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Pierce Cemetery (aka Burdick Farm Cemetery, Town of Ward, Allegany County, NY

 

The following list was recorded in 1984 by V. Bassett and E. Buck, and taken from the files of the Allegany County Historian.  The cemetery is called either the Pierce Cemetery or the Burdick Farm Cemetery and is located about 1/2 mile NW of Five Corners in the Town of Ward, near the Alfred Town Line.  There are several graves that are marked by only field stone.

 

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Last Name

First Name / MI/ Maiden

Other Information

Pierce

John V.

Died Aug 18, 1873, Age 72Y

Pierce

Susan

Dau of S & S Pierce, Died Apr 22, 1847, Age 24Y 5M

Sheldon

Edson C.

Son of Henry W. & Mary Sheldon, Died July 31, 1851, Age 1Y 1M 1D

Sheldon

Albert V.

Son of Henry W. and Mary Sheldon, Died July 27, 1854, Age 4Y

Randolph

Austin M.

Died 1845, Age 11Y 3M 12D

Crandall

Rebecca

Wife of Silas, Died May 25, 1839, Age 72Y

Crandall

Silas

Died Apr 9, 1850, Age 82Y

Sweet

Mary

No data

Burdick

Thompson

Died July 31, 1847, Age 72Y

Cottrell

Louisa

Wife of Benjamin Cottrell, Died June 23, 1842, Age 39Y 3M 18D “Three Kindred Forms are Hear Enshrined, Two Infants and Their Mother Kind”

Info for this stone was taken from a 1958-59 reading by Hazel Shear, the stone was not readable in 1984