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Chamberlain Cemetery, Town of Belfast, Allegany County, NY

This is an important historical cemetery with many of the earliest 1800 settlers.  The cemetery is well cared for with a fence completely surrounding the grounds and mowed often.  Fill has been properly added in many gravesites that have settled.  There are many gravesites without markers.

The cemetery is located on County Road 26 from Transit Bridge end approximately 1 mile on the right hand side of the highway before VanAllen Road.

The list and pictures provided by William A. Greene & Ronald G. Taylor from Visual Walk-thru of the cemetery on 9/14/2005.  Many of the stones are weather worn and extremely hard to read thereby allowing for possible errors.Update 11/27/2005 - List was compared with listing completed in Sept. 1978 by Margaret Hodnet and additions and corrections applied.  Thanks to Mary Rhodes for transcribing.

(Corrections and Updated 4/8/2012 Thanks to Richard Halsey of Monroe County GenWeb.)

At Least One Revolutionary War Veteran Rests Here -- John Vreeland.

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Above, the lonely stone from Rev War Veteran, John Vreeland; Below, a closer view.....

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Below is the Vanguard Marker for the Chamberlain Family Cemetery.

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Left side view           Right side view          Albert Hopper, Civil War        Pheba & George Lain

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Elasco Graves    Frances McKeen   John Lain, d. 1841     Sally Hitchcock          Bridgeman Monument

 (Click on above thumbnail photos for larger images)

 

Last Name

First Name, MI, MAIDEN

Age

D.O.B.

D.O.D.

INSCRIPTION/COMMENTS

BAILEY

CLARENCE M

8Y 11M 17D


KILLED 6/27/1881

"LITTLE CLARENCE"

BORDEN

DALLAS E.

6M 17D


6/27/1882


BRIDGEMAN

HARRY

52Y 6M 11D

1792

6/3/1845


BRIDGEMAN

JOANNA A.


1836

1837


BRIDGEMAN

JOANNA SANFORD


1802

1886

WIFE OF HARRY

BRIDGEMAN

LYDIA S.


11/22/1833

5/8/1912


BRIDGEMAN

S. EMILY


4/15/1829

5/5/1890

"SAY OLD HILLS, SAY SHALL WE LIVE AGAIN"

BROWN

BERYL E.


1884

1959


BROWN

HOMER


10/6/1828

9/2/1890


BROWN

JULIA C.


1916

1983


BROWN

JULIA E.


5/18/1835

3/21/1886

WIFE OF HOMER

BROWN

MARGARET



6/10/1867

WIFE OF WILLIAM

BROWN

UNKNOWN


1840

1858

UNREADABLE

BROWN

UNKNOWN


1837

1883

UNREADABLE

BROWN

WILLIAM


1856

1922


BROWN

WILLIAM

86Y


2/12/1880


BULLOCK

SARAH S.


1848

1886


BUTTERFIELD

INFANT



1/30/1900

SON OF F.H. & L.M. BUTTERFIELD

BYRNS

SARAH

91Y 5M


8/6/1870

WIFE OF WILLIAM

BYRNS

WILLIAM

65Y 7M 25D


10/11/1838


CASE

AMY

1Y 5M 1D


6/22/1841

DAU. OF ALBERT & SURRILLA

CHAMBERLAIN

BETSEY

77Y


9/11/1871

WIFE OF HENRY

CHAMBERLAIN

CHARLES L.

16Y 7M 3D


2/13/1849

SON OF DANIEL & CYRENA

CHAMBERLAIN

CHRISTIANA


1823

1883

(NO LAST NAMES ON STONE; NEXT TO CHAMBERLAIN MONUMENT) WIFE OF ISRAEL

CHAMBERLAIN

CYNTHIA FROST


1810

1875


CHAMBERLAIN

CYRENA

63Y 9M 9D


3/15/1865

WIFE OF D.T.

CHAMBERLAIN

DANIEL T.

67Y


10/19/1868


CHAMBERLAIN

DAVID


1838

1874

HUS. OF MARY

CHAMBERLAIN

HANNAH



1878

WIFE OF ELISHA

CHAMBERLAIN

HANNAH




BROKEN STONE

CHAMBERLAIN

HANNAH



10/3/1872

WIFE OF HENRY, JR.

CHAMBERLAIN

HENRY





CHAMBERLAIN

HUGH B.

24Y


4/7/1868

MASONIC EMBLEM

CHAMBERLAIN

ISRAEL


1827

1907

(NO LAST NAMES ON STONE; NEXT TO CHAMBERLAIN MONUMENT)

CHAMBERLAIN

JENNIE V.


1868

1869

DAU. OF DAVID & MARY

CHAMBERLAIN

JULIA A.

10M


2/20/1831


CHAMBERLAIN

MARY

5Y


10/18/1837

DAU. OF ELISHA & LUCY

CHAMBERLAIN

MARY A.


1839

UNMARKED

WIFE OF DAVID

CHAMBERLAIN

MOSES VANCAMPIN

63Y 8M


11/27/1867


CHAMBERLAIN

OUISA FORD




BROKEN STONE

CLARK

NELSON C.

44Y


5/23/1881

CO.E. 93RD REGT NYV

COBURN

GRACE A



1856

WIFE OF HB -BROKEN STONE

COBURN

HENRY G.

1Y 8 M 21D


8/29/1878

SON OF HB & GRACE A

COBURN

MYRA

13Y 10M


8/4/1873

DAU OF HB AND GRACE

CROSBY

SARAH FORD


1839

19??

ON FORD LOT-UNDATED

CROWELL

EMEROY

2Y


1/3/1850

DAU. OF NELSON & Z.M.

DURDOT?

BETSEY

53Y


1/2/1861

WIFE OF C.B.

FORD

BETSEY EMELINE

11Y


4/24/1811

DAU. OF DR. LEWIS A. & DEBORAH

FORD

EUNICE



1818?

DAU. OF JOSEPH T. & POLLY

FORD

FLAVEL



2/4/1847


FORD

JOSEPH T.


1799

1881


FORD

POLLY B.


1802

1888


FORD

THANKFUL

73Y


8/5/1816

WIFE OF FLAVEL

FRACE

CHARLOTTE R.

3Y


5/11/1835

DAU. OF JOSEPH & CATHARINE FRACE

FRISBY

LUCY




UNREADABLE

GENNING

MARGARET

34Y


5/12/1811


GLEASON

CHARLES


1800

1869


GLEASON

CHARLES C.


9/25/1817

5/22/1853

SON OF CHANDLER H. & LUCY

GLEASON

ELANOR


1802

1863

WIFE OF CHARLES

GLEASON

LEWIS

24Y


12/5/1862

CO.F, 130TH REGT NYV

GLEASON

UNKNOWN





GRAVES

ELASCO E.

5Y


?1827

STONE DOWN & UNREADEABLE

HITCHCOCK

SALLY

30Y


2/11/1823

CONSORT OF LUKE HITCHCOCK

HOOKER

ALFRED

9M




HOOKER

CORDELIA FORD

26Y


1/17/1856


HOPPER

ALBERT

20Y 11M


5/26/1864

"BATTLE OF WILDERNESS" DIED IN ?? CHURCH HOSPITAL

HOPPER

CORNELIUS

45Y 5M 10D


12/3/1857


HOPPER

CORNELIUS

58Y


2/21/1814


HOPPER

EDWARD G.

63Y


2/17/1880


HOPPER

ELIAS



4/26/1840

1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH

HOPPER

ELIZABETH

67Y 10M


5/16/1865

WIFE OF ROCKWELL

HOPPER

EMMA O.

12Y 3M


1/16/1863

1 STONE WITH ALBERT; CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH

HOPPER

HANNAH

78Y 6M 1D


4/7/1839

WIFE OF CORNELIUS

HOPPER

JANE L

1Y 1M


11/1/1839

1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH

HOPPER

RICHARD C.

90Y


1/17/1825

SON OF ROCKWELL & ELIZABETH

HOPPER

ROCKWELL

83Y 20D


5/20/1875

MASONIC EMBLEM

HOPPER

RUTH

37Y 2M 10D


12/26/1855

WIFE OF CORNELIUS

HOPPER

SILAS



4/8/1840

1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH

HOPPER

SUSAN

38Y 1M 16D


10/21/1859

WIFE OF EDWARD G.

HULIN

ARTHUR R.


3/1/1917

12/26/1981

US ARMY WWII

LAIN

GEORGE



5/13/1841

WITH PHEBA

LAIN

JOHN

19Y


5/17/1841

IN MEMORY OF JOHN LAIN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 17TH DAY OF MAY AGE 19

LAIN

PHEBA

16Y


5/13/1841

ON STONE WITH GEORGE

LEWIS

HEPSABETH

51Y


2/3/1854

WIFE OF CALEB

LINCOLN

ELIZABETH




DAU. OF HORACE & ELIZABETH

LINCOLN

NARCISSA W.

44Y


6/24/1862

DAU. OF HORACE & ELIZABETH

MAPES

ABRAM


2/20/1802

7/17/1897

WEATHERED-UNREADABLE

MAPES

CATHARINE


1/23/1809

1/16/1893

WIFE OF ABRAM

MAPES

SAMUEL A.

63Y 4M 16D


7/26/1899


MCINTOSH

HENRY

30Y 3M 21D


4/22/1840


MCINTOSH

SALLY B.

3Y 10M 19D


3/29/1841


MCINTOSH

SOPHIA A.

1Y 3M 19D


6/10/1840


MCKEEN

FRANCES

37Y


3/2/1831

WIFE OF JOHN

METCALF

DANIEL

43Y


4/25/1871


NORTHUP

EDNAN


2/18/1891

4/26/1892


NORTHUP

MARY


1822

1882


PETTY

JESSE

76Y


3/11/1855


PETTY

MARY

53Y 10M


3/17/1833

WIFE OF JESSE

POMEROY

DORCAS

81Y


4/1841

WIFE OF MARTIN

POTTER

WILLIAM

48Y


3/15/1842


RANDALL

BETSY



5/27/1871

WIFE OF ORVIL

REYNOLDS

ANNA H.

71Y


3/15/1864


REYNOLDS

CORNELIUS



9/1/1852


REYNOLDS

ELECTA

45Y


6/29/1851

WIFE OF ASA

REYNOLDS

ELIAS

12Y


4/15/1800


REYNOLDS

ELIJAH

68Y


6/20/1862


REYNOLDS

ELIZA

11Y


3/22/1811


REYNOLDS

HARRIET

8 Y 9M 10D


1849

DAU. OF D.W. & H.A. REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS

LUCRETIA E.

2Y 5M 5D


5/18/1829


REYNOLDS

MARGARET

?Y 5M 11D


5/1/1836

DAU. OF JOHN & BETSEY REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS

MARGARET

77Y


7/10/1851

WIFE OF NATHANIEL

REYNOLDS

NATHANIEL

79Y 2M


7/17/1852


REYNOLDS

NATHANIEL

7Y


4/1/1826


ROYCE

ALMA


12/29/1821

4/6/1883


ROYCE

CORRINE


12/13/1823

3/2/1890


ROYCE

GALUSHA

28Y


9/21/1863


ROYCE

JOHN

77Y


1/6/1876


ROYCE

JUDSON F.


1861

1944

HUS. OF MYRTAE

ROYCE

KINGMAN N.


2/1/1860

9/10/1861


ROYCE

LYDIA

77Y 8M


8/19/1873

WIFE OF JOHN

ROYCE

MARTHA M.


3/21/1833

2/22/1902

WIFE OF ALONZO

ROYCE

MYRON A.


1892

1966

SON OF JUDSON & MYRTAE

ROYCE

MYRTAE S. HISTED


1863

1945

WIFE OF JUDSON F.

ROYCE

NETTIE C.


9/26/1864

4/29/1894

DAU. OF ALONZO & MARTHA M.

ROYCE

ORRIN H.


12/13/1825

3/3/1899


ROYCE

RAYMOND HAROLD


8924

8966


ROYCE

WINIFRED

4Y


2/2/1891

DAU. OF A.M. & CORA E. ROYCE

SANFORD

RUTH

59Y


5/13/1838


SELLON

FRANCES A.

1Y 3M 1D


9/27/1845

DAU. OF JOHN A. & SALLY A. SELLON

SELLON

FRANCES A.

3Y 5M 9D


1/13/1850

DAU. OF JOHN A. & SALLY A. SELLON

SELLON

HENRY M.

3M 25D


9/7/1842

SON OF JOHN A & SALLY A. SELLON

SELLON

JOHN A.

72Y 3M 16D


1/4/1889


SELLON

MARY



2/3/1839

DAU. OF WM & MARY SELLON

SELLON

MARY

50Y 9M 13D


4/7/1872

WIFE OF JOHN A.

SELLON

SUSAN

62Y


2/7/1818

WIFE OF WM. SELLON

SELLON

SUSAN




STONE UNREADABLE

SHIPHERD

INFANT SON



5/14/1872

DAU. OF P.H. & PERMELIA R. SHIPHERD

SHIPHERD

MARY SOPHIA

2Y


9/6/1871

DAU. OF P.H. & PERMELIA R. SHIPHERD

TEFFT

SARAH

77Y 2M 19D


5/19/1894

WIFE OF BENJAMIN (STONE DOWN)

TWICHEL

HANNAH

75Y


4/1824

WIFE OF NATHAN

VANALLEN

JOHN H.


1831

1879


VANALLEN

MARY F.


1832

1879


VANALLEN

MAY E.


1863

1880


VREELAND

JOHN

93Y


1/5/1842

 REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN

WEBSTER

SARAH ANN


3/4/1804

3/4/1898


WEBSTER

WILLIAM


12/27/1804

2/21/1883


WILSON

JENNIE R.



2/11/1865

WIFE OF JAMES E. WILSON

WILLSON

SARAH JANE

6Y 1M 13D

10/3/1844

11/13/1850

DAU. OF SIMON J. & EMILY S.

WRIGHT

ABBIE J.

32Y


8/29/1868

WIFE OF CHANCY WRIGHT

WRIGHT

JOHN

14Y


10/18/1863

SON OF D. & S. WRIGHT

WRIGHT

W. ALONZO

24Y


10/10/1863

SON OF D. & S. WRIGHT