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Pierce Cemetery

aka/Burdick Farm Cemetery

Town of Ward - Allegany County, NY

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The following list was recorded in 1984 by V. Bassett and E. Buck, and taken from the files of the Allegany County Historian.  The cemetery is called either the Pierce Cemetery or the Burdick Farm Cemetery and is located about 1/2 mile NW of Five Corners in the Town of Ward, near the Alfred Town Line.  There are several graves that are marked by only field stone.
Pierce John V. Died Aug 18, 1873 Aged 72 Years
Pierce Susan Dau of S and S Pierce Died Apr 22, 1847 Aged 24 Yrs 5 Mo
Sheldon Edson C Son of Henry W and Mary Sheldon, Died July 31, 1851 Aged 1 Yr 1 Mo 1 Day
Sheldon Albert V. Son of Henry W and Mary Sheldon Died July 27, 1854 Aged 4 Yrs
Randolph Austin M Died 1845 Age 11 yr 3 Mo 12 Days
Crandall Rebecca Wife of Silas, Died May 25, 1839 Aged 72 Yrs
Crandall Silas Died Apr 9, 1850 Aged 82 Yrs
Sweet Mary No data
Burdick Thompson Died July 31, 1847 Aged 72 Years
Cottrell* Louisa Wife of Benjamin Cottrell Died June 23, 1842 Aged 39 Yrs 3 Mo 18 Days "Three Kindred Forms Are Hear Enshrined, Two Infants and Their Mother Kind"
     
    *Info for this stone was taken from a 1958-59 reading by Hazel Shear, the stone was not readable in 1984
 

 

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