Tompkins Co., NYGenWeb - Goodwin Cemetery

Goodwin Cemetery

Also known as: Taughannock Farm Plot & Goodwin Point

Located in back of Taughannock Falls Inn, on Gorge Rd.
Town of Ulysses, Tompkins County, NY.
Cemetery is inactive.

Flags mark the graves of the following:

Revoluntionary War
Benjamin Goodwin
Gen. John Smith
Jonathan Hildreth

War of 1812
John Lee

Photo taken by Cathy Knauff - May 23, 2002
(larger photo)

Please use Notes as a guide only!

	Headstone Inscriptions	Notes
	D. A.	Looks to be a footstone, possibly for a burial that is not yet known.
	A. C.	Looks to be a footstone, possibly for a burial that is not yet known.
	Polly, wife of Daniel JOHNSON & daughter of Jepther & Esther LEE, DIED Oct. 2, 1844 age 46 years 7 months 3 days	Headstone is leaning, with top part where name should be flaked off. (Name missing) wife of Daniel Johnson & daughter of Jepther & Esther Lee died Oct. 2, 1844 age 46 years, 7 months, 3 days Another view of stone View footstone
	In Memory of Sally LEE who DIED Apr. 18 1814 or 1844 aged 16 years or 46 years 1 month 19 days	Headstone is getting very faded and becoming hard to read. View footstone
	John LEE who departed this life Apr. 2, 1814 aged 29 years 3 months 6 days	View footstone A Flag was placed on his grave.
	Unknown A.S	Footstone only Not shown in earlier records.
	Lucy, wife of John KING DIED Feb 15, 1850 aged 82 years	View footstoneNo headstone found, only a part of the slate that had fallen off the headstone was located leaning up against the grave of Amos Lee. (Believe this to be the mother of many King children that lived in Ulysses, many are buried in Trumansburg Grove Cemetery) Only inscription found was as follows: Lucy wife of John Kin_
	In Memory of Amos LEE who departed this life Nov. 5, 1833 age 42 years 2 months 21 days	Part of Lucy King's headstone was leaning against his headstone. (The age of Amos Lee could be 12 years and not 42 years, headstone very worn.) 2002 inscription reading: In Memory of Amos Lee who departed this life Dec. 5, 1833 age 42 years, 2 mos., 21 days View footstone
	Amos B. LEE DIED Mar 15, 1844 aged 34 years 9 days	View footstone
	Emma Jane, daughter of William J. & Elmira LEE DIED Nov. 20, 1849 age 7 years 8 months 20 days	View footstone
	William J. LEE DIED Nov 10, 1849 age 43 years 4 months 3 days	View footstone
	Edgar, son of Gershom & Mary CRAVEN DIED Jan. 8, 1848 age 11 days.	Location of burial unknown. Headstone not located in 2002. Gershom Horatio CRAVEN was born 18 JUL 1823 in Seneca Co, NY, died 29 AUG 1881 in Elizabeth City, NC. He was the son of Joseph CRAVEN and Elizabeth HUNT. He married Mary SWARTHOUT 26 OCT 1842 in Seneca Co., NY. She was born JAN 1826 in Seneca Co., NY, and died 5 JUN 1909 in Bremer Co., IA.
	Elizabeth, daughter of Gershom & Mary CRAVEN DIED Feb 27, 1854, age 2 years	Location of burial unknown. See above (Edgar Craven, her brother) for her parents information. Early 1920 records by Dora Pope Worden, state her death year as 1851. Headstone not located in 2002.
	James Ebenezer or Ebenezer James DIED March 4 1816 age 77 years	Dora Pope Worden found the headstone in the 1920's; headstone not found in 2002.
	John Douglass DANDO 1887-1941
	James FLEMING DIED Mar 4, 1816, aged 77 years
	Ezry, son of John & Huldah (Munson) FROST DIED June 2, 1832 aged 51 years 1 month 24 days	b. 8 Apr. 1771, per Frost gen., they have it (EZRA) FROST
	Munson F. GANUNG son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Frost), DIED Sep 19, 1820 age 19 years 17 days	(Elizabeth Frost, dau of John & Huldah)
	Aman, daughter of John & Sally Goodwin DIED Apr 27, 1811 age 6 months 22 days	(May be Amanda)
	Amos GOODWIN DIED Feb 3, 1825 age 17 years 3 months 2 days
	Benjamin GOODWIN DIED July 11, 1822 aged 78 years
	Mary, wife of Benjamin GOODWIN DIED Dec 27, 1832 aged 84 years 3 months
	Catharine, daughter of Richard & Prudence GOODWIN DIED Aug 29, 1818 (no age).
	Elijah, son of Nathan & Rachel Hall GOODWIN DIED Jan. 4, 1828 age 2 months
	Ephraim B. GOODWIN DIED Aug 22, 1832 aged 30 years 7 months 2 days
	Louisa, daughter of William K. & Mary L. GOODWIN DIED Dec. 30, 1843 Aged 9 months 13 days	(could be William R. Goodwin as father.)
	Mary L., wife of William K. GOODWIN DIED Apr 12, 1848 age 28 years 7 months
	Richard GOODWIN, Sr. DIED May 15, 1819 age 69 years 4 months 15 days
	Sarah, wife of Richard GOODWIN, Sr. DIED June 6, 1804 aged 54 years 5 months 10 days
	Sally, wife of John GOODWIN DIED Oct. 12, 1810 age 32 years 4 months 9 days
	Elijah Nathan, son of Nathan and Rachel HALL DIED Feb. 12, 1827 aged 1 year 10 months 24 days	Mother = Rachel (Goodwin)
	Elijah GOODWIN, son of Nathan & Rachel HALL DIED 4 Jan. 1828 age 2 months	Mother = Rachel (Goodwin)
	David HESS DIED Apr 25, 1826 aged 22 years 3 months 8 days	View footstone
	H. X H., marker. Headstone has name broken off. DIED July 1818 45 years 4 months 16 days	Rev. Jonathan HILDRETH married Hannah BRITTON born March 8, 1765 died July 24, 1810. Believe this to be her grave, foot marker next to Jonathan Hildreth's grave.
	Rev. Jonathan HILDRETH DIED Mar 21, 1850 aged 90 years 1 month 24 days	(Rev. soldier)
	Thomas M., son of Jonathan and Lydia (Smith) HILDRETH DIED Dec 20, 1840 age 12 years 1 month 4 days	(Worden had - d. Dec. 20, 1840 age 32 yrs., 7 m 4 dy)
	John Clifford Jones 1866-1935
	Philip KIMBLE/KIMPLE DIED Aug. 3, 1816 aged 54 years	(death date could be 1846) Another view of the stone
	Gen. John SMITH DIED Jan. 2, 1839 age 72 years	Another view of the stone
	Nancy Ann, wife of John SMITH DIED Mar. 19, 1818 aged 41 years	Another view of the stone Note: Amanda SMITH could also be buried here. Dau. of John & Nancy Ann (Goodwin) Smith. Birth: 12 OCT 1813 Death: 12 MAR 1815
	K. M. SMOKE (No dates)
	John, son of William and Rachel STEEL DIED Oct 22, 1816 age 5 years 1 month 15 days

June of 2001 updates and corrections were provided by Karen Dickson
Our Town of Ulysses Coordinator.

Another check was done on May 23, 2002 by Janet M. Nash & Cathy Knauff. Some headstones that were recorded in 2001 were not readable in 2002. The history of the people buried in these family cemeteries is slowing fading away. That is why we find it so important to record the inscriptions before they are gone.

Note:
We would like to thank the Town of Ulysses, and the two gentlemen that have been doing just a wonderful job in mowing and trimming this cemetery. This cemetery contains some of the oldest residents in the Town of Ulysses. Benjamin & Richard Goodwin and families came to this area in 1794 and raised fruit trees, crops etc., they also had a boat dock, where people and supplies came & went for Trumansburg and surrounding area. Referred to as Goodwin Point, this is where Abner Treman, founder of Trumansburg came when he got caught out in a snow storm coming from Ithaca, and where he lost part of one foot and all of another to frost bite due to walking the whole way, having his feet treated by warm water, instead of snow, as the Goodwin parents were away. Headstone inscriptions recorded May 23, 2002 - Starting at entrance by driveway.

Thank you, Tom Wakula, for donating headstone photos for this cemetery.

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