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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Wildey Cemetery, Town of Catlin,
Chemung County, New York |
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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
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search just the
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Wildey Cemetery , Town of Catlin, Chemung County NY
Read by: Doris & Joseph Boyd
Read October 30, 1977
Typed by: Debora M. Vanhook Park
Formatted and published by Joyce M. Tice 1999
Location: The Wildey Cemetery is located in the extreme northeast corner
of the Town of Catlin, Chemung County, NY
The Wildey Cemetery is located in the extreme northeast corner of the
Town of Catlin, Chemung County, New York, and is situated about 300 feet
north of the junction of the New and Vanderhoff Roads and approximately
the same distance south of the Schuyler County line. It cannot be seen
from the dirt highway, as it is about 50 feet from the road, on an embankment.
Its boundaries are vague, but it is estimated to be about 100’ in width
and 150’ in length, and blanketed with fallen leaves and tree limbs. There
are 11 readable tombstones with 3 laying on the ground, and one leaning
against a tree trunk. A dozen or more stubs or marker stone dot the area
and many sunken, unmarked graves are noticeable. It is possible that
there may be as many as 25 or 30 graves in this lonely and abandoned burial
ground.
The data on the tombstones was copied by Doris and Joseph Boyd on October
30,1977. In the case of the wives and the sons/daughters, the surname has
been added for the sake of clarity. Information in brackets does not appear
on the tombstones, but has been added for interest.
| Last name |
First name |
Birthdate |
Deathdate |
Age |
Inscription/Relationship/Comments |
| APGAR |
James |
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7/10/1844 |
1d |
Son of James & Mary V. APGAR. (Surname
is spelled as it appears on the tombstone.) |
| APGAR |
Mary V. |
6/4/1807 |
4/23/1846 |
38y 10m 19d |
Wife of James APGAR. (Spelling of the
surname is as it appears on the tombstone.) |
| APGEAR |
Charity |
3/20/1831 |
9/29/1839 |
8y 6m 9d |
Daughter of James & Mary APGEAR.
(A small shale tombstone leaning against a tree trunk.) |
| GANO |
Inez |
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A small marker with only the name. |
| McCARTY |
Joseph |
1/9/1778 |
7/25/1845 |
67y 6m 16d |
A large shale tombstone laying face-up
on the ground and broken through the name. |
| WILCOX |
Dorcas |
1776 |
3/24/1837 |
62y |
Wife of William D. WILCOX, who died in
the 62 year of her age. (An excellent large shale tombstone laying face-up
on the ground in four pieces.) |
| WILDEY |
Emme |
5/31/1819 |
8/19/1835 |
16y 2m 19d |
Daughter of Richard & Polly WILDEY.
(First name is as it appears on the tombstone.) |
| WILDEY |
Mary Ann |
12/31/1815 |
8/22/1839 |
23y 7m 22d |
In memory of, daughter of Richard &
Polly WILDEY. A shale tombstone. |
| WILDEY |
Mary Delphene |
4or5/1841 |
6/26/1842 |
1y 1m |
Daughter of Richard & Polly WILDEY. |
| WILDEY |
William |
2/4/1821 |
8/12/1839 |
18y 6m 8d |
Son of Richard & Polly WILDEY. |
| WILDLEY |
Polly |
9/1/1794 |
8/20/1877 |
82y 11m 19d |
Wife of Richard WILDLEY. (Surname spelled
as it appears on the tombstone which lays on the ground in two pieces with
the break through the center.) |
June 2004 - My daughter is in a girl scout troop that raked up Wildey Cemetery
and put up a small wooden marker for it. I took photos
of most of the markers, the information listed on your website has more
information than is now visible on the stones
Stephanie Karfelt, whose daughter was part of the Girl Scout Troop
that cleaned the cemetery, sent in the pictures. |
Joyce --- My daughter is a member
of the girlscout troop that did some cleaning up of Wildey Cemetery.
We finally got back over there to take a good look at the stones.
Some of the stones that are listed on-line are illegible, crumbling, damaged
- fortunately they were copied down back in the 1970's. We did see
this writing, not listed on the website, on the stone of "Joseph McCarty
died July 25, 1845 Aged 67 Years 6m 16d" at the very bottom of the stone
(which is broken off as seen the in picture) it says this "My children
assembled here A __fathers grave to see, Not long ago I dwell with
you And soon you will dwell with me". There was also writing
at the bottom of the stone to the left of this one, belonging to Dorcas
Wilcox, but the face of the stone is crumbled off and only the words "you
pass by so once was I" are left. Stephanie Karfelt |
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Left to Right: Jacyln Escudero,
Hillary Strong, Bailey Karfelt, Megan Collins, Devinne Voigt
Girl Scout Troop 598 of Horseheads cleaned up this cemetery 19 JUNE
2004 |
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 30 JUNE
1999
By Joyce M. Tice
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