Holy Cross Cemetery - Town of Hume, Allegany County, NY

Holy Cross Cemetery, Fillmore

From an undated (after 1938) Historical Sketch of St. Patrick’s Church by Rev. James J. Kirby, Pastor.

(From the files of Margaret Hodnett)

The Parish Cemetery is located on the Houghton Belfast Road, (Route 19) about one mile south of Fillmore. It was organized Sept 30, 1882. Area, three acres, cost, $381. It was acquired by Father McGrath from Clark Hopkins. It is a special corporation, being incorporated in 1920. the original incorporators were: Peter Loftis, John Shay, James Lapp, Wm Kinney, Robert Butler, Henry Bolton and Edward Fitzgerald.

The present incorporators are: The Pastor, Wm Kinney, Robert Butler, Nellie Hodnett, William Hodnett, William McCarthy, Leo Whalen…

John Hodnett, brother of Miss Kathryn Hodnett, now residing here, is believed to be the first person buried in the Cemetery. The average number of burials a years since 1882 would be about four. It was consecrated in 1882, and named Holy Cross Cemetery, Fillmore.

Before 1882, the dead were taken to Java and Portageville. Many were transferred back to the Fillmore Cemetery after 1882. During the pastorate of Father Cox in 1932, Robert Lewis donated the money for planting beautiful shrubbery and laying good roads around and through the Cemetery. For a country cemetery it is strategically located, expertly kept and jealously regarded by both incorporators and parishioners as “a worthy resting place for our honored dead.”

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Original transcription of Margaret Hodnet's list was basis for this list. Others contributing toward the list are Eleanor Schwalb and James Gayford.

Transcribed & Submitted by Mary Rhodes & Updated 10/2008 by Mary Rhodes; "Not a complete listing; target for next update, warm weather, 2009".

Adamowicz	Diana Jude	Aug 8, 1939 - May 10, 1982
Ashcraft	Mary A.	Nov 1, 1910 - Nov 17, 1986
Ayers	Maynard J.	Feb 20, 1970 - Nov 20, 1993
Bagnay	Dennis	1849 - 1923
Bagnay	John	Son of Andrew Died Mar 31, 1869 Age 23
Bagnay	Mary E.	1850 - 1924
Barry	Mary	Wife of Phillip 1837 - 1901
Barry	Phillip	1821 - 1899
Bauer	Elizabeth B	1848 - 1917
Belzile	Bessie B.	Jan 6, 1910 - Oct 21, 1995
Benjamin	Sarah	1850 - 1930
Bolton	Ann	Dau of Michael & Catherine Died Dec 28, 1862 Age 16
Bolton	Geniveve	Died Apr 30, 1898
Bolton	John	Died May 25, 1885 Aged 35 "May He Rest In Peace"
Bolton	Michael	1820 - 1898
Bolton	Mother	Wife of Michael Died Aug 21, 1893 Age 71
Bolton	William A.	Died Aug 11, 1898 Age 5 Y 8 Mo
Bowman	Shirley Jincks	July 14, 1931 - Sept 14, 2007 (Raymond)
Burr	Gerald W.	Dec 30, 1905 - May 30, 1986
Butler	Josephine	Died Sept 24, 1964
Butler	L.J.	Died Nov 22, 1926 Age 48
Butler	Robert Arthur	July 23, 1884 - July 22, 1969
Butler	Rose Hodnett	1856 - 1900
Cary	David	Died May 13, 1888 Age 88 Yr
Cary	Mary	Wife of David Died June 18, 1898 Age 80 Yr 3 Mo
Clark	Dorothy E. Torpey	Jan 15, 1906 - Dec 1, 1976
Collins	Agnes	1874 - 1875
Collins	Charley	1878 - 1890
Collins	Jennie	1882 - 1892
Collins	Leo	1886 - 1887
Colombo	Arthur William	Jan 16, 1939 - Dec 1, 1986
Columbo	Florence Elizabeth Wheeler	6/6/1917 - 6/27/2005 "Susie"
Corey	David	Died May 13, 1898 Age 88 Yr
Corey	Mary	Wife of David Died Jun 1898 Age 80 Yr 3 Mo
Curtis	Joanne Hodnett	Died May 4, 1953 Age 87
Darcy	Mrs. John	Oct 13, 1910 - Nov 2, 1948
Dinkel	Mary B. Delany	Died Aug 3, 1969
Djelide	Jeanette	Sept 19, 1937 - Sept 2, 1981
Dolan	Margaret McCarns	Nov 23, 1902 - Apr 1, 1948
Ferguson	John	1800 - 1882
Fitzgerald	Edward	1850 - ? "Father"
Fitzgerald	Mary	1856 - 1925 "Mother"
Forpey	Dennis	1882 - 1904
Forpey	Dennis S	1841 - 1914
Forpey	Mary E.	1845 - 1916
Gayford	Dorothy Marie	3/27/1905 - 6/28/1921
Gayford	Edmund William	"Ned" 12/1/1907 - 8/23/1976
Gayford	Elizabeth Johanna Hickey	10/30/1869 - 2/18/1935 (Ernest)
Gayford	Ernest William	10/29/1871 - 10/21/1942
Gayford	Frances Anna Wheeler	"Tannie" 3/21/1919 - 12/15/1983 (Edmund)
Gayford	George C.	6/15/1901 - 11/24/1917
Gayford	Gerald Burton	"Buss" 12/7/1914 - 12/20/1943 (Lost at Sea WWII)
Gayford	Mary A.	6/16/1900 - 2/22/1901
Haley	Elizabeth	Wife of Patrick Died Oct 2, 1893 Age 78
Haley	Patrick	Died June 24, 1882 Age 71
Hall	John D.	Died Mar 2, 1889 Age 75 Yr
Hall	Nellie	Wife of John D. Died July 19, 1906 Age 97
Harrington	Robert W.	July 30, 1941 - Aug 15, 2003 (Marjorie Bailey)
Hayes	Jennie	1884 - 1889
Hayes	Laura F.	Sept 15, 1909 - Nov 26, 1989
Hayes	Margaret	1851 - 1951
Hayes	Thomas E.	1850 - 1909
Haynes	Addison W.	1851 - 1933
Haynes	Catharine	Wife of Addison 1849 - 1929
Haynes	Forrest A	1877 - 1913
Hickey	Cornelius	1846 -
Hickey	Daniel	1812 - 1885
Hickey	Elizabeth	1835 - 1912
Hickey	Johanna	1808 - 1899
Hickey	Neal M.	Died Dec 1943 Age 43
Hill	Ella A	1878 - 1920
Hill	Ellen R.	1841 - 1909
Hill	John E	1871 - 1923
Hill	John H.	1835 - 1915
Hodnett	Anna	Wife of John 1834 - 1915
Hodnett	Catharine	Born Apr 1, 1872 Died Jan 12, 1873
Hodnett	Catherine	Died Aug 3, 1894 Age 71 Yr 9 Mo Wife of Patrick "May Their Souls Rest in Peace"
Hodnett	Edmond	1852 - 1869 Son of A & J
Hodnett	Forrest L.	Sept 1, 1911 - May 12, 1983
Hodnett	Garrett	Born May 28, 1859 Died Jan 7, 1861
Hodnett	James R.	Dec 10 1855 - Dec 17, 1930
Hodnett	John	1822 - 1902
Hodnett	John	1860 - 1882 Son of A & J
Hodnett	John	Son of Richard and Mary Born June 23, 1864 Died OCt 18, 1884
Hodnett	Keith E.	June 10, 1927 - May 31, 1986
Hodnett	Maria A. Rock	1852 - Uncut (James R)
Hodnett	Mary	1857 - 1915 Dau of A & J
Hodnett	Patrick	Died June 16 1897 Age 82 Yrs 3 Mo
Hodnett	Rev Clair L.	Feb 13, 1896 - Apr 7, 1973
Hodnett	Richard (Dick)	Aug 27, 1834 - Mar 26, 1887
Holland	Catherine	1923
Holland	Elizabeth	1791 - 1879
Holland	Michael	1843 - 1918
Holland	Michael	1793 - 1883
Holland	Mrs. Edmund	June 24, 1824 -
Holland	Thomas C.	Feb 3, 1869 - Mar 11, 1951
Ingham	Mandie	1883 - 1921
Jann	Marie E Sekelsky	Aug 24, 1901 - Dec 24, 1993
Jerman	Eileen F.	Jan 14, 1919 - Mar 27, 1995
Jerman	Martha Powers	Aug 18, 1922 - Mar 15, 1976
Johnson	Ella R	1857 - 1922
Johnson	James	1852 -
Johnson	John H.	1862 - 1918
Kenney	Francis	1846 - 1923
Kenney	Margaret Roch	Wife of Francis 1849 - 1924
Kenney	William	1840 - 1912
Kinney	Alice Victoria	July 16, 1878 - Dec 17, 1980
Kron	Joseph Sr.	Mar 12, 1904 - Aug 12, 1979
Kruppner	Lewis	1865 - 1929
Lapp	Elizabeth	Wife of Frederick 1841 - 1922
Lapp	Willie	Son of F & E Lapp May 8, 1868 - Feb 2, 1887
Lenahan	Eddie	1866 - 1870
Lenahan	Frank	1869 - 1870
Lenahan	John	1865 - 1866
Lenahan	Mary	Wife of Michael 1835 - 1915
Lenahan	Mary	1870 - 1872
Lenahan	Michael	1836 - 1913
Lenahan	Peter	1846 - 1918
Lenahan	Ruth	1875 - 1884
Lenahan	Willie	1872 - 1884
Lilly	Alvira Wilcox	Jan 25, 1910 - Apr 14, 1974
Loftis	Elizabeth A	June 29, 1902 - Feb 12, 1912
Loftis	Margaret J.	Wife of Peter Mar 11, 1868 - Mar 11, 1960
Loftis	Peter B.	Feb 22, 1866 - Oct 22, 1938
McCarns	Ellen Hickey	Aug 13, 1873 - Feb 15, 1944
McCarns	Margaret	Wife of Andrew 1854 - 1893
McCarthy	Albert J.	July 14, 1906 - Dec 31, 1983
McCarthy	Amelia	Wife of George 1889 - 1918
McCarthy	Charles	1838 - 1911
McCarthy	Charles H.	Born Oct 8, 1853 Died Feb 19, 1919
McCarthy	Doris May	Died Sept 19, 1923 Age 1 Yr 4 Mo 6 Days
McCarthy	Eugene T.	June 11, 1896 - Sept 15, 1977
McCarthy	Gladys T. Bundy	Nov 17, 1915 - Mar 2, 1994
McCarthy	Helen Margaret	1913 - 1918
McCarthy	J. Edmund	1870 - 1929
McCarthy	James E.	Feb 21, 1870 - Mar 7, 1929
McCarthy	John	Died Jan 28, 1911 Age 81
McCarthy	Patrick L.	Oct 15, 1944 - Oct 18, 1972
McCarthy	Thomas C.	Dec 24, 1908 - Sept 29, 1975
McCarthy	Thomas E.	Son of C & C Mar 10, 1862 - May 22, 1889
McCarthy	William K.	Oct 4, 1909 - Sept 24, 1995
McElroy	John	Co D 4th NYV
McKay	Fannie Culhane	June 3, 1899 - Dec 20, 1992
McKay	Glenn E. Sr	Mar 27, 1908 - Aug 22, 1984
McMurtry	Catherine	Wife of James 1874 - 1954
McMurtry	James	1857 - 1921
Merwin	Leslie M.	Apr 17, 1901 - Nov 21, 1972
Miller	Frances C.	Dec 1, 1923 - July 19, 1981
Mills	Minnie Hodnett	Wife of Arthur Mills 1838 - 1897 "May She Rest In Peace"
Moran	John	May 8, 1887 Age 72
Moran	Michael	1811 - 1897
Mountain	Margaret M.	Feb 25, 1894 - Apr 19, 1991
Mulaney	Francis	1855 - 1916
Mullaney	Infants	Eugene, Elizabeth and Nellie no dates
Mullaney	Mary	1876 - 1926
Mullaney	Patrick	1860 - 1922
Myers	Ernest W.	May 1, 1900 - Feb 22, 1976
Myers	Rose K.	Sept 19, 1902 - May 7, 1992
Parmenter	Mickalie D.	May 29, 1951 - July 26, 1982
Phillips	Bertha M Perkins	June 14, 1892 - Nov 29, 1986
Phillips	Meryl H.	Nov 1, 1923 - Sept 6, 1988
Piper	Homer C.	May 16, 1915 - Mar 5, 1993
Preston	Henry N	1838 - 1902
Preston	William H.	Died Mar 28, 1881 Age 13 Yr 5 Mo
Quinn	Bridget C	1823 - 1893
Quinn	James	1852 -
Quinn	James S	1816 - 1863
Quinn	Mary L.	1845 - 1908
Quinn	Thomas	1844 - 1897
Quinn	William	1854 - 1899
Rafalski	Dorothy E. Nejman	Jan 15, 1926 - Mar 21, 1990
Ratchford	Ella Holland	1854 - Died Jan 19, 1895
Rice	Kenneth S	Mar 5, 1905 - Mar 30, 1985
Rice	Belle C.	Sept 28, 1885 - June 22, 1965
Rice	Charles M.	Died 1947 Age 64
Rice	Charles M.	Apr 19, 1914 - Aug 31, 1979
Rice	Edwin	1870 - 1908
Rice	Eunice	July 22, 1809 - July 18, 1893
Rice	Harvey W.	May 26, 1840 - July 28, 1921
Rice	Kenneth S.	Mar 5, 1905 - Mar 30, 1985
Rice	Mary Eva
Rice	Mary M.	Jan 5, 1916 - July 20, 1996 Spouse of Kenneth
Rice	Stephen Edmund	Dec 23, 1880 - undated
Ricketts	Howard L.	Dec 13, 1926 - Feb 28, 1979
Ricketts	Scott L.	Apr 11, 1970 - Oct 6, 1990
Rose	Dorothy M.	Sept 21, 1911 - June 23, 1986
Rose	Stefan B. Dr.	Oct 22, 1907 - Jan 7, 1978
Roycroft	Jane A.	May 17, 1834 Died Oct 14, 1871
Roycroft	Thomas	Born Feb 8, 1864 Died Jan 27, 1908
Russell	Catherine McCarthy	Apr 5, 1860 - Apr 2, 1958
Ryan	Dennis	1857 - 1929
Ryan	James	1845 - 1926
Ryan	James J.	Jan 10, 1877 - July 16, 1899
Ryan	Maggie	Dau of Dennis Jan 21, 1874 - May 8, 1891
Ryan	Margaret Haley	1850 - 1925
Ryan	Mary E.	Wife of Dennis Died Sept 9, 1887 Aged 30
Scott	Rose Dobmeier	Oct 7, 1894 - Aug 13, 1975
Shay	Daniel	"Father" Feb 27, 1838 - July 2, 1917
Shay	Ella G.	Dau of John & Mary May 6, 1886 - Mar 31, 1887
Shay	Ellen	"Mother" Wife of Daniel May 18, 1838 - Feb 19, 1886
Shay	Fred	Husband of Abah G. Died Sept 8, 1863
Shay	Harvey G.	Son of John & Mary June 23, 1891 - July 26, 1891
Shay	Hazel M.	Feb 12, 1903 - Apr 20, 1905
Shay	James	Son of John and Mary Dec 26, 1888 - Dec 30, 1888
Shay	John F.	Son of John & Mary Sept 3, 1883 - Sept 13, 1884
Shay	John W	Apr 24, 1860 - Apr 7, 1926
Shay	Julia A.	Sept 28,. 1900 - Sept 22, 1977
Shay	Kathryn E.	May 7, 1898 - Feb 24, 1915
Shay	May R	Wife of John W Aug 12, 1857 - Jan 11, 1924
Shay	Thomas J.	May 7, 1898 - July 29, 1898
Shay	Timothy	Son of Daniel and Ellen Oct 4, 1866 - Apr 20, 1875
Shields	Father	Died Dec 3, 1824
Shields	Lillian
Stasia	N.	1893 - 1922
Thomas	Roland J. Sr.	Aug 8, 1917 - Aug 9, 1985
Torrey	Maye Lake	Mar 5, 1894 - Jan 26, 1987
Towell	Eugene E.	Mar 12, 1903 - Aug 5, 1979
Towell	Pauline	Jan 15, 1909 - Feb 13, 1996
Truman	William	1872 - 1909
Weaver	June	Sept 16, 1910 - Oct 8, 1986
Weaver	Stewart M.	Aug 12, 1907 - Oct 19, 1971
Whalen	Beatrice	1901 - 1929
Whalen	Mildred G Peckham	Feb 15, 1888 - Sept 2, 1980
Wheeler	Celia	1895 - 1948

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