LYMANSVILLE CEMETERY
GPS Coordinates: 41°46'16.59"N, 77°59'14.45"W
Take 872 south out of Sweden Valley for .25
mi to the first right turn. Turn right. The cemetery is on the right where
the old County Home used to be.
This cemetery was the County Home cemetery. Lymansville cemetery was originally
at the crossroads.
To make way for new buildings and improving Rte 6, the people buried in
Lymansville were relocated to the County Home cemetery which was renamed
Lymansville.
We have only a partial listing of the County Home Burials because many records
were lost in the fire that destroyed the old building (around 2000).
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Compiled from the records of The Potter County Historical Society and
PHGS by
Charles & Kathleen Heffner
| Where noted, some entries have been expanded
with cross-references to census data. To view the census data, open
the census cited and search for a name. * denotes a birthdate calculated from the given death date and age at death. |
| ABBOTT, Charles
F. Born 1859, died 1939 ABBOTT, Eva. Born 1871, died 1911 ALLEN, Frank. Born ??, died 6-7-1941 - County Home Burial (1900 Roulette Census) Possibly Son of William and Luella (French) Allen of Roulette. If so, birthdate is 11-1898. BADMORE, Lucille. Born ??, died 6-14-1946 - County Home Burial BAKER, Mary. Born ??, died 7-13-1940 - County Home Burial BECKERT, Anton. Born ??, died 7-30-1944 - County Home Burial BENSON, Amanda Ann (Woodcock). Spouse of William H. Born 6-26-1821*, died 6-28-1876. Age: 55y 2d - Born in NY. (1850 Eulalia Census) BENSON, Ella. Born 1860, died ?? BENSON, Frank. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial BENSON, Harvey. Born 10-10-1838*, died 9-12-1845. Age: 6y 11m 2d - Son of William and Amanda (Woodcock) Benson BENSON, Wesley. Spouse of Laura. Born 1852, died 1896 - Son of William and Amanda (Woodcock) Benson. First husband of Laura. (1860 Eulalia Census) BENSON, William H. Spouse of Amanda Woodcock. Born 1-18-1814*, died 4-6-1875. Age: 61y 2m 19d - Born in NY. (1840, 1850 Potter County Census) BERISFORD, Frank. Born ??, died 6-7-1945 - County Home Burial BRAYLACK, Eugene. Born ??, died 8-3-1953 - County Home Burial BREHMER, Katherine. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial BUSCH, William. Born ??, died 10-11-1944 - County Home Burial BUSH, Charles M. Born ??, died 2-3-1947 - County Home Burial BUSH, Lucy Margaret. Born ??, died 2-3-1947 - County Home Burial BUTTON, Daniel W. Born ??, died 8-16-1938 - County Home Burial BYAM, Oliver Voorhees. Born ??, died 10-3-1943 - County Home Burial Possibility for birth year: 1900 Allegany Census 3-1872 CAPELL, Benjamin. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial - WW II Vet CARROLL, Margaret. Born ??, died 2-26-1942 - County Home Burial CHAPMAN, Minnie. Born ??, died 8-10-1947 - County Home Burial COWELL, Phillip. Born ??, died 12-17-1941 - County Home Burial CUSTIS, George Lee. Born ??, died 8-3-1953 - County Home Burial DALE, Jack. Born ??, died 10-4-1942 - County Home Burial DUELL, Catherine Elizabeth. Born ??, died 10-28-1946 - County Home Burial EDGECOMB, Jonathan. Spouse of Lucretia Spafford. Born 6-28-1791, died 9-27-1871 - Born in NH. Son of Rogar and Sarah (Wells) Edgecomb. (1820, 1830, 1840, Potter County Census and 1870 Homer Census.) EDGECOMB, Lucretia (Spafford). Spouse of Jonathon. Born 6-7-1801, died 2-7-1871 - Born in 'Can, West'. (1870, 1900 Homer Census) EDGECOMB, Mary E. (Lathrop). Spouse of Walter. Born 8-1841, died 1927 - Dau of Asa and Patty Lathrop. Born in PA. Wed in 1861. (1860, 1870 Homer Census) EDGECOMB, Roger. Spouse of Sarah Wells. Born 1757, died ?? - Born in Norwich CT. Wed in 1780. - Revolutionary War Vet EDGECOMB, Sarah (Wells). Spouse of Roger. Born ??, died ?? EDGECOMB, Walter. Spouse of Mary Lathrop. Born 3-1836, died 1902 - Son of Jonathon and Lucretia (Spafford) Edgecomb. (1870, 1880 Homer Census) ELLIOTT, James. Born ??, died 11-26-1938 - County Home Burial ELLIS, Elmer. Born ??, died 5-6-1956 - County Home Burial ESTES, Lorenzo William. Born ??, died 11-9-1946 - County Home Burial FERGUSON, Grace. Born ??, died 8-22-1947 - County Home Burial FERNS, Jedd. Born ??, died 9-30-1951 - County Home Burial FISK, Clarence Eugene. Born ??, died 6-30-1939 - County Home Burial FLYNN, Michael. Born ??, died 12-3-1947 - County Home Burial GARBRANT, Charles. Born ??, died 11-20-1945 - County Home Burial GILBERT, Anna. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial GILL, Frank. Born ??, died 5-2-1955 - County Home Burial GLACE, Jonathan. Spouse of Frances Istenhart. Born 8-20-1816*, died 12-22-1887. Age: 71y 4m 2d - Born in PA. (1860, 1870 Sweden Census) GORDON, Inman. Born ??, died 8-25-1953 - County Home Burial HACKETT, George Delbert. Born ??, died 12-13-1947 - County Home Burial HARMON, Harold Paul. Born ??, died 4-8-1940 - County Home Burial HENYON, Mary Almira. Born ??, died 7-??-1947 - County Home Burial HESS, Frank. Born ??, died 5-7-1944 - County Home Burial HOLDEN, John. Spouse of Laura. Born 1873, died 1934 - 3rd husband HOLDEN, Laura Wesley Benson/ Cassius Warren/ John Holden. Born 2-27-1864, died 7-20-1946 HOLDEN, Laura C. Born ??, died 7-20-1946 - County Home Burial HOLINSHEAD, James. Born ??, died 10-29-1946 - County Home Burial HOPKINS, Elizabethy Althea. Born ??, died 3-8-1947 - County Home Burial HOSLEY, James F. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial HOWARD, John N. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial HOWLAND, Frank. Spouse of Lena Klesa. Born 1870, died 1940 - Son of P. Howland? (1880 Eulalia Census) HOWLAND, Lena (Klesa). Spouse of Frank. Born 1897, died 1963 - Born in PA. (1920-1A Coudersport Census) HUDSON, Allison. Born ??, died 9-10-1955 - County Home Burial HUFF, Otis. Born 12-9-1900, died 9-10-1912 - Son of L. H. and N. M. Huff HYER, John. Born ??, died 1-15-1943 - County Home Burial ISLEY, Lawrence. Born ??, died 5-16-1915 - County Home Burial. Body donated to U of Philadelphia. JOHNSON, Adrian. Born ??, died 9-4-1947 - County Home Burial KELLEY, Baby Boy. Born ??, died 6-23-1956 - County Home Burial KNICKERBOCKER, Willard. Born ??, died 1-25-1948 - County Home Burial LITTLE, Sylvester. Born ??, died 7-11-1945 - County Home Burial LOVE, Raymond. Born ??, died 10-7-1958 - County Home Burial LYMAN, Charles. Born 5-10-1856*, died 11-18-1862. Age: 6y 6m 8dSon of Lewis W. and Hanna Lyman LYMAN, Edwin. Spouse of Maria. Born 12-21-1815, died 2-24-1891 - Son of Isaac and Patience (Spafford) Lyman LYMAN, Ellen M. Born 1844, died 4-4-1911. Age: 67 - Dau of Edwin and Maria Lyman. LYMAN, Etta M. Spouse of Wiliam L. Born 1885, died 1948. Age: 63 LYMAN, Hannah. Spouse of Lewis W. Born 1821*, died 1-12-1884. Age: 63 LYMAN, Isaac. Spouse of ?/ Laura Pierce/ Patience Spafford. Born 8-18-1785, died 3-1-1827. Age: 67 - (1810, 1920 Potter County Census) - Revolutionary War Vet LYMAN, Lewis W. Spouse of Hannah. Born 1818*, died 8-21-1900. Age: 82 - Son of Isaac and Patience (Spafford) Lyman LYMAN, Milo. Born 3-21-1872*, died 3-6-1889. Age: 16y 11m 16e - Son of Isaac and Patience (Spafford) Lyman LYMAN, Milo Eustace. Born 2-7-1864*, died 1-01-1863. Age: 1y 1m 6d - Son of Lewis W. and Hanna Lyman LYMAN, Patience (Mann) Spafford. Spouse of Isaac. Born 1775*, died 4-12-1867. Age: 92y ?m 26d LYMAN, William L. Spouse of Etta M. Born 1863, died 1952. Age: 89 LYNCH, William. Born ??, died 4-23-1943 - County Home Burial MATTESON, Ella M. Born ??, died 11-25-1950 - County Home Burial McCARTHY, John. Born ??, died 12-25-1941 - County Home Burial McCARTHY, Martin. Born ??, died 10-23-1945 - County Home Burial McCHESNEY, Andrew L. Born ??, died 11-17-1945 - County Home Burial McFALL, Willian. Born ??, died 5-11-1943 - County Home Burial McHALE, John. Born ??, died 5-19-1947 - County Home Burial MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel W. Spouse of Martha E. Graham. Born 1851, died 1931 - Born in PA, a merchant. (1920 Keating Census) MCLAUGHLIN, James H. Born 1877, died 1916 MCLAUGHLIN, Martha Ellen (Graham). Spouse of Daniel W. Born 1857, died 1935 MCLAUGHLIN, Rue W. Spouse of Pearl Payne. Born 1884, died 1948 - Born in PA, a salesman. Wed 10-2-1910 at Bradford PA. Enumerated the 1920 Austin Census MELVIN, Lorna May. Born ??, died 10-9-1955 - County Home Burial METARLAND, Thomas. Born ??, died 12-12-1946 - County Home Burial MORRIS, Claude. Born ??, died 3-3-1945 - County Home Burial NEEHAN, Christopher. Born 1839*, died 5-16-1915. Age: 76County Home Burial NELSON, George Infant. Born ??, died 10-26-1941 - County Home Burial NELSON, Horatio A. Spouse of Matilda Rossman. Born 10-22-1809*, died 12-22-1880. Age: 71y 2m - Born in NY. (1840 Sweden, 1860 Eulalia Census) NELSON, James C. Spouse of ?/ Phebe Bartoo. Born 11-13-1814, died 10-23-1900 - Son of Cephas and Eunice (Lyman) Nelson. Born in Washington Co NY. Wed twice. (1860, 1870 Summit Census) NELSON, Matilda (Rossman). Spouse of H. A. Nelson. Born 12-08-1811*, died 12-16-1864. Age: 53y 8d - Born in Hebron NY. (1860 Eulalia Census) NELSON, Phebe (?) Bartoo. Spouse of James C. Born ??, died 8-15-188? - Born in NY. (1870 Summit Census) NELSON, Silas. Spouse of Cynthia Felt. Born 6-15-1791, died 11-14-1869Son of John and Mollie (Hare) Nelson. Born in Washington Co, NY. Wed 4-17-1831 in PA. War of 1812 Vet PEET, Mabel. Born ??, died 9-21-1947 - County Home Burial PENGO, Charles H. Born ??, died 1-22-1946 - County Home Burial PERRY, George. Born ??, died 12-22-1946 - County Home Burial PHELPS, Mary. Born 1863*, died 1-24-1869. Age: 6 - Dau of Franklin and Amelia (Nelson) Phelps. (1860 Summit Census) PIERCE, John. Born ??, died 12-9-1937 - County Home Burial PINEO, Carleton. Born ??, died 4-4-1946 - County Home Burial QUIN, George. Born ??, died 7-8-1948 - County Home Burial SCHNECK, Oswald. Born ??, died 10-30-1945 - County Home Burial SCHOENER, Lillian. Born ??, died 9-21-1951 - County Home Burial SCOFIELD, Louise. Spouse of David. Born 6-17-1835*, died 4-6-1854. Age: 18y 9m 19d - Maiden name may have been Woodcock - 1850 Eulalia Census. SCOVILLE, Jeanne T. Born ??, died 11-19-1947 - County Home Burial SELFRIDGE, Edward. Born ??, died 2-16-1942 - County Home Burial SHOOP, John. Born ??, died 9-20-1947 - County Home Burial SHREVE, Alta. Born 4-1897, died 2-17-1948 - County Home Burial Twin Dau of Solon A. and Effie (Goodwin) Shreve. SINSABAUGH, Julia Ann (Caldwell). Spouse of Thomas L. Born 9-1844, died 1914 - Dau of ? And Mary Caldwell of First Fork. (1900 Sweden Census) SINSABAUGH, Thomas. L. Spouse of Julia A. Caldwell. Born 1-30-1837, died 12-22-1900 - (1900 Sweden Census) - Civil War Vet, Co H, 46th Regt PA Vols, Pvt. Prisoner - Mustered out with Company on July 16, 1865. SMALL, Sam. Born ??, died 11-30-1955 - County Home Burial SMITH, Charles. Born ??, died 10-6-1960 - County Home Burial SNYDER, Eugene. Born ??, died 7-17-1940 - County Home Burial SNYDER, Fred. Born ??, died 2-14-1941 - County Home Burial STEWART, Isaac. Born ??, died 6-10-1939 - County Home Burial STRAIT, Maria. Spouse of Isaac. Born 8-??-1809*, died 12-21-1839. Age: 30y 4m STRATTON, Lawrence. Born ??, died ?? - Civil War Vet TADDER, Ruth. Born ??, died 8-19-1945 - County Home Burial TAUSCHER, Edward J. Born ??, died 2-10-1948 - County Home Burial TAYLOR, James E. Born ??, died 10-17-1945 - County Home Burial TRUAX, Leola. Born ??, died ?? - County Home Burial WADE, John. Born ??, died 12-15-1938 - County Home Burial WAGONER, Willie G. Born 4-30-1857*, died 12-27-1862. Age: 5y 7m 27d - Son of Frank and Mariah Wagoner WALKER, Ulysses Sylvester. Born ??, died 10-25-1947 - County Home Burial WARREN, Cassius C. Spouse of (Mrs.) Laura Benson. Born 1848, died 1923 - Son of Alfred Henry and Eliza Warren. Born in PA. Wed 9-15-1897. (1860 Allegany Census) Second husband of Laura. - Civil War Vet, Co H, 46th PA Vols, Pvt. Mustered out with Company on July 16, 1865. WASSINEVERS, Frank. Born ??, died 10-7-1941 - County Home Burial WHITE, Guy Clark. Born ??, died 6-13-1946 - County Home Burial WILLIS, Elizabeth Ann. Born ??, died 8-18-1957 - County Home Burial WOODCOCK, Almond. Spouse of Eulalia Lyman. Born ??, died 4-12-1867. Age: - Dates buried below ground level WOODCOCK, Eldred Nathaniel. Spouse of Frances. Born 8-30-1846, died 1-16-1917. Age: 70y 4m 17d - Son of Almond and Eulalia (Lyman) Woodcock. WYATT, Clarence C. Born ??, died 10-26-1956 - County Home Burial |
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