution)
Wells Mary   Apr 21 ??   consort of Abner Wells, who departed this life (the death year could not be read, but was 1807. She was b in 1741, the dau. Of Benjamin Case, of Southold, NJ. And was m on Dec 10 1758. Marker sunk into ground, leaning)
Wells Abner   Sep 1 1831   In Memory of (b. Mar 1763, the son of Abner Wells, Sr., and came to Tioga Co., now Chemung Co.,, in 1789. A shale stone starting to lose its face)
Wells Infant   Aug 11 1827 3 weeks 5 dys. Infant dau. Of Abner (Jr) & Orpah Wells (b. Jul 16 1827)
Wells Solomon S.   Oct 19 1830 1 yr. 6 dys. son of Abner & Orpah Wells (b. Oct 13 1829. Both of the above on the same shale stone, side by side)
Wells Benjamin   Mar 5 1828 52 yrs. 10 mos. 17 dys In Memory of (b. Apr 17 1775, the son of Capt. Abner Wells and came to Wellsburg from Orange Co., NY in 1789)
Wells B. (Benjamin) F. Mar 1840 Nov 28 1879   (marker on ground)
Wells Charlotte   Dec 25 1833 18 yrs. 6 mos. 10 dys. dau of William & Phebe Wells ( b. Jun 15 1815)
Wells Fanny M.   Feb 3 1837 12 yrs. 6 mos. dau of William & Phebe Wells (b. Jul or Aug 1824)
Wells Guy M.   Feb 6 1851 44 yrs. (b Mar 6 1806)
Wells Freddie   Sep 25 1873 2 yrs. 8 mos. 17dys son of J. & H. Wells (b Jan 1 1871)
Wells Alice A.     19 days infant dau of E. C. & Emma Wells
Wells Harry   Mar 27 1869 2 months 7 dys. infant dau of E. C. & Emma Wells
Wells Henry   Feb 27 1845 74 yrs. 11 mos. 1 dy. (b Mar 26 1770, a son of Abner Wells, Sr., came to Tioga Co., now Chemung Cp., in 1789; was a Col. In the War of 1812; a sheriff and later a judge.)
Wells Mary   Jan 9 1841 60 yrs. 6 mos 22 dys wife of Henry Wells., (She was b. Jun 18 1771 and m in Goshen, Ny on Jul 1 1791. Her maiden name was Hulse)
Wells Henry C. Col.   Jan 16 1850 41 yrs 3 mos 21 dys (Sep 26 1808_)
Wells Hannah   Aug 29 1849 38 yrs 6 mos 27 dys wife of Col. H. C. Wells (b Feb 2 1811)
Wells Horace   Feb 10 1830 33 yrs 1 mo. 15 dys In Memory of, the hones and just merchant who d on the 10th day of Feb 1830, age 33 y 1m 15d. (Stone not fount in 173)
Wells J. Calvin   Apr 10 1856 42 yrs. 3 mos. 7 dys. (b Jan 3 1814)
Wells Obadiah   Feb 15 1850 70 years (b 1779/80. He was the son of Capt. Abner Wells and reported not to have married)
West Elizabeth   Jun 24 1846 49 yrs 2 mos 24 dys consort of Calvin West (Sr( and dau of James & Rebecca Covell. (b Mar 31 1797. Her husband d in Wisconsin)
West Rutha Ann       infant dau of Calvin & Elizabeth West (no other data)
West James C. Feb 26 1827 Dec 31 1865 (He died in Pa., came to Wellsburg in 1862. The monument is eroding)  
West Jane M. 1826 1909 wife of James C. West. (dau of Lorez & Millicent Ferguson Aber and was listed as a farmer with 2 acres)  
West Calvin   Apr 10 1864 10 yrs 8 mos. son of J. C. & Jane M. West (b Jul or Aug 1853, grandson of Calvin West. Marker eroded)
West Lory   Dec 19 1879 28 yrs. 11 dys (b Jul 8 1851)
Whillemore Charlotte   Jul 22 1838 2 yrs. 25 dys dau. Of Simon T. & Kelurah Whillemore (b Jun 27 1826, a small stone, flat on the ground)
Wilbur  Elizabeth   Jun 4 1859 20 yrs. 10 mos. 8 dys wife of Belden H. B. Wilbur (b Jul 27 1838)
Wilbur  Libby   Aug 31 1859   their infant daughter
Wilcox F., Deacon   Mar 8 1858 54 yrs. 9 mos 1 dy (b Jun 7 1803)
Wilkinson J. Burnitt   Aug 28 1861 62 yrs. 2 mos 8 dys (b Jun 20 1799)
Willsey Clara M.   Feb 5 1868 19 yrs 11 mos wife of W. J. Willsey (b Feb or Mar 1848)
Wooding Kittie Apr 19 1832 Mar 12 1861   wife of Charles Wooding. (a badly eroded shaft type monument)
Wright Gilbert   Sep 22 1872 78 years (b 1793/94)
Wright Hanna   Apr 15 1885 78 years wife of Gilbert Wright (1806/07)
Morehouse Webb       died in Horseheads; bur. Dec 21 1927 ( no age given from county records, no stone found)
Robbins John       died in Horseheads; bur May 29 1828 age 81 years. (from county records. No stone found)
Decker John Flazel       died in Wellsburg; bur Nov 23 1835 age 60 years. (from county records. No stone found)
Decker Wilford       bur. Sep 17 1933 age 80 years. (county records. No stone found)


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