OLD SPENCER CEMETERY

TOWN OF SPENCER, NY

Published by Mary F. Hall and Ida Hallock Fisher in grateful remembrance of our ancestors, especially those pioneers, or later settlers, of Spencer whose probity, intelligence and industry have given us high standards of conduct as well as material blessings.

This contribution to the history of the town is made in commemoration of the centennial of the town's organization, April 1806.

Note: Since the materials in this transcription date at 1906, it is felt that much clearer light can be shed on actuality of headstone information which might have been lost in ensuing years (DAR 1927 recordings – current recordings some 90 years after-the-fact).

Location:
From "History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties" - 1879 – "The old grave-yard opposite the Congregational church contains about two and a half acres. Internments were made there as early as 1800. Within its limits were consigned to their last resting place the remains of many of the early settlers of Spencer; their graves for the most part remain unmarked and the grounds are in a neglected condition". From the description in the "Cemetery Inscriptions" book by Mary F. Hall, "This is the old cemetery opposite the Presbyterian Church" ("given in 1800 from the estate of Joseph Barker for cemetery purposes") She also states that "The Presbyterian church (then Congregational) was organized Nov. 23, 1815". From "Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County" - 1888 – by W. B. Gay – the location is described as "the place now owned by C. W. (Calvin W.) Bradley, a little north of the center of the village of Spencer, his land extending south of and including the old cemetery, which he partially cleared off and gave to the town as a public burial place".

Surname	Given Name	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
Andrews	Aurilla		May 5, 1818	19y	w/o Jeremiah; d/o David and Sally Holcomb
Atkins	Horace		May 25, 1854	5y7m13d	s/o William H. and Sarah
Bacron	Allen D.		Nov 11, 1885	6y2m	s/o D.W. and A.A.
Barker	Dorcas		June 29, 1831	27y4m15d	d/o Joseph and Phebe
	Joseph		July 22, 1828	65y
	Phebe		Nov 10, 1826	52y
Barton	Sophronia		Nov 21, 1841	6y1m17d	d/o Charles and Phebe
Bates	Lydia		Sept. 18, 1838	104y	w/o Stephen
Beach	David		Feb 15, 1812	2y4m	s/o John and Anner
	John		May 5, 1825	18y5m1d	s/o John and Anner
Bogardus	Ephraim		Feb. 23, 1860	69y5m
	Keturah		June 8, 1867	74y	w/o Ephraim
Bowen	Jane		Dec 29, 1854	66y11m12d	w/o Samuel
Bright	Hannah	May 8, 1802	May 8, 1882
Brown	Anna Louisa		Mar 7, 1858	2y
	Edward U.	Sep 16, 1808	Apr 10, 1861
	Fanny M.		July 19, 1844	2y2m	d/o Phineas and Emeline
	George A.	Sept 15, 1841	Feb 7, 1852		s/o E. U. and M.
	Margaret	Dec 17, 1810	Jan 12, 1887		w/o Edward U.
Carpenter	William		Oct 3, 1842	3y4m	s/o Isaac and Emeline
Castle	Daniel S.		Aug 13, 1827	1y8m5d	s/o Samuel and Lucetta
	Elizabeth		July 16, 1813	(3)53y11m1d	w/o Daniel
	Sally		Jan 16, 1816	2d	d/o Samuel and Lucetta
	Samuel W. F.		June 7, 1822	9m7d	s/o Samuel and Lucetta
	William		Nov 15, 1806	21y7m11d
Clark	Goodrich L.		Oct 31, 1878	65y4m21d
	Maryette E.		Oct 28, 1888	75y26d	w/o Goodrich L.
Cook	G. R.	June 12, 1806	Jan 31, 1882
	James		May 15, 1865	85y1m	M.D.
	J. Darwin		April 6, 1869	55y8m13d
	Sibyl		Oct 2, 1861	79y4m	w/o Dr. James; m.n. Raynsford
	Thomas		Jan 29, 1875	53y11m18d
Cooley	J. Winfield		Mar 23, 1850	9m2d	s/o Harvey L and Jane
Cowell	Benjamin		May 25, 1810	28y
	Margreechee		Nov 11, 1861	73y	w/o Benjamin
Cummings	Asa		Sep 5, 1836	74y	Minister; Revolutionary War
Deming	Augustus G.	1836	1888
	May		Apr 30, 1890	11m26d	d/o J. B. and C. L.
	Ray		Mar 9, 1890	10m5d	s/o J. B. and C. L.
	Tolitha				w/o Augustus G.
	Valena M.	1864	1868		d/o A. G. and Tolitha
Derby	Abigail		Aug 17, 1835	79y1m	1st w/o James Cook; 2nd w/o E. Derby
Dodd	Eleanor		Aug 1, 1832	6y3m20d	d/o Thaddeus and Lucy
	Jane		Jan 23, 1839	72y11m11d	w/o Parmenus
Dodge	Alvin	Dec 17, 1827	July 1, 1889
	Sylvia	Dec 9, 1832			w/o Alvin; m.n. Ford
Dresser	Alexander L.		Aug 28, 1849	3y4m21d	s/o L. B. and Mary Ann
Edminster	Polly	Oct 12, 1804	Mar 19, 1846		w/o William
Emery	Benjamin F.		Feb 8, 1884	57y4m22d
Englis	Ira		Apr 19, 1853	24y3m5m	s/o Samuel and Catherine
	Lemira C.		June 4, 1832	1y6m7d	d/o Samuel and Catherine
	Mariah C.		June 29, 1832	5y6m22d	d/o Samuel and Catherine
English	John		May 22, 1832	77y2m10d	Revolutionary War; Lt. Under G. Washington
Field	B. F.	1834	1894
	John		Dec 21, 1840	68y	Capt. In War of 1812
	Lydia		Dec 19, 1864	84y	w/o James Valentine (1); w/o John Field (2)
	Mary A.	1823	May 1888		w/o Noah
	Noah	June 3, 1811	Sep 8, 1889
Forsyth	Clarrisa				w/o Henry
	John		June 10, 1861	76y
	Henry		Sept 30, 1890	70y
	Lydia		Dec 1, 1841	8y11m2d	d/o John and Mary
	Mary		June 18, 1891	101y
French	Frederick B.		Jan 29, 1855		s/o Phineas and Hannah of Bedford, NH
	John I.		April 23, 1832	69y
Garatt	Sarah E.		Nov 16, 1861	24y	w/o William B.
Garey	Charles William		Feb 6, 1846	1y7m4d	s/o Augustus T and Rebecca
Giles	Ann Eliza		Apr 26, 1847	41y24d	w/o Joseph
	Mille	1820	1822		d/o Horace and Esther
	Samuel	1765	1831		f/o Horace
	Walter	1815	1817		s/o Horace and Esther
Gleason	Charles F.		Feb 12, 1835	3y8m5d	s/o Isaac and Lucy
	George W.		Apr 9, 1842	3y1m5d	s/o George G. and Julia Ann
	Horace		Dec 20, 1843	14y11m11d	s/o Isaac and Lucy
Goodrich	Hiram		Oct 24, 1857	64y
	Myra		Mar 26, 1860	66y	w/o Hiram
	Susan M.		Dec 24, 1841	19y	d/o Hiram and Maria (Myra?)
	Susan M.		Sep 8, 1855	74y
Harris	Catherine		Sept. 28, 1862	77y	w/o James
	James		Mar 12, 1863	77y
Hendry	Euphemia		Mar 8, 1847	66y11m12d	w/o Thomas
Hicks	Betsey	Jun 7, 1799	Nov. 20, 1880
Hobart	Edmund		May 22, 1808	61y
	Francis M.		Mar 21, 1845	4y11m3d	s/o Prescott E. and Delia Ann
	Mahetable		Mar 20, 1832	77y	w/o Edmund
	Margaret H.	1782	1854		w/o Rodney
	Rodney	1783	1860
	Prescott	1778	1795
Howell	Eli		May 22, 1834	48y11m22d
	John		May 1, 1835	1y7m	s/o David and Susan
Hugg	Marcellus		Feb. 2, 1839	7m21d	s/o David and Abigail
	Mary		Jan 12, 1835	6m27d	d/o David and Abigail
	Phebe		Feb 17, 1832	1y10m9d	d/o David and Abigail
Hull	Mary E.		Sept. 3, 1847	2m13d	d/o James B. and Lucena
Hutchings	Chester		Mar 29, 1853	18m8d	s/o E. S. and Charlotte
	Edward		June 17, 1863	5y3m3d	s/o E. S. and Charlotte
Jones	Elizabeth		Jan 13, 1848	64y11m14d	w/o James M.
	James M.		Apr 11, 1867	83y1m20d
	John		Sept 3, 1820	17y	s/o John and Sarah
	John		Dec 5, 1844	84y11m10d	Revolutionary War
	Sarah		Sept. 27, 1849	81y	w/o John (Rev. War)
Kelly	Joseph		June 18, 1856	63y11m24d
Loring	Hannah		1783	1849	w/o William
	Harriet N.		1828	1849	d/o William and Hannah
	William		1780	1840
Luther	Robert		Nov 11, 1855	85y10m26d
Maine	Christopher I.		Nov 15, 1881	72y10d	M.D.
	Electa M.		Nov 9, 1867	60y9m3d	w/o C. I.
Martin	Ira		Apr 16, 1882	77y
	Nathan		Feb 27, 1834	70y11m
McQuigg	Charlotte	1780	1826
	Daniel	1788	1833
	Horace		Feb 86, 1834	4y1m24d
	John		Aug 13, 1812	41y10m
Mitchell	Anan		Sept 12, 1837	76y9m8d
Moffit	Brazealiel		Jan 19, 1859	74y8m15d
	Levi		Mar 8, 1859	1y4m2d	s/o Chester and Harriet
	Thirza		Apr 12, 1862	74y2m	w/o Brazealiel
	Timothy		Jan 20, 1837	25y	s/o Brazealiel and Thirza
Moger	John T.		May 10, 1844	34y10m24d
	Sarah C.		Apr 17, 1841	24y21d	w/o John T.
	Thomas		Aug 30, 1814	15y5m16d	s/o Tomas and Phebe
Montgomery	Sally		May 8, 1834	2y10m	d/o John and Hannah
Morris	Nellie		Nov 27, 1879	1m15d	d/o A. T. and J.
Palmer	Ezekiel		Feb 17, 1815	70y1m21d
	Urban H.		Sept 30, 1823	4m1d	s/o Shubael and Hannah
Pennell	Jane		Oct 10, 1832	28y4m	w/o Robert
Perry	Ezra		Jul 31, 1832	32y4m9d
Petty	Charles O.		Jan 13, 1854	10m20d	s/o Jasper and Desdemona
Post	Andrew		Mar 12, 1855	4m17d	s/o T.L. and S. C.
Reed	Catherine E.		Jan 9, 1876	25y4m11d	w/o George
Rice	Abel		June 2, 1853	87y	Born in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
	Nellie		Dec 5, 1843	73y11d	Born in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
	Sarah Malona		Mar 7, 1841	3y7m13d	d/o Joel and Cynthia
	Susan		Mar 12, 1855	64y5m13d	w/o Zenas
	Zenas	Dec 1, 1793	Dec 8, 1870
Richards	Jane		Sept 16, 1815	2y11m14d	d/o Daniel and Elizabeth
Riker	Eleanor		Aug 21, 1848	74y10m27d	w/o Tunis
	Tunis				War of 1812
Robinson	Sarah Ellen		Oct 8, 1841	3y11m8d	d/o Lewis and Sabrina
Sabin	Charlotte		Nov 6, 1887	59y
	Ebenezer		June 8, 1836	66y7m8d
	Jonathan		Feb 8, 1840	42y6m
	Mary R.		Mar 19, 1853	48y6m11d	w/o Seth
	Mary L.		Mar 19, 1853	25y9m9d	"Our Dear Sister"
Sanford	Philo		Feb 19, 1845	29y10m17d
Scofield	Hannah		Apr 20, 1819	56y	w/o Nathaniel
	Joanna		May 17, 1829	1y8m8d	d/o Ira and Elizabeth
	Lewis		May 5, 1820	10m11d	s/o Hiram and Martha
	Nathaniel		Mar 13, 1843	81y1m11d
Shaw	Esther M.		June 7, 1888	58y	w/o William
Spaulding	Abigail		Sept. 25, 1866	75y	w/o John
	John		Dec 12, 1866	78y
	Phineas Jaquith	Sept 16, 1813	Apr 15, 1814	6m29d
	Phineas		Nov 5, 1838	79y5d	Revolutionary War
	Smith		Mar 22, 1832	12y9m8d	s/o Phineas and Jane
	Susannah		June 7, 1832	63y	w/o Phineas
Spencer	Emma		Dec 10, 1855	1y7m	d/o Wm. H and Emeline
	Joseph		Apr 20, 1854	9m25d	s/o Timothy and Mercy
Taylor	Phineas		Jan 20, 1840	69y8m20d
	Sally		June 16, 1848	74y4m20d	w/o Phineas
Tompkins	James	June 20, 1813	Aug 7, 1894
	Joshua	Sep 22, 1815	May 26, 1819
	"Mother"		Oct 13, 1857	80y4m
	Susan	Sep 2, 1818	June 6, 1902		w/o Joshua
Towner	Sebre		May 3, 1828	31y
Underwood	David M.		Dec 17, 1834	22y10m
VanKleeck	Charles H.	July 7, 1874	Sept. 28, 1874		s/o J. and F.
	George I.	Mar 1, 1856	Aug 25, 1860		s/o J. and F.
	Hattie E.	Mar 22, 1863	July 11, 1864		d/o J. and F.
	Jesse		Feb 8, 1892	61y6m3d
Vasbinder	Jacob		Sept. 1826	45y
Vorhis	John W.	Apr 12, 1823	Dec 2, 1891		Civil War; Co. I. 109 Regt. N.Y.S.V.
Watson	John	Jan 2, 1808	Dec 19, 1882
	Mary A.	Aug 16, 1847	Mar 10, 1848
	Sarah	July 22, 1816	Dec 19, 1882
Wheat	Harry				Civil War; Co. H. 64th N.Y. Inf.
Whitwood	William Eaton		Nov 23, 1835	6y6m9d	s/o Hendrick and Susan
Wilson	Sarah M.		Mar 29, 1885	78y6m

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