Podonque Cemetery-Town of Rushford, Allegany County, NY

McCALL CEMETERY

Old Cemetery Near Podonque

Photo supplied by Jody Brown

McCall Monument, 2007

Podonque is the old spelling of the name of the little community in the town of Rushford, Allegany County, NY, now known and written as “Podunk”. The correct old spelling is over the gate of the cemetery now in use, PODONQUE. The old cemetery was to the right of State Route 24 and the right of County Route 23, now in a cow pasture. The original stones were taken out, piled up and cemented over. Two flat markers on each side were placed facing out and one at each corner of the base in the same manner. In the summer of 1958 the cement is crumbling to show that the old markers were piled up and cemented over. There is said to be quite a story in connection with this “monument” but we at present do not know the correct version. One of the markers with which it is faced is that of James McCall who died in 1856 aged 82.

Page 791 of the 1895 History of Allegany County says that James McCall came in 1818 with William B. Rochester, and in 1816 with John Dow, represented Allegany and Steuben in the assembly. Judge McCall was a state senator from the 8^th district in 1824, 25 ,26 and 27.

Page 808 of the same volume states that “Judge James McCall, who came with Levi Benjamin in 1814 was the first storekeeper bought and ran the Warren grist mill in 1818, filled many town and county offices, represented Allegany in the state legislature in 1818, 1819 and 1823 and was the most prominent citizen of Rushford for many years.

Other references of the period show his importance not only to his town but to the county. Does it not seem sad that his grave and those of his family should be in such a sad condition??

Note: (2006) The highway map shows the McCall Monument on Route #243 between East Centerville Rd and Rt 23. To date we have not been able to locate it. If anyone knows more about this burial plot and monument please contact Mary Rhodes. Email HERE

Goff	Infant	Son of R & S Goff Died June 28, 1825
Goff	Richard	Died May 6, 1863 Aged 76. "Blessed are the Dead Who Died in the Lord"
Goff	Sally Ann	Died June 26, 1834 Aged 2 Yr 1 Mo 7 Days. In Memory of Sally Ann, Daughter of Richard S and Sophia Goff
Goff	Sophia	Died June 15, 1878 Aged 77 Years 8 Mo. Wife of Richard S. Goff
HHD		Footstone - no other data
McCall	Child	Infant Child of James and Elizabeth Died 1820 Aged 10 Days
McCall	Elizabeth	Died July 3, 1833 Aged 50 Years. Wife of James McCall
McCall	Elizabeth A	Wife of Milton McCall (Dates not legible)
McCall	James	Died March 24, 1856 Aged 82
McCall	James C.	In Memory of James C, Son of Simon G and Sarah Ann Viner - Dates Missing
McCall	Lydia	Died March 6, 1850 Aged 70 Years. Wife of James McCall
Rawson	Julia	Died Aug 31, 184? Aged 2 Mo 17 Days, Dau of David and Sarah Ann
Rawson	Lydia Jane	Died Mar 21, 18?? Aged 2 Yr 7 Mo, Dau of David and Sarah Ann
Rawson	Sarah Ann	Wife of David

PODONQUE CEMETERY

Town of Rushford, NY

View of Pondonque Gate

Photos by Mary Rhodes (2005)

Podonque Cemetery is located on Rt 23 in the Town of Rushford. It sits high
on a hill, only the Cemetery sign is visible from the road. It is a well
kept, active cemetery. The following list is from the files of Margaret
Hodnett and dated August 1978. It is a PARTIAL list. Transcribed by Mary
Rhodes 2005.

There are two soldiers from the War of 1812 and 1 Revolutionary War Soldier
in this cemetery.

First Name	Last, Middle/Maiden	Birthdates, Deathdates, Age, Comments
Adams	Amy	Wife of Leonard 1832 - 1918
Adams	Leonard	1825 - 1908
Armison	James	1813 - 1875
Armison	Leverett	1857 - 1935
Armison	Mary	Wife of James 1818 - 1892
Armison	Oliver	Son of James and Mary Died Feb 22, 1879 Age 19 Yr 8 Mo
Babbitt	Benjamin Franklin	Sept 27, 1854 - Apr 9, 1916
Babbitt	David	Died Mar 17, 1867 Aged 72 Yrs 10 Mo
Babbitt	Horace	Died July 7, 1876 Aged 52 Yrs 6 Mo 19 Days
Babbitt	Lucy	Wife of David Died June 30, 1873 Age 79 Yrs 7 Mo 13 Days
Babbitt	Mary Fairolia	Mar 14, 1858 - Dec 13, 1938
Babbitt	Mary L.	Wife of Horace Died Feb 7, 1895 Age 70
Benjamin	Abigail	Wife of Asa Died Sept 2, 1851 Age 68
Benjamin	Asa W.	Died Mar 6, 1830 Aged 75
Benjamin	Lucia S.	Wife of Oliver 1812 - 1895
Benjamin	Oliver D.	1806 - 1864
Benjamin	Rhoda A.	1846 - 1856 Dau of Oliver & Lucia
Bishop	Ira	Died June 5, 1873 Age 80 "Soldier of 1812"
Bishop	Sarah	Wife of Ira Died Oct 24, 1857 Age 61 Yr 6 Mo 13 Days
Board	Anna	1852 - 1906
Board	Clarissa	Wife of Oscar 1819 - 1906
Board	David J.	1792 - 1877
Board	Frank M.	1850 - 1919
Board	Laura	Wife of David 1791 - 1869
Board	Oscar F.	1820 - 1899
Boon	Mary Ann	Wife of Thomas Feb 18, 1849 - Sept 15, 1908
Boon	Thomas	Oct 31, 1843 - Dec 4, 1926
Colburn	Abigail	Wife of Phineas
Colburn	Charles	Born Shrewsbury VT Aug 6, 1798 Died Albion, Orleans County NY Oct 14, 1866 Age 68 Yrs 2 Mo 8 Days
Colburn	Clarence E	Son of Ellijah B & E Died Oct 14, 1856 Age 1 Yr 9 Mo 19 Days
Colburn	Gracie M.	1842 - 1918
Colburn	Phebe P.	Wife of Holton Died May 9, 1856 Aged 46
Colburn	Phineas	Blank
Daley	Annette H.	Dau of Hiram and Carrie 1883 - 1900
Daley	Carrie	Wife of Hiram 1862 - 1932
Daley	Hiram B.	1855 - 1913
DuBell	John C.	Died Feb 12, 1902 Age 70 GAR Marker
Eaton	Myra Ann	Wife of Rev Thomas W Eaton Died Mar 1, 1848 Aged 33 Yr 8 Mo 25 Days
Farwell	Almeda V.	Dau of Lowell & Sally Died May 8, 1834 Age 4 Yrs
Farwell	Arvilla M.	1854 - 1941
Farwell	Elizabeth M.	Wife of Lemuel 1835 - Uncut
Farwell	Florencia A.	Dau of Lowell & Sally Died July 1, 1849 Age 8 Mo 19 Days
Farwell	Geo O.	1848 - 1925
Farwell	Lemuel	1818 - 1894
Farwell	Lowell M.	Died Feb 8, 1863 Aged 37
Farwell	Polly	Wife of Russel Farwell Died May 2, 1851 Aged 76
Farwell	Rhoda A	Wife of Lemuel 1821 - 1863
Farwell	Sally	Wife of Russel Farwell Died Aug 2, 1859 Age 31 Yrs 10 Mo 26 Days
Frost	Hiram	Died July 8, 1847 Aged 12 yr 3 Mo 12 Days
Gant	George	1848 - 1929
Gant	Harriett	Wife of George 1847 - 1878
Heald	Annette H.	Dau of Clifford and Maria 1896 - 1907
Heald	Clifford	1878 - 1943
Heald	Daniel D.	No Dates
Heald	Esther	Dau of Rebecca and Randolph Died Feb 3, 1837 Age 1 Mo 2 Days
Heald	Homer B.	1870 - 1942
Heald	John R.	1843 - 1914
Heald	Maria S.	1876 - 1916
Heald	Martha	1845 - 1913
Heald	Randolph H.	1808 - 1899
Heald	Rebecca R.	Wife of Randolph 1818 - 1877
Heald	Rev Nathan E.	1838 - 1919
Heald	Sarah Annette	Wife of Nathan 1844 - 1883
Hill	Edward B.	1821 - 1905
Hill	Lucy	Wife of Edward 1823 - 1897
Lapham	Mary E. Hill	1845 - 1918
James	Ellen	1872 - 1941
James	Leah	Wife of W.L. 1840 - 1906
James	Watkins L.	1841 - 1925
Leavens	Calvin	Died 1863 Aged 56
Leavens	Lucy	Wife of Calvin Died Aug 17, 1860 Age 71
Litchard	Alexander L.	Nov 12, 1841 - Jan 16, 1922 - Civil War Marker
Litchard	Myra A	Wife of Alexander June 29, 1852 - Feb 9, 1915
Lynde	Grace	1877 - 1933
Lynde	Roscoe C	1875 - 1937
McElhany	Georgia Daley	1881 - 1927
Morris	Cornelius	1858 - 1926
Morris	Rose L.	1863 - 1920 Wife of Cornelius
Morse	Alvin K.	Died July 28, 1870 Aged 78 Yrs 4 Mo 19 Days
Morse	Charles	1817 - 1892
Morse	Florilla	Wife of Square 1828 - 1893
Morse	James	Mar 11, 1823 - Mar 26, 1899
Morse	Sally	Wife of Alvin Died Feb 26, 1873 Aged 76 Yrs 4 Mo 10 Days
Morse	Sarah A.	Wife of James Died Aug 29, 1868 Age 40 Yrs 2 Mo 10 Days
Morse	Square A.	1817 - 1897
Osborn	Caroline	Wife of H.S. Osborn Died June 12, 1889 Aged 43 Yr 11 Mo 11 Days
Osmun	Horace	Died Mar 11, 1869 Age 42 Yrs 10 Mo
Osmun	Sarah W	Wife of Horace Died Jan 25, 1869 Aged 48 yr 11 Mo
Palmer	Cynthia	Wife of F.R. Palmer Nov 30, 1831 - Mar 31, 1893
Peck	E J.	Died Feb 17, 1850 Aged 56
Persons	Caroline	Wife of John 1822 - 1856
Persons	John W.	1818 - 1896
Persons	Lucinda	Wife of Samuel 1791 - 1876
Persons	Nancy	Wife of John 1827 - 1899
Persons	Samuel	1792 - 1867
Potter	Marcia	Wife of Rubin 1821 - 1895
Potter	Rubin M.	Died Aug 8, 1884 Aged 88 "A Soldier of 1812"
Pratt	Carrie E	1889 - 1976
Pratt	Edward B.	1822 - 1855
Pratt	J. Belle	1863 - 1947
Pratt	Kirk W	1886 - 1959
Pratt	Laura	Wife of Edward 1812 - 1891
Pratt	Mary L.	1850 - 1916
Pratt	W.D.	1862 - 1948
Lapham	Charles Purdy	1836 - 1923
Rice	Aaron	Mar 24, 1797 - June 11, 1879
Rice	Joseph A.	1823 - 1856
Rice	Martha E
Rice	Myra A Farwell	Wife of Joseph 1830 - 1899
Rice	Phyla Ann	Dau of Aaron and Rebecca Died Mar 28, 1854 Aged 22 Yrs 6 Mo
Rice	Sylva	May 17, 1801 - Jan 22, 1879
Richards	Clarissa	1843 - 1887 Dau of Hester and James
Richards	Clarissa	"Mother" 1783 - 1853
Richards	Hester A	Wife of James 1817 - 1852
Richards	James M.	1809 - 1894
Richards	Sarah	"Sister" 1813 - 1894
Richards	Sophia	1839 - 1861 Dau of Hester and James
Small	Francis	Son of Wm & Nellie 1909 - 1910
Small	Nellie B.	1870 - 1955
Small	William K.	1873 - 1960
Swain	Mary	Wife of David Swain Died Aug 5, 1845 Age 50
Tarbell	Fred
Tarbell	Maryetta	Wife of William 1852 - 1909
Tarbell	Nellie	Wife of Fred 1874 - 1898
Tarbell	William E	1847 - 1930
Van Name	Byron	1837 - 1922
Van Name	Clifford	1900 - 1902
Van Name	Emeline	Wife of Byron 1842 - 1910
Van Name	Florence	1904 - 1911
Van Name	Floyd	1901 - 1903
Van Name	Frank B.	1877 - 1952
Van Name	Jennie M.	1877 - 1913
Van Name	Vernie	1899 - 1903
Weaver	Charles A	"Father" 1853 - 1926
Weaver	Cornelia L.	1829 - 1916
Weaver	Darcy Boon	1888 - 1909 Wife of Earle
Weaver	E. Earle	1886 - Uncut
Weaver	Edwin R	1826 - 1915
Weaver	Kate L.	"Mother"1856 - 1915
Weaver	Lillie	Wife of D.B. 1859 - 1912
Williams	Adelbert B.	Son of Thomas and Sylvia 1863 - 1865
Williams	Daniel H	1877 - 1959
Williams	Nellie M.	1883 - 1966
Williams	Sylvia	Wife of Thomas Oct 5, 1834 - Sept 8, 1915
Williams	Thomas R.	1836 - 1925
Williston	Mary	Wife of Caleb Williston
Wilson	J. Elliott	1834 - 1902
Wilson	Joshua	Revolutionary Soldier, Private in Capt Samuel Blodgetts Co, In Col Enoch Poors Regiment. Mustered at Goffstown Mar 22, 1777." Born 1862 Died 1848
Wilson	Mary A	1837 - 1914
Wilson	Matilda Burr	Second Wife of Joshua Wilson
Wilson	Rebecca Spencer	First Wife of Joshua Wilson
Woods	Abigail	Died Feb 1, 1845 Age 42 Wife of Riley
Woods	Ann	Wife of Leverett Died Feb 1, 1894 Aged 75
Woods	Elizabeth A.	1856 - 1858 Child of Mary and W.R.
Woods	Ellsworth	1867 - 1873 Son of Mary and W.R.
Woods	Ely	May 6, 1794 - Feb 23, 1879
Woods	Harriet B.	Wife of W.W. Died June 21, 1843 Age 41
Woods	Laura	Wife of Daniel
Woods	Leverett E	Died Aug 23, 1876 Age 60
Woods	Lucinda	Wife of Oliver 1846 - 1928
Woods	Maila	1802 - 1875
Woods	Mary	Wife of W.R. 1832 - 1913
Woods	Nancy G	Wife of Ely Mar 30, 1800 - Sept 6, 1869
Woods	Oliver	1840 - 1907
Woods	Rev Daniel	Died May 25, 1848 Age 55
Woods	Riley	Died Oct 13, 1875 Aged 76
Woods	W.R.	1827 - 1907
Worden	Asa	1822 - 1885
Worden	Bert H.	1863 - 1907
Worden	Carrie B.	1872 - 1957
Worden	Edwin H.	Mar 17, 1827 - Nov 27, 1888
Worden	Frank M.	1865 - 1938
Worden	Irv B.	1871 - 1947
Worden	Mary A	1871 - 1951
Worden	Olive M.	Wife of Edwin Jan 11, 1834 - Jan 12, 1909
Worden	Percy B.	Wife of Asa 1826 - 1885
Worden	Thurza B.	Wife of Bert 1864 - Uncut

Below are a sample of Markers.........


Joshua Wilson	Square & Florilla Morse	Byron & Emeline Van Name	Ely & Nancy Woods