Melrose Road Cemetery or Miller Cemetery; or Curtis/Curtiss Cemetery or Porter Hill Cemetery; or Porter Farm Cemetery
( Town of Owasco, Cayuga County, New York) #157
NOTE: THIS CEMETERY MAY HAVE BEEN KNOWN BY MANY NAMES...
Melrose Road Cemetery; Miller Cemetery; Porter Hill Cemetery, Porter Farm Cemetery; or Curtis/Curtiss Cemetery
This cemetery has a partial white fence along Melrose Road and is located in the Town of Owasco NY (south-east of the City of Auburn NY). If you travel west along Melrose Road (County Route 72), towards Auburn and go past Oakridge Road, Melrose Road takes a 90-degree turn to the north or right and Morningside Drive intersects and runs south. At the point where Melrose Road takes a turn and intersects Morningside Drive, the cemetery is at the turn in the road; on the south-west side of Melrose Road. The cemetery is located near the spot where Melrose Road intersects Morningside Drive. This cemetery is known by several names; such as: Porter Hill Cemetery, Melrose Road Cemetery, Porter Farm Cemetery, Miller Cemetery or Curtis/Curtiss Cemetery and is located in an area between two houses with address: 132 Melrose Road on the north and 9 Morningside Drive on the south.
(The main
body of
these records shown below were from published records probably done in the 1930s by Frank & Clara Skilton.
In 1962, Local Historian Mabel Crosby
took their list to the cemetery to check, but found the stones almost entirely
broken up
except for the ones which had been lying on the ground long enough not to
attact.
attention. A couple of additional names turned up plus a couple of corrections.)
NOTE: The comments in parentheses above are those of M. Crosby
BALDWIN, Elain/Elam T. b Dec 9, 1803 d Apr15, 1851 ae 47y 4mo 6da BATES. Edward d Mar 12, 1874 ae 69y 7mo Sarah, wife of Edward d Aug 19, 1872 ae 66y 0mo 7da BROWN, Anna, wife of Charles d Sept 24, 1844 ae 62y 7mo (Note: old record had Anna Brown, wife of Charles Bates) CANNIFF, see NICKASON CATTON, Thomas no dates Rhoda no dates
CHRISTIAN (See Kenyon) CHRISTIAN, Albert, son of John & Ruth d Mar 6, 1849 b Dec 16, 1827 (Gravestone Image) CHRISTIAN, John d Apr 1, 1853 b Apr 13, 1784 (Gravestone Image) marr. June 25, 1805 Ruth, wife of John d Mar 21, 1864 b Apr 12, 1791(Gravestone Image)
Ambrose L. , Son of John & Ruth d July 9, 1858 b May 8, 1825 (Gravestone Image) CHRISTIAN, Almy, w of Horace d Oct 7, 1849 ae 24y, 9mo 7da (Gravestone Image) Susan, wife of Horace d Feb 2, 1877 ae 57y 6mo 27da (Gravestone Image) Albert, son of Horace d May 9, 1850 ae l y 11mo 11da CLUTE, Mary Louisa dau of Matthew & July d May 9, 1850 ae 3y 8mo 9da COLES, Sarah A. d Jan 28, 1882 ae 34 or 39 yrs COTTON, Thomas rec'd burial no dates Rhoda rec'd burial no dates (Note: also given above as CATTON) CRAWFORD, Adeline 1836 - 1879 Hattie 1865 - 1865 (Hattie also on WELTY Monument) CRAWFORD, George, son of Edwin & Barbara d Apr 1, 1851 ae 7mo Sarah E. dau d May 7, 1849 ae 3y 2mo 9da CRAWFORD, see WELTY DUNNING, Silas d Sept 25, 1830 ae 75y 4mo 18da Jerusha, wife of Silas d May 5, 1814 ae 52y 1mo 21da DUNNING, Winthrop d Oct 3, 1826 ae 44y 5mo 21da Margaret, w of Winthrop d b 1787 DUNNING, Eber d Mar 3, 1862 ae 74y 10mo 25da Margaret, w of Ebert d Aug 9, 1825 ae 37y 7mo 20da EDSON, Merrick d Mar 23, 1850 b May 3, 1802 Charles B. son of Merrick & Lauretta d June 3, 1844 b Aug 31 1831 EDSON, Frank, wife of John d Aug 31, 1863 ae 20y 1mo 10da EDSON, Rhoda, dau of Delano & Mercy d Oct 12, 1820 ae 16y 6mo 7da EDSON, William no dates FANNING, see WELTY FIERO, see HAVENS FRENCH, Harriet wife of Peter French d Oct 31, 1838 (Note: stub of stone next to this prob. Peter) GROVER, Deacon Benjamin d May 1, 1857 ae 93y 3mo 28da HARLE, see HORL (under PICKARD) HAVENS, John 1786 - 1826 Louise OWENS w of John HAVENS 1875 - 1861 HAVENS GRAVESTONE IMAGE
HAVENS, Ansel B. (Asel) 1822 - 1907 Eunice MILLER, wife of Ansel 1825 - 1903 Elizabeth 1853 - (1935 - her obit 6/21/35 states she was buried in "Miller Cem, Melrose) Emeline 1855 - 1856 Armenius 1850 - 1917 (Gravestone Image) Ida FIERO wife of (Armenius) 1856 - 1913 (Gravestone Image) (Note: Old record had Ida PIERE) HAWKINS, see MILLER HIGLEY, Chester d May 3, 1875 b Dec 9, 1807 (Gravestone Image)
Prudence d Jan 5, 1882 b Sept. 30, 1809 (Gravestone Image) HORL, see PICKARD HUFMAN, Elizabeth, wife of John d Jan 14, 1852 ae 38y 3mo 29da (Gravestone Image) JACKSON, Mary, w of Isaac R. 1810 -1871 KING, Elizabeth, w of Mark d Nov 3, 1855 ae 32 yrs(Gravestone Image)
KENYON Delila Dau of John & Ruth Christian d Apr. 15, 1843 (Gravestone Photo) MILLER, Adam 1809 - 1902 Sarah J. wife of Adam 1831 - Fanny E. HAWKINS 1811 - 1854 MILLER, Daniel d Nov 1843 b Nov 10, 1768 Elizabeth, wife of Daniel d June 4, 1845 b Sept 13, 1785 Frank and Fred, sons of Daniel & Elizabeth d March 17, 1854 ?? Franklin, son of Daniel & Elizabeth d Jan 30, 1827 ae 4y 7mo Elizabeth d Oct 14, 1829 ae 9y 4mo 15da Daniel R. d July 26, 1816 ae 10 mo MILLER, Lewis "Dearest Husband" d July 8, 1857 ae 49y 10mo 24da (Gravestone Image) MILLER, John no dates Martha, wife of John d Mar 2, 1802 ae 56y 3mo "Mother of 7 sons, 3 daughters" MILLER, Peter 1818 - 1899 MILLER, Elizabeth (wife of John) d Oct 30, 1886 ae 69y 0mo 20da MILLER, Edmund d Nov 19, 1862 ae 17y 4mo 21da MILLER, Caroline d May 13, 1864 ae 17y 2mo 17da MILLER, Harriet d Dec 19, 1872 ae 61y 8mo 19da MILLER, William d Oct 30, 1839 ae 69y 1mo Phebe, wife of William d Feb 9, 1856 ae 70y ymo 28da Henry H. son of William & Phebe d Jan 3, 1825 no age given Lydia, dau of William & Phebe d Apr 25, 1832 in 17th year MILLER, see HAVENS - HIGLEY NICKASON, John d Sept 25, 1843 ae 42y 11mo 22 da Amy E., wife of John d Oct 30, 1869 ae 47y 10mo 2da NICKASON, Phebe wife of SMITH CANIFF d Jan 3, 1870 ae 8y 3mo 1da NICKASON, Aaron M. d Jan 6, 1873 ae 42y 4mo 12da NICKASON, Infant, dau of H & E d Aug 8, 853 ae 4mo 8da (Note: This was a monument containing above inscriptions and very clearly inscribed NICKASON. Earlier records had NICKERSON) NORMAN, Herman F. d Apr 16, 1860 b Apr 23, 1850 NORMAN, Mrs. Marian d Aug 6, 1875 b Dec 3, 1815 OCOBOCK, George d June 15, 1856 ae 70 yrs Lucinda, dau of Geo. & Phebe d June 1, 1836 ae 18y 2mo OCOBOCK, James Morris, son of David & Catharine d Apr 1, 1850 ae 17yrs OCOBOCK, William G. 1809 - 1890 Sarah H. 1811 - 1896 Mary Lavinia, dau of William & Sarah d Sept 3, 1860, ae 25y 8mo OWEN, see HAVENS PICKARD, Paul 1810 - 1883 Lydia A. RAYMOND, wife of Paul 1825 - 1871 Harriet HORL, w of Wm. 1824 - 1907 Wm. HORL 1821 - 1907 (Note: This was a PICKARD monument - Earlier records had Harriet & William HARLE, but I found HORL - M.C.) RAYMOND, see PICKARD STALKER, Jessica dau of Henry & Catherine d June 4, 1860 ae 16y 2mo 12da TOMLINSON, Julia Ann, wife of Noah d Aug 10, 1866 ae 64y 11mo 5da (Gravestone Image) Laura Ann, dau of Noah & Julia d July 4, 1847 ae 23y 4mo WELTY, Adam 1811 - 1889 Martha, wife of Adam 1814 - 1904 Daniel 1838 - 1852 C. Amelia 1846 - 1862 WELTY, Hattie CRAWFORD 1863/65 - 1865 WELTY, Elizabeth A., wife of John C. FANNING 1833 - 1907
Thanks to Wilda Marshall Brown for transcribing the information on this page
into a digital format.
Bernie Corcoran, Cayuga County
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