Palmer Cemetery

Genoa, Cayuga  County, New York

Located at Five Corners on E. side of Bartnick Rd. just S. of Corners along side of road.  Cemetery quite overgrown, some stones on ground almost completely covered with Myrtle.  Grape vines help the tangle.  

Copied November 1962 Crosby

Last Name	FirstName	DateOfDeath	AgeAtDeath	Notation
Austin	Stephen	1830-1907
Austin	Lydia	Oct. 31, 1891	58 y 8 mo 17 da	wife of Stephen
Austin	Ida May	Oct. 10, 1858	6 days	daughter of ______ & Lydia Austin
Bickal	Mary	Jan. 18, 18(3)81		his wife - above inscription on monument which was down. Footstones "Mary" "Harry"
Brockway	Christopher	Feb. 20, 1887	47 years	Next to the above stone. 109 N.Y. Vol.
Chaffee	Harriett E.	Aug. 3, 1877	20 y 6 mo 23 da	wife of Nelson Chaffee
Conrad	Sarah L.	Jan. 20, 1813	38 y 8 mo 13 da	wife of Peter
Conrad	John M.	Mar. 23, 1811	18 y 8 mo 18 da	son of Peter & Sarah
Kniffin	Lucy	Apr. 26, 1850	36 years	wife of Isaac
Kratzer	Frederick	Nov. 3, 1862	75 y 11 mo 7 da
Kratzer	Susan	Mar. 22, 1872	84 y 10 mo 10 da	wife of Frederick
Kratzer	Henry	Feb. 25, 1864	stone broken-no age
Kratzer	Joseph	Sept. 15, 1899	b. June 24, 1820
Kratzer	Theodore	November 30, 1906	b. Nov. 3, 1841
Kratzer	Charles	June 21, 1928	b. Jan. 30, 1849	These on the same monument
Kratzer	Jane	Feb. 17, 1904	b. Jan. 20, 1845
Kratzer	Philip	Dec. 12, 1896	b. Feb. 23, 1818
Kratzer	Susan	Oct. 25, 1902	b. May 5, 1816
Locke	Caroline	Sept. 15, 1863	38 years	wife of Reuben B. Locke - on Kratzer lot
Lyon	See Palmer
Munson	Caleb			stone in half and buried - according to hand written note - name should be Morrison
Munson	Martha	Mar. 20, 1817	in 24th yr. of her life	wife of James Munson - according to hand written note - name should be Morrison
	Claudie	a little stone (not footstone) near Munson's (Morrison's)
	Hatty	a little stone (not footstone) near Munson's (Morrison's)
Palmer	Lockwood	July 9, 1885	b. Mar. 26, 1807
Palmer	Ann	Mar. 19, 1906	b. Mar. 13, 1811	wife of Lockwood Palmer
Palmer	John	Sept. 16, 1833	21 y 2 mo 20 da	Son of Lockwood and Ann
In a row with these are nice stones bearing only:
	Alford M.			Since the surrounding stones are Palmer's, it was assumed that these were also
	Elizabeth H
	Elizabeth
Palmer	Mr. Jonathan Esq.	Dec. 17, 1829	62 y 10 mo 28 da	Father
Palmer	Sarah	April 26, 1852	79 y 11 mo 3 da	wife of Jonathan Palmer Esq.
Palmer	Jonathan	rest of stone gone
There were two bottom halves of stones near here. One of which may go with Jonathan
_____________	_____________	May 11, 1866	64 y 1 mo 20 da
_____________	_____________	_____________	57 y 7 mo 3 da
Palmer	Reuben			footstone R.P. nothing but name on
Palmer	Margaret			footstone M.P. nothing but name on
Palmer	Wines	July 28, 1889	in his 95th year	b. Greenwich, Conn. On May 18, 1796 "Father"
Palmer	Eliza	Mar. 25, 1817	b. Oct. 17, 1898	wife of Wines Palmer - only dau. of Dea. Caleb Lyons - obvious mistake in date of death - probably 1847
Palmer	Amy	June 20, 1885	b. March 5, 1820	daughter of Wines & Eliza
Sherwood	William B.	May 16, 1853	33 years
Sherwood	Emma E.	Aug. 25, 1893	65 y 1 mo 9 da	wife of William B. Sherwood
Stevens	Mary J.	1852-1912		also footstone with "E.W." besides monument with Mary Bickall his wife

Thanks to Susan Corcoran for transcribing the information on this page into a digital format.