Photographs of the cemetery adjacent to

The Dutch Reformed Church of Hillsdale

aka

Krum Church,

 

Hillsdale,

Columbia County,

New York

Taken by

Scott Moore

13 March 2004

 

The cemetery is located at the intersection of Harlemville Road and Wolfe Hill Road in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York

 

The Krum Church Marker

The Krum Graveyard

The Krum Graveyard

Unnamed

David P. Steever

died Aug. 16, 1846, 84th y.

ae 83

George Harder

died Mar. 11, 1811, ae 51 y.

John Tallmage

died Jan. 12, 1815, 63 y.

Minerva Krum

died Mar. 21, 1842

13 y. 9 m. 6 d.

dau. of Andrew & Mahala

Phillip Killmour

died Dec. 1788

67 yrs.

Andrew Adams

died Aug. 17 (?), 1829

ae 54 y.

Elnathan Strong

Gravestone reads:

In Memory of Elnathan Strong who

died Oct 20

1839

In the 75th years of his age

-------------

"Friends or Physicians could not save

my mortal body from the grave.

Nor can this earth confine me her

When Christ shall call I shall appear."

 

[Note: Elnathan Strong served in the Connecticut Line and received a pension.  He settled in Columbia county, married and had nine children. He lived in Hillsdale and at the age of 55 joined the Claverack Dutch Reformed Church as a communicant member.  However his tombstone is in the Krum Dutch Reformed Cemetery. Photo contributed by Rev. Michael M. Strong. For further information contact strong (at) eosinc.com]

 

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