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Dennis Cemetery |
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Located on Ridgeway Road. Cemetery is inactive; complete to Summer 1999. |
 (larger photo) Photo by Cathy Knauff |
Notes as a guide only! |
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| Headstone Inscription | Notes |
| Phebe J. daughter of E.N. & Caturah Bogardus died Mar. 3, 1834 age 1m 17d "A voice from the spirit land, A voice from the silent tomb, Listen brothers to a sister gone, Calls from her starry high throne, Brethren - come home." Footstone P. J. B. |
Note: Phebe J. Bogardus, was the dau. of Ephraim N. & Caturah/Keturah (Van Meter)Bogardus |
| Lucy wife of Nathaniel Bracey died May 12, 1832 age 42y 5m 7d "Dearest Mother Thee hast left us here Thy loss wee deeply feel But tis God That hath bereft us He can all our sorrows heal." Footstone L. B. |
No other information |
| Anna wife of Peter Dennis died Dec. 18, 1857 age 50y 5m 9d |
Note: Anna Voorheis, (daughter of Daniel & Amy (Walker) Voorheis |
| Unknown Dennis died May 26, 1860 age 3y 2m 2d |
No other information - believed to be another child of Peter & Amy Dennis |
| Infant son of Peter & Amy Dennis died July 7, 1842 "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not for of such is, the kingdom of God." |
(infant) |
| Polly Hill died July 7, 1847 age 54y 1m 14d "To the memory of my beloved wife" |
No other information |
| Amy Elsie wife of William Johnston died July 13, 1850 age 37y 1m 6d |
(dau. of Wilson & Rhoda (Thorp) Parker) (William Johnston was born 19 Apr 1802 in Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY, he died 21 Jan 1867 in DeKalb, DeKalb Co., IL. William Johnston was the son of James JOHNSTON & Ann HOBBY he also was a civil war veteran and was a POW. |
| Amy Elizabeth daughter of William & Amy E. Johnston died Dec. 2, 1850 age 3m 18d Footstone A. E. J. |
Her mother Amy E. was Amy Elsie Parker wife of William Johnston See above for information on parents |
| James Wilson son of William & Amy E. Johnston died Feb 28, 1851 age 11y 6m 18d "FAREWELL" J. H. J. Footstone |
His mother Amy E. was Amy Elsie Parker wife of William Johnston See above on information on parents |
| Nancy wife of Theodore Meacham died Dec. 20, 1847 age 42 yrs., 8m 13d "Died in the full triumph of faith" Footstone N. M. |
Note: (d/o William & Huldah (Dann) Stevens; Theodore Meacham was b. abt 1800 at Cornwall, Litchfield, Conn. He was the s/o Silas & Lucy (Wood) Meacham. Nancy & Theodore were married 1824 in Candor, NY. Theodore m 2nd Hannah (_______)) |
| Nancy J. daughter of Albert & Mary Meacham died Mar. 4, 18_9 age 4y 3m 23d N. J. M. (Footstone) |
Note: (death date could be 1829) |
| J. E. | Footstone only found - Albert & Polly Meacham's daughter Amy married John Ebert, unknown burial location for him, this burial could belong to the Elbert family. Amy is buried in Lane cemetery, she married first Abram Lane. |
| Gaylord son of Albert & Mary Meacham died Jan. 22, 1833 age 9 months | No other intormation |
| Unknown dau. of Theodore & Nancy Meacham died Apr. 1, 1829 | Note: (this stone is broken and in very bad condition) |
| James son of Albert & Polly Meacham died Dec. 16, 1859 age 25 yrs., 1 mo., 24 dys |
Note: His mother Polly was Polly Stevens |
| Amy E. daughter of J. & S. Meacham died Dec. 28, 1858 age 9 mo., 3 dys | no other information |
| Albert Meacham died Apr. 29, 1881 age 79y "Our father has gone _____ ____" |
Note: son of Silas & Lucy (Wood) Meacham Born abt. 1802 at Cornwall, Litchfield CT. (headstone broken and in two parts) |
| Polly wife of Albert Meacham died June 28, 1862 age 59y 6m "She made home happy" | Note: (daughter of William & Huldah (Dann) Stevens) Born in Connecticut abt. 1803 |
| Unreadable Merrill | Headstone is faded and in very poor condition |
| Laura E. daughter of Marcus & Sarah Stephens died Oct. 5, 1850 age 16y 17m L. E. S. Footstone |
No other information |
| Unreadable headstone near Stephens headstone | defaced |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Unmarked grave with field stone | |
| Many footstones with no markings left readable. |
Walked by Janet M. Nash and Cathy Knauff July 13 & August 23, 1999.
May be many unmarked Graves in this cemetery.
Any information in in notes are from research & family records, it is not listed on the headstones.
We visited this cemetery back in July of 1999 and found someone had been working on cleaning it up. When we went back in August of 1999 it was wonderful. The cemetery had been cleared of old brush and trees, a stone wall had been built around the cemetery, and a archway with a stone walk at the entrance had been also built. Stones that had been lying flat were placed upright. We learned that the clean up was done by: The Tompkins Co. Probation Dept., for The Town of Caroline. It was nice to see the pride that went into the work involved here.
Another visit was made in May 2002 to this little cemetery, I am sad to say it is back in poor condition.
No care has been taken after the clean up in 1999.
You are our
visitor since June 26, 2003.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 12:38:58 PDT
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