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Chamberlain Cemetery

Town of Belfast

All Photos by Ron Taylor (2005)              

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.

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.

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(A few tombstone pictures follow the list at bottom of page)

  Last Name First Name, MI, MAIDEN Age D.O.B. D.O.D. INSCRIPTION/COMMENTS
1 BAILEY CLARENCE M 8Y 11M 17D   KILLED 6/27/1881 "LITTLE CLARENCE"
2 BORDEN DALLAS E. 8M 17D   6/27/1882  
3 BRIDGEMAN HARRY   1792 1845  
4 BRIDGEMAN JOANNA A.   1836 1837  
5 BRIDGEMAN JOANNA SANFORD   1802 1886 WIFE OF HARRY
6 BRIDGEMAN LYDIA S.   11/22/1833 4512  
7 BRIDGEMAN S. EMILY   4/15/1829 5/5/1890 "SAY OLD HILLS, SAY SHALL WE LIVE AGAIN"
8 BROWN BERYL E.   1894 1959  
9 BROWN HOMER   10/6/1828 9/2/1890  
10 BROWN JULIA C.   1916 1983  
11 BROWN JULIA E.   5/12/1835 3/21/1886  
12 BROWN MARGARET     6/10/1867 WIFE OF WILLIAM
13 BROWN UNKNOWN   1840 1858 UNREADABLE
14 BROWN UNKNOWN   1837 1883 UNREADABLE
15 BROWN WILLIAM   1856 1922  
16 BROWN WILLIAM 86Y   2/12/1880  
17 BULLOCK SARAH S.   1848 1886  
18 BUTTERFIELD INFANT     182 SON OF F.H. & L.M. BUTTERFIELD
19 BYRNS SARAH 91Y 5M   8/6/1870 WIFE OF WILLIAM
20 BYRNS WILLIAM 65Y 7M 25D   10/11/1838  
21 CASE AMY 1Y 5M 1D   6/22/1841 DAU. OF ALBERT & SURRILLA
22 CHAMBERLAIN BETSEY 77Y   9/11/1871 WIFE OF HENRY
23 CHAMBERLAIN CHARLES L. 16Y 7M 3D   2/13/1849 SON OF DANIEL & CYRENA
24 CHAMBERLAIN CHRISTIANA   1823 1883 (NO LAST NAMES ON STONE; NEXT TO CHAMBERLAIN MONUMENT) WIFE OF ISRAEL
25 CHAMBERLAIN CYNTHIA FROST   1810 1875  
26 CHAMBERLAIN CYRENA 63Y 9M 9D   3/15/1865 WIFE OF D.T.
27 CHAMBERLAIN DANIEL T. 67Y   10/19/1868  
28 CHAMBERLAIN DAVID   1838 1874 HUS. OF MARY
29 CHAMBERLAIN HANNAH     1878 WIFE OF ? CUSNA
30 CHAMBERLAIN HANNAH       BROKEN STONE
31 CHAMBERLAIN HANNAH     10/3/1872 WIFE OF HENRY, JR.
32 CHAMBERLAIN HENRY        
33 CHAMBERLAIN HUGH B. 21Y   4/7/1868 MASONIC EMBLEM
34 CHAMBERLAIN ISRAEL   1827 1907 (NO LAST NAMES ON STONE; NEXT TO CHAMBERLAIN MONUMENT)
35 CHAMBERLAIN JENNIE V.   1868 1869 DAU. OF DAVID & MARY
36 CHAMBERLAIN JULIA A. 10M   2/20/1831  
37 CHAMBERLAIN MARY 5Y   10/18/1837 DAU. OF ELISHA & LUCY
38 CHAMBERLAIN MARY A.   1839 UNMARKED WIFE OF DAVID
39 CHAMBERLAIN MOSES VANCAMPIN 63Y 8M   11/27/1867  
40 CHAMBERLAIN OUISA FORD       BROKEN STONE
41 CLARK NELSON C. 44Y   5/23/1881 CO.E. 93RD REGT NYV
42 COBURN GRACE A     1856 WIFE OF HB -BROKEN STONE
43 COBURN HENRY G. 1Y 8 M 21D   8/29/1878 SON OF HB & GRACE A 
44 COBURN MYRA 13Y 10M   8/4/1873 DAU OF HB AND GRACE
45 CROSBY SARAH FORD   1839 19?? ON FORD LOT-UNDATED
46 CROWELL EMEROY 2Y   1/3/1850 DAU. OF NELSON & Z.M.
47 DURDOT? BETSEY 53Y   1/2/1861 WIFE OF C.B.
48 FORD BETSEY EMELINE 11Y   4/24/1811 DAU. OF DR. LEWIS A. & DEBORAH
49 FORD EUNICE     1818? DAU. OF JOSEPH T. & POLLY
50 FORD FLAVEL     2/4/1847  
51 FORD JOSEPH T.   1799 1881  
52 FORD POLLY B.   1802 1888  
53 FORD THANKFUL 73Y   8/5/1816 WIFE OF FLAVEL
54 FRACE CHARLOTTE R. 3Y   5/11/1835 DAU. OF JOSEPH & CATHERINE FRACE
55 FRISBY LUCY       UNREADABLE
56 GENNING MARGARET 34Y   5/12/1811  
57 GLEASON CHARLES   1800 1869  
58 GLEASON CHARLES C.   9/25/1817 5/22/1853 SON OF CHANDLER H. & LUCY
59 GLEASON ELANOR   1802 1863 WIFE OF CHARLES
60 GLEASON LEWIS 24Y   12/5/1862 CO.F, 130TH REGT NYV
61 GLEASON UNKNOWN        
62 GRAVES ELASCO E. 5Y   ?1827 STONE DOWN & UNREADEABLE
63 HITCHCOCK SALLY 30Y   2/11/1823 CONSORT OF LUKE HITCHCOCK
64 HOOKER ALFRED 9M      
65 HOOKER CORDELIA FORD 26Y   1/17/1856  
66 HOPPER ALBERT 20Y 11M   5/26/1864 "BATTLE OF WILDERNESS" DIED IN ?? CHURCH HOSPITAL
67 HOPPER CORNELIUS 45Y 5M 10D   12/3/1857  
68 HOPPER CORNELIUS 58Y   2/21/1814  
69 HOPPER EDWARD G. 63Y   2/17/1880  
70 HOPPER ELIAS     4/26/1840 1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH
71 HOPPER ELIZABETH 67Y 10M   5/16/1865 WIFE OF ROCKWELL
72 HOPPER EMMA O. 12 Y   1/16/1863 1 STONE WITH ALBERT; CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH
73 HOPPER HANNAH 78Y 6M   4/7/1839 WIFE OF CORNELIUS
74 HOPPER JANE L     11/1/1839 1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH
75 HOPPER RICHARD C. 90Y   1/17/1825 SON OF ROCKWELL & ELIZABETH
76 HOPPER ROCKWELL 83Y 20D   5/20/1875 MASONIC EMBLEM
77 HOPPER RUTH 37Y   12/26/1855 WIFE OF CORNELIUS
78 HOPPER SILAS     4/8/1840 1 STONE-CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS & RUTH
79 HOPPER SUSAN 38Y   10/21/1859 WIFE OF EDWARD
80 HULIN ARTHUR R.   6280 29946 US ARMY WWII
81 LAIN GEORGE     5/13/1841 WITH PHEBA
82 LAIN JOHN 19Y   5/17/1841 IN MEMORY OF JOHN LAIN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 17TH DAY OF MAY AGE 19
83 LAIN PHEBA 16Y     5/13/1841 ON STONE WITH GEORGE
84 LEWIS HEPSABETH 51Y   2/3/1854 WIFE OF CALEB
85 LINCOLN ELIZABETH       DAU. OF HORACE & ELIZABETH
86 LINCOLN NARCISSA W. 44Y   6/24/1862 DAU. OF HORACE & ELIZABETH
87 MAPES ABRAM     7/17/1897 WEATHERED-UNREADABLE
88 MAPES CATHARINE   1808 ?? WIFE OF ??
89 MAPES SAMUEL A. 63Y 4M 16D   7/26/1899  
90 MCINTOSH HENRY 30Y 3M   4/22/1840  
91 MCINTOSH SALLY B. 3Y 10M   3/29/1841  
92 MCINTOSH SOPHIA A. 1Y   6/10/1840  
93 MCKEEN FRANCES 37Y   3/2/1831 WIFE OF JOHN  
94 METCALF DANIEL 43Y   4/25/1871  
95 NORTHUP EDNAN   2/18/1891 4/26/1892  
96 NORTHUP MARY   1822 1882  
97 PETTY JESSE 76Y   3/11/1855  
98 PETTY MARY 53Y   5/17/1833 WIFE OF JESSE
99 POMEROY DORCAS 81Y   4/1841 WIFE OF MARTIN
100 POTTER WILLIAM C 48Y   3/15/1842  
101 RANDALL BETSY     5/27/1871 WIFE OF ORVIL
102 REYNOLDS ANNA H. 71Y   3/15/1864  
103 REYNOLDS CORNELIUS     9/1/1852  
104 REYNOLDS ELECTA 45Y     6/29/1851 WIFE OF ASA
105 REYNOLDS ELIAS 12Y   4/15/1800  
106 REYNOLDS ELIJAH 68Y   6/20/1862  
107 REYNOLDS ELIZA 11Y   3/22/1811  
108 REYNOLDS HARRIET 8 Y   1849 DAU. OF W. & H.A. REYNOLDS
109 REYNOLDS LUCRETIA E. 2Y   5/18/1829  
110 REYNOLDS MARGARET     5/1/1836 DAU. OF JOHN & BETSEY REYNOLDS
111 REYNOLDS MRS. NATHANIEL? 77Y   7/10/1851 WIFE OF NATHANIEL
112 REYNOLDS NATHANIEL 50Y 2M   7/17/1852  
113 REYNOLDS NATHANIEL 7Y   4/1/1826  
114 ROYCE ALMA   12/29/1881 4/6/1883  
115 ROYCE CORRINE   12/13/1823 3/2/1890  
116 ROYCE GALUSHA 28Y   9/21/1863  
117 ROYCE JOHN 77Y   1/6/1876  
118 ROYCE JUDSON F.   1861 1944 HUS. OF MYRTAE
119 ROYCE KINGMAN M.   2/1/1800 9/10/1861  
120 ROYCE LYDIA 77Y   4/19/1873 WIFE OF JOHN
121 ROYCE MARTHA M.   3/21/1833 784 WIFE OF ALONZO
122 ROYCE MYRON A.   1892 1966 SON OF JUDSON & MYRTAE
123 ROYCE MYRTAE S. HISTED   1863 1945 WIFE OF JUDSON F.
124 ROYCE NETTIE C.   9/26/1864 4/29/1894 DAU. OF ALONZO & MARTHA M.
125 ROYCE ORRIN   12/13/1825 5/3/1899  
126 ROYCE RAYMOND HAROLD   8924 8966  
127 ROYCE WINIFRED 4Y   2/2/1891 DAU. OF A.M. & CORA E. ROYCE
128 SANFORD RUTH 59Y   5/13/1838  
129 SELLON FRANCES A. 1Y 3M 1D   9/27/1845 DAU. OF JOHN A. & SALLY A. SELLON
130 SELLON FRANCES A. 3Y 5M 9D   1/13/1850 DAU. OF JOHN A. & MARY
131 SELLON HENRY M. 3M 25D   9/7/1842 SON OF JOHN A & SALLY A. SELLON
132 SELLON JOHN A. 72Y 3M 16D   1/4/1889  
133 SELLON MARY     2/3/1839 DAU. OF WM & MARY SELLON
134 SELLON MARY 50Y 9M 13D   4/7/1872 WIFE OF JOHN A.
135 SELLON SUSAN 62Y   2/7/1818 WIFE OF WM. SELLON
136 SELLON SUSAN       STONE UNREADABLE
137 SHEPHERD INFANT     5/14/1872 DAU. OF P.H. & PERMELIA R. SHEPHERD
138 SHEPHERD MARY SOPHIA 2Y   9/6/1871 DAU. OF P.H. & PERMELIA R. SHEPHERD
139 TEFFT SARAH 77Y 2M 19D   5/19/1894 WIFE OF BENJAMIN (STONE DOWN)
140 TWICHEL HANNAH 75Y   4/1824 WIFE OF NATHAN
141 VANALLEN JOHN H.   1831 1879  
142 VANALLEN MARY F.   1832 1879  
143 VANALLEN MAY E.   1863 1880  
144 VREELAND JOHN 93Y   1/5/1842  
145 WEBSTER SARAH ANN   3/4/1804 3/4/1898  
146 WEBSTER WILLIAM   12/27/1804 2/21/1883  
147 WILSON JENNIE R.     2/11/1865 WIFE OF JAMES E. WILSON
148 WILSON SARAH JANE 6Y 10/3/1824 11/13/1830 DAU. OF SIMON J. & EMILY S.
149 WRIGHT JOHN 14Y   10/18/1863 SON OF D. & S. WRIGHT
150 WRIGHT W. ALONZO 24Y   10/10/1863 SON OF D. & S. WRIGHT

Chamberlain Cemetery, Left Side View

Town of Belfast; County Road 26 approx. 1 mile from Transit End (Golf Course).

Chamberlain Cemetery, Right Side View

Albert Hopper, Civil War Casualty

Wounded at "Battle of the Wilderness"; died in Hospital

Pheba & George Lain

died 1841

Elasco E. Graves

Nearly unreadable, flat on ground.

Frances McKeen

Wife of John McKeen

John Lain

died 1841

Sally Hitchcock

Note the reversed "S";

Bridgeman Monument

Unusual Circular Monument

 

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