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Cemetery Inscriptions, LeRay, Jefferson Co., NY

by M. L. Kellogg

Chaufty Cemetery

also known as{

Caswell Cemetery


p. 331:

Anthony:

George W. Anthony d Jan. 10, 1850 at 29 years, 2 months, 27 days
Sarah S., dau of George W. and Lucinda Anthony, d Feb. 5, 1856 at 1 year, 6 months, 5 days

Anstead:

David Anstead b 1806 d 1897
Alice A. Hall, wife of David Anstead, b 1824 d 1888

Alpaugh:

Morris Alpaugh d Aug. 14, 1863 at 78 years, 7 months, 8 days on the Countryman lot.

Becker:

Henry Becker d April 6, 1860 at 84 years.
Thankful Hillman, wife of Henry Becker, d March 22, 1861 at 82 years.
Clarke, son of George W. and Semantha Becker d May 8, 1880 at 2 years
Betsy Becker d June 4, 1877 at 66 years, 16 days

Clements:

James Clements d September 1867 at 88 years
Anne Clements d May 1, 1856 at 67 years, 11 months

Countryman:

Christinia, wife of Anthony Countryman, d March 5, 1864 at 60 years, 8 months, 23 days{

Covenhoven:

Sally, wife of A. W. Covenhoven, d May 22, 1841 at 21 years, 11 months, 26 days.

Caswell:

Jonathan Caswell d May 21, 1840 at 74 years.
Margara Markham, his wife, d January 16, 1862 at 94 years.

Dillenbeck:

Maria, wife of John Dillenbeck, d April 7, 1856 at 43 years, 11 months

Frame:

Samuel Frame b 1807 d 1876
Mary, wife of Samuel Frame, b 1809 d 1876

Frank:

Magdalana Frank b 1784 d 1867

Scott:

Peter Scott b 1785 d 1859
Gertrude, wife of Peter Scott, b 1786 d 1857
Lawrence Scott, b 1812 d 1893
Betsy, wife of Lawrence Scott, b 1856, d 1878
Stuart Scott b 1853
Eliza Jane Scott, b 1861 d 1896
All of the foregoing are on one monument.

Jones:

Peter Jones d May 26, 1884 at 69 years, 5 months, 21 days
Matilda, wife of Peter Jones, d Dec. 11, 1852 at 36 years.
Alonzo Jones d Aug. 14, 1867 at 30 years, 7 months.
Celestine Jones d Oct. 2, 1860 at 16 years.
Martha A. Jones d Sept. 17, 1857 at 17 years
Forestus Jones d March 28, 1854 at 12 years.
Dempster Jones d May 7, 1853 at 2 years
The last five were children of Peter and Matilda Jones.

Fikes, Henry d April 20, 1872 at 60 years, 3 months, 7 days.
  Sarah A., wife of Henry Fikes, d March 23, 1881 at 63 years, 1 month, 4 days.
  A. Jane, wife of Henry Fikes, d March 2, 1851 at 31 years, 7 months, 24 days.
  Margaret, daughter of Henry and Jane Fikes, d Jan. 15, 1850 at 9 years, 1 month, 15 days.
  Sanford, son of Henry & Jane Fikes (stone sunken in ground and illegible)
  Henry Fikes d April 26, 1864 at 89 years, 8 months, 27 days.
  Jane, wife (stone broken and cannot be deciphered)

Harter, Nancy E., wife of Isaac Harter, d Feb. 6, 1865 at 24 years, 4 months.
  Charles P., son of Isaac and Nancy Harter, d Feb. 8, 1881 at 18 years, 11 months.

Hibbard, Mary, wife of L. P. Hibbard d April 22, 1886 at 27 years, 11 months, 11 days.

Hoover, Richard d Aug. 18, 1872 at 81 years, 28 days.
  Catherine, wife of Richard Hoover, d Nov. 28, 1876 at 77 years, 7 months, 24 days.
  Clary, dau. of Richard & Catherine Hoover, d July 30, 1885 at 67 years, 9 months, 18 days
Hoover, Eliza, dau. of Silas & Sally Hoover, d June 5, 1859 at 19 years, 2 months, 5 days.
Hoover, Levi, b 1819 d 1895.
  Lucinda, wife of Levi Hoover, b 1819, d 1889.

Klein, John d Sept. 17, 1849 at 59 years, 3 months.
  Mary, wife of John Klein (on Price lot).

Knatz, Lydia, wife of John F. Knatz d July 31, 1850 at 59 years.

Lawrence, Phebe, wife of Angevine Lawrence, d Nov. 8, 1864 at 52 years, 1 month, 1 day.
  Mary, dau. of Angevine & Phebe d March 27, 1852 at 14 years, 10 months.
  Lucy E., dau. of Angevine & Phebe Lawrence d April 21, 1848 at 1 years.

Petrie, Franklin, son of Sylvester and Caroline Petrie, d Dec. 18, 1875 at 20 years, 9 months, 1 day.

Price, Henry V. d Aug. 25, 1889 at 45 years.

Ritter, Nancy, wife of Henry Ritter, d Nov. 5, 1863 at 79 years, 1 month, 27 days.

Schell, Jacob d Aug. 17, 1868 at 71 years.
  Catherine d Dec. 7, 1873 at 71 years.

Scott - See Frame

Storing, Adam, d Jan. 7, 1856 at 79 years, 10 months, 16 days.
  Jemima, wife of Adam Storing, d March 2, 1873 at 93 years, 7 months, 14 days.

Timmerman, Heman, son of John and Amanda Timmerman, d Sept. 16, 1863 at 5 years, 9 months.

Waugh, Reverend Lyman b 1814 d 1882
  Esther, wife of Lyman Waugh, d Jan. 4, 1840 at 24 years, 10 months.

Wagoner, Jacob, d March 10, 1888 at 77 years.
  Mary, wife of Jacob Wagoner, d March 22, 1862 at 72 years, 10 months, 22 days.

Wagoner, Benjamin b Feb. 8, 1814, d April 11, 1898
  Maria, wife of Benjamin Wagoner, d Feb. 11, 1861 at 47 years, 3 months, 22 days.

Youngs, Nicholas, d March 20, 1849 at 84 years.
  Caroline, wife of Nicholas Youngs, d May 25, 1861 at 86 years.
Youngs, Nicholas Jr. d Aug. 14, 1879 at 71 years, 4 months, 7 days.
  Youngs, Frances, wife of Nicholas Youngs, d Oct. 10, 1865 at 45 years, 8 months, 3 days.
  Youngs, David, son of Nicholas Youngs, d March 27, 1850 at 7 years, 6 months.
  Youngs, Ella, dau. of Nicholas Youngs, d Feb. 28, 1864 at 2 years, 4 months.



The following entries were contributed to the magazine by Mrs. Roberts in the 1912 listing and supplemented by Bartlett's :

Walradt, J. Adam d Feb. 27 1831 at 57 years, 10 months, 18 days WAR of 1812 Veteran
Walradt, Elizabeth Moyer, his wife, b 1780 d 28 June 1860 at 80 years, 4 months, 13 days
  Moses Y. Walradt, son of J. Adam, d 28 Sept. 1833 at 29 years, 10 months, 19 days
Walradt, Isaac d 25 Jan. 1888 at 79 years, 4 months, 7 days
Walradt, Ann Sixbury, his wife, d 24 Oct. 1874 at 64 years, 7 months, 8 days
  Charity E. Walradt, dau of Isaac, 1847-1903
  Mary Walradt, dau of Isaac 1835-1906
  Sarah Ann Walradt, dau of Isaac, d 4 July 1861 at 17 years, 11 months, 21 days
  Seymour Walradt, son of Isaac d 7 Feb. 1840 at 1 year, 1 month, 2 days

The following headstones are without family names and perhaps waiting for a family surname monument.

John 1789-1865
Esther 1818-1865
Rhoda 1791-1871
Mary E. 1826-1902

This is an incomplete reading, as the "to be continued" listing was not done. It is possible that some of the listings under the Hoover Cemetery are actually in the Caswell Cemetery, so both listings should be consulted.

Information contributed by volunteer Marilyn Sapienza.


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