Monaghan Cemetery
(Town of Locke - Cayuga County, NY) #108
CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
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MONAGAN CEMETERY
LOCATED ON LOT NO. 24 , TOWN OF LOCKE , CAYUGA COUNTY , N.Y. , A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF SHAW CORNERS , ON THE WEST SIDE OF " TOLL GATE ROAD " TO MORAVIA , AS SHOWN ON PAGE 52 OF THE NEW CENTURY ATLAS OF CAYUGA COUNTY , N.Y. , DATED 1904 .
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RE - COPIED FROM SKILTON'S INXCRIPTIONS , IN THE LIBRARY OF REGIONAL HISTORY , CORNELL UNIVERSITY , ITHACA , N.Y. , BY
LESLIE L. LUTHER
MORAVIA , N.Y.
1956
COPIES WITH:
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL-BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
CORNELL LIBRARY OF REGIONALHISTORY
POWERS LIBRARY , MORAVIA , N.Y.
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CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS
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ASHBY
CHARLES ASHBY , DIED OCT. 24 , 1865 , AGED 61Y/2M/20D.
HARRIET HOWETT , WIFE OF CHARLES ASHBY , BORN JUNE 1 , 1803 , DIED MAY 9 , 1884.
ATWOOD
AMANDA S. , WIFE OF BENJAMIN ATWOOD , DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPT. 15 , 1843 , AGED 35Y8M/2D.
BABCOCK
HENRY BABCOCK , SON OF JESSE - MARY J. , DIED OCT. 25 , 1859 , AGED 4 WEEKS.
BARNES
JOHN H. , SON OF C.F. & M.E. BARNES , DIED JAN. 20 , 1875 , AE 3 WEEKS.
HAWLELL (?) P. BARNES , DIED APRIL 6 , 1864 , AE 52 YRS.
HANNAH , WIDOW OF HEWLIT (?) P. BARNES , DIED SEPT. 6 , 1876 , AGED 54Y/1M/1D.
BIRDSALL
GEORGE F. , SON OF S.S. & SUSAN BIRDSALL , DIED FEB. 22 , 1850 , AE 3Y/5M/8D.
INFANT SON OF STEPHEN S. & SUSAN BIRDSALL , MAY 24 , 1844 , AT HIS BIRTH.
INFANT DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN & SUSAN BIRDSALL , DIED JUNE 3 , 1844 , AGED 21 DAYS.
JOHN H. , SON OF STEPHEN & PHILANDA BIRDSALL , DIED JUNE 4 , 1844 , AE 2Y(?)/6M.
PHILANDA , WIFE OF STEPHEN S. BIRDSALL , DIED MARCH 15, 1843 , AGED 36Y/7M.
BIRDSALL - ( NOTE BY RE-COPYIST: STEPEHN BIRDSALL , DIED JUNE 19 , 1889 , AND
IS BURIED IN RICHMOND CEMETERY , NEAR NASHUA , IOWA . HE LIVED IN CHICKASAW COUNTY, IOWA.
BIRDSALL SEE WORMER
BOOTHE SEE MURPHY
CLARK
JOSEPH CLARK , DIED APR. 2 , 1854 , AE 60Y/1M/1D.
(SMALL SLATE STONE) - M.E.C.
CONLEY
ROBERT CONLEY , DIED APR. 27 , 1880 , AGED 85Y/22D.
MARY , WIFE OF ROBERT CONLEY , DIED JAN. 19 , 1880 , AGED 86Y/10M/7D.
CURTICE
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MILINDA, CONSORT OF RUEBEN CURTICE, WHO DIED FEB. 26, 1828,
IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HER AGE. " MY GREATFUL MEMORY MARKS THIS SPOT , IN SORROW OF I
THINK OF THEE , SINCE DEATH HAS EARLY BEEN THY LOT , IN TIME T'WILL BE THE LOT OF ME . "
IN MEMORY OF MALINDA EMALINE , WIFE OF RUEBEN CURTICE , FEB. 13 , 1833. , AE 21 YRS.
CURTICE SEE JONES
DAY
ELIZABETH , WIFE OF SOREN (?) DAY, ------
DOAN
ELHAN ( ETHAN ? ) P. DOAN , DIED FEB. 16, 1869 , AE 56Y/8M/7D.
DOCHETY
PETER F. DOCHETY , BORN SEPT. 16 , 1856 , DIED SEPT. 4 , 1880.
CLYDESDALE B. , THEIR SON , BORN MAY 27 , 1880 , DIED JULY 22 , 1880.
(NOTE: BY MRS. SKILTON : LIBER F. P.67 & 68 . DEED SEPT. 3 , 1803 -THOMAS DOUGHERTY
& WIFE BRIDGET , TO JONAS LOOKER (?) , LANDS IN S.EE. COR. OF LOT 75 , MILTON ,
NOW MORAVIA TOWNSHIP . PROBALLY THE FATHER OF PETER DOCHETY. )
FOSTER
MARY ANN , DAU. OF DAVID & ELIZABETH FOSTER , DIED MAY 19 , 1828 , AGED 14 DAYS.
FREELOVE
BAYLES R. FREELOVE , DIED SEPT. 4 , 1858 , IN THE 56TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
( LEFT CHILDREN)
JONATHAN , SON OF BAYLES & LUCY FREELOVE , DIED JUNE 8 , 1835 , AE 1Y/11M//8D.
HENRY , SON OF RHODNEY & LUCRETIA FREELOVE , DIED FEB. 7 , 1834 , AE 1Y/3M/15D.
G--------
CHARLES , SON OF ASHLEY & LUCEMILE (?) , G----- , DIED JUNE 20, 1852 , AE 15Y/2M/16D.
GOOD----
WILLIAM E. , SON OF E.A. & ENDOCIA GOOD----- , DIED MARCH 18 , 1842 , AE 1 YEAR.
GREENFIELD
HIRAM GREENFIELD , DIED NOV. 5 , 1841 , AGED 41Y/5M/16D. " DENY ME NOT THIS LITTLE SPOT ,
MY WREARY LIMBS TO REST, I HOPE TO RISE IN SWEET SURPRISE , AND FOREVER BE BLEST. "
ARCHIBALD GREENFIELD , DIED MAY 19 , 1842 , AGED 23Y/1M/8D.
HENRY GREENFIELD , DIED SEPT. 12 , 1840 , AE 34Y/2M/5D. ; CHARLOTTE M. , DAU. OF HENRY
& PHEBE GREENFIELD , DIED SEPT. 16 , 1842 , AGED 3Y/2M/14D.
GREENFIELD SEE MURPHY
HEATH SEE MURPHY
HOUSER
MARY , WIFE OF T.R. HOUSER , DIED MARCH 12 , 1859 , AE 35Y/10M/5D.
HOWETT SEE ASHBY
JONES
IN MEMORY OF MR. ERZA JONES , WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE , JAN. 1 , 1833 , AE 74 YRS.
ELIZABETH JONES , DIED JAN. 24 ,1848 , AE 89Y/10M/12D.
PATIENCE , WIFE OF BENJ. SIMONS , AND DAU. OF ERZA & ELIZABETH JONES , DIED MARCH 15 ,
1828 , AE 28 YRS.
IN MEMORY OF HARRIET , WIFE OF HOSEA CURTICE , JR. , AND DAU. OF ERZA & ELIZ. JONES ,
WHO DIED MARCH 15, 1828, AE 23 YRS.
SALLY , WIFE OF SAMUEL JONES , DIED JULY 16 , 1842 , AE 43Y/6M/13D.
KENNEDY
MINNIE A. KENNEDY , DIED MAY 14 , 1879 , AE 22Y/9M.
ELLA , DAUGHTER OFN J. & J. (?) KENNEDY , DIED DEC. 29 , 1880 , AE 16Y/8M/6D.
ROBERT KENNEDY , DIED DEC. 19 , 1880 ,AE 1Y/7M.
KING
EBENEZER KING , DIED MAY 3, 1841 , AGED 79Y/10M/18D. ERRECTED BY HIS SON, _______ KING.
JERUSHA , WIFE OF EBENEZER KING , DIED NOV. 12 , 1841 , AE 73Y/6M/6D.
(NOTE BY MRS. BRYANT, A D.A.R. SEARCHER IN 1955: - EBENEZER KING WAS A
REVOLUNTIONARY SOLDIER , BORN JUNE 15 , 1761. )
LUTH(?) HARRISON, SON OF BERIAH & HARRIET KING, BORN MARCH 21, 1840, DIED JUNE 22,1842,
AGED 2Y/3M/1D.
( NOTE BY RE-COPYIST: IN INDIAN MOUND CEMETERY AT MORAVIA , SECTION 5 , LOT 32 ,
IS A LARGE KING MONUMENT WITH INSCRIPTIONS: BERIAH D. KING , 1800-1890 ;
H.M. SACKETT, HIS WIFE , 1812-1860 ; HARRISON KING , 1840-1844 ; AND A
HEADSTONE FOR 'HARRISON' INDICATING THAT PROBABLY HIS BODY WAS REMOVED
BUT NOT HIS MARKER. )
NELSON M. , SON OF GEORGE W. & CATHARINE KING , DIED DEC. 14 , 1841 , AGED 10M/20D.
MRS. DAVIS KING , DIED NOV. 5 , 1835 , AE 47 YRS.
LEGG
TEMPERANCE LEGG , DIED MARCH 10 , 1846 , AGED 63Y/3M/16D.
LOOKER SEE DOCHERTY
LUTHER SEE WHIPPLE
MONAGAN
HERE LIES THE BODY OF PATRICK MONAGAN , WHO DIED JUNE 16 , 1837 , AGED 7OY/3M.
( POSSIBLY A REV. SOLDIER. )
HERE LIES THE BODY OF ESTHER , WIFE OF PATRICK MONAGAN , WHO DIED JUNE 14 , 1820 ,
AGED 54Y/5M/9D.
THOMAS LEE , SON OF PATRICK & SALLY MONAGHAN , DIED JUNE 11 , 1839 , AGED 15Y/10M/7D.
MOREY
JOSEPH MOREY , DIED NOV. (?) 27 , 1855 , AE 94 YEARS.
(REV. SOLDIER)
REBECCA , WIFE OF JOSEPH MOREY , DIED NOV. 24 , 1864 , AE 87 YRS.
MURPHY
LANCASTER MURPHY , DIED APR. 19 1876 , AGE 80Y/7M/22D.
LUCINDA HEATH , HIS WIFE , DIED AUG. 7 , 1874 , AGE 73Y/11M/11D.
BENJAMIN MURPHY , DIED MARCH 3 , 1889 ,AGE 57Y/8M/2D.
LETTIE E. GREENFIELD , WIFE OF BENJ. MURPHY , 1854-1912.
BESSIE LEOLA , DAU. OF BENJ. & LETTIE E. MURPHY , DIED NOV. 23 , 1888 , AGE 15M/25D.
JOHN MURPHY , DIED JAN. 30 , 1881 , AGED 48Y/8M/3D.
JOHNEY , SON OF JOHN & SOPHIA MURPHY , DIED 0CT. 17 , 1865 , AGED 2Y/3M/17D.
EMILY C. BOOTHE , WIFE OF BYRON (?) MURPHY , DIED APR.(?) 23 , 1869 , AGE 32Y/6M/12D.
( NOTE: MURPHY LOT ENCLOSED BY WIRE FENCE. INDIVIDUAL GRAVE MARKERS. )
OAKLEY
ELISHA OAKLEY , DIED MARCH 10 , 1850 , IN THE 89TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
REBECCA , WIFE OF ELISHA OAKLEY , DIED JULY 6 , 1837 , AE 68 YRS.
ELIZABETH OAKLEY , DIED AUG. 25 , 1861 , AE 64Y/5M/9D.
PATRICK
JAMES PATRICK , DIED FEB. 28, 1832 , AE 5O YRS.
LUCY , HIS WIFE , DIED MAY 17 , 1868 , AE 72 YRS.
HARRIET A. , WIFE OF CHESTER PATRICK , DIED MAY 16 , 1860 , AE 39Y/9M/21D.
PECK
ABIJAH PECK , DIED MAY 18 , 1828 , AGE 80Y/10M/7D. ( NOTE: POSSIBLY A REV. SOLDIER.)
ABIGAIL , WIFE OF ABIJAH PECK , DIED SEPT. 19 , 1833 , AE 69Y/5M/10D.
IN MEMORY OF HARRIET ANN , DAU.OF ----- & MAY ( OR MARY ) PECK , WHO DIED AUG. 16,
1834 , AE 10M/8D.
ALVIN PECK , -------
PLACE
SALLY , WIFE OF OLIVER PLACE , DIED MAR. 21 , 1846 , AE 52Y/3M ( ON THE OAKLEY LOT .)
RICHARDSON
IDA A. , DIED NOV. 29 , 1858 , AGED 3 WEEKS & 3 DYS.
----- U. , DIED MAR. 15 , 1860 ,AGED 6 WEEKS.
CHILDREN OF V.C. & C.A. RICHARDSON
SEARLES
JULIA M. , DAU. OF NATHANE & ESTHER SEARLES , DIED OCT. 25 , 1840 , AGED 15Y/1M/26D.
SHERMAN
SARAH M. , WIFE OF DWIGHT SHEREMAN , BORN OCT. 12 , 1843 , DIED OCT. 13 , 1879.
SIMONS SEE JONES
SILLCOCK
IN MEMORY OF SARAH , WIFE OF HENRY SILLCOCK , DIED MAR. 12 , 1825 ,AE 74 YRS.
SLARROW
JANE , WIFE OF SAMUEL SLARROW , DIED JULY 6 , 1850 , AE 61Y/3M/28D.
SMITH
ABRAM SMITH , DIED OCT. 4 , 1821 , AGED 44 YRS.
LEWIS SMITH , DIED APR. 8 , 1861 , AGED 63Y/6M/16D.
OUR MOTHER - NANCY , WIFE OF LEWIS SMITH , BORN APR. 16 , 1805 , DIED OCT. 18 , 1887.
SPAFFORD
LIEUT. JOHN SPAFFORD , DIED SEPT. 1 , 1827 , AGED 47 YRS. ( NOTE BY SKILTON: 158TH REGT. ,
CAY. CO. , COL. J. HARRIS , PROMOTED FROM ENSIGN TO LIEUT. , 1815. )
AMANDA , WIFE OF LIEUT. JOHN SPAFFORD , DIED MAR. 29 , 1863 , AGED 82Y/3D.
STICKLAND SEE JONES
TURNER
JOSEPH TURNER , DIED OCT 9 , 1864 , AGED 76Y/9M.
HANNAH , WIFE OF JOSEPH TURNER , DIED NOV. 22 , 1874 , AGED 71Y/2M/10D.
WHIPPLE
BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY WITHOUT A MARKER IS SARAH(WHIPPLE) LUTHER , FIRST WIFE OF GEORGE
F. LUTHER , WITH A NEWBORN CHILD IN THE SAME GRAVE. SHE WAS BORN TOWN OF LOCKE , CA. 1862,
DIED LOCKE , FEB. 25 , 1878 ; DAU. OF OBED WHIPPLE.
WOOD
CHRISTINA , WIFE OF WM. WOOD , DIED MAR. 16 , 1858 , IN THE 56TH YR.OF HER AGE.
WORMER
LAWRENCE WORMER , DIED JULY 17 , 1849 , AE 78Y/6M/27D.
GRATCIA , WIFE OF LAWRENCE WORMER , DIED JAN. 20 , 1844 , AGED 62Y/4M/19D.
WILLIAM F. , SON OF LAWRENCE & GRATCIA WORMER , DIED OCT. 19 , 1821 , AGED 1Y/5M/26D.
ALBERT W. BIRDSALL , OCT. 21 , 1863 , ---- ( ILLEGIBLE )( NOTE: THIS EVIDENTLY COPIED
WITH WORMER. ) ( SON OF STEPHEN S. , G.V. )
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