A Summerhill Cemetery

(Town of Summerhill, NY)  #233A

THIS SMALL CEMEMTERY IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE- FOURTH MILE NORTH OF SUMMERHILL , CAYUGA COUNTY , N.Y. VILLAGE FOUR CORNERS , ON THE " OLD SALT ROAD " , AND IS SOME 500 FEET WEST OF THAT ROAD , EAST CENTRAL PART OF LOT 37 , TOWN OF SUMMERHILL , ON PAGE 49 , NEW CENTURY ATLAS OF CAYUGA COUNTY , PUBLISHED 1904.

IT WAS ENCLOSED MANY YEARS AGO BY A WOODEN PICKET FENCE , PART OF WHICH REMAINS IN 1962.

STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS COPYIST THAT THERE WERE REVOLUNTIONARY SOLDIERS BURIED THERE , THAT RELATIVES OF MRS. ALICE ( BROCKWAY ) LATHAM OF MORAVIA , N.Y. , BY THE NAME OF SWIFT WERE BURIED THERE.

THERE IS EVIDENCE OF OTHER GRAVES IN ADDITION TO THE SIX HEADSTONES HERE SHOWN.

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COPIED 1862 BY
LESLIE L. LUTHER
MORAVIA , N.Y.

COPIES WITH :
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL - BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
CORNELL LIBRARY OF REGIONAL HISTORY
POWERS LIBRARY , MORAVIA , N.Y.
NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY , ALBANY , N.Y.

BARBER

DOUBLE SLATE HS. - MARTIN W. , SON OF AARON G. & ELIZABETH BARBER , DIED DEC. 26 , 1833 AGED 11 ,MOS. AND HIS INFANT BROTHER , DIED APR. 16 , 1826.

BRADLEY

1 HS. - IN MEMORY OF HARRIET BRADLEY , WIFE OF LYMAN BRADLEY , WHO DIED FEB. 28 , 1827 , AGED 28 YEARS & 10 MONTHS


BRISTOL

1 HS. - IN MEMORY OF AMOS BRISTOL WHO DIED OCT. 18 , 1825 , AGED ( ILLEGIBLE )

ROBBINS

SLATE HS. - IN MEMORY OF CAPT. LEVI ROBBINS WHO DIED APRIL 27TH. , 1896 , AE. 77 Y. FORMERLY FROM HARTFORD ,CONNECTICUT. ( G.A.R. BRONZE EMBLEM OF 1861 - 1865 , AND A FRESH FLAG ON GRAVE. )

ROOT

SLATE HS. - IN MEMORY OF ELISHA ROOT WHO DIED MARCH 13 , 1826 AE. 31Y/5M. ( G.A.R. BRONZE EMBLEM OF 1861 - 1865 , AND A FRESH FLAG ON GRAVE. EVIDENTLY A SOLDIER OF 1812.

STEWART

1 HS. - IN MEMORY OF A INFANT DAUGHTER OF SOLOMON & NANCY STEWART , DIED MAY 5 , 1825 , AE 28 DAYS.

Thanks to Linda Brinkman  for transcribing the information on this page into a digital format.