ROSS CEMETERY
Town of Canisteo
aka incorrectly as Oak Hill Cemetery, but that is a separate cemetery nearby
Oldest grave located: 1838
Newest grave located: 1898
There are many open rows and many unreadable partial stones thus there are many buried here who are not listed.
Directions: From Route 119/Canisteo River Rd, go uphill on Oregon Rd, turn left on Oak Hill Rd.; go past Oak Hill Cemetery, take next left on Puffer Rd.; turn right on Nicholson Rd., cemetery is on a side hill on the right, just before sign for entering Town of Howard. From Route 14/Campbell Creek Rd, go uphill on Nicholson Rd.; cemetery is on a side hill on the left.
Walked, researched and stones photographed by Bob and Shelly Florence Glover in 2015. Stones for all below found unless otherwise noted. Contact them for gravestone photos/obits/info at:  coachbobglover@gmail.com




BORDEN, Azariah II , Spouse of Sally Tyler , Died 3 Apr 1859 , Age 71y s/o Azariah Sr. and Hannah Calkins Borden
BORDEN, Clerk (Clark) , Born abt 1839 , Died 12 Mar 1861 s/o Azariah II and Sally Tyler Borden; per earlier partial stone reading on plot with parents, stone not readable in 2015
BORDEN, Jerrod H. , Born abt 1843 , Died Apr 1860 of typhoid per Census Mortality Schedule; s/o Azariah II and Sally Tyler Borden; per earlier partial stone reading on plot with parents, stone not readable in 2015
BORDEN, Sally , Spouse of Azariah Jr. , Born 1806 , Died 1878 d/o Peter and Sarah Parmalee (Palmer) Tyler
BORDEN, Squire , Died 12 May 1864 , Age 24y1m2d s/o Azariah II and Sally Tyler Borden
BURD, George , Spouse of Margaretha Jacoby , Born abt 1776 , Died 18 Mar 1862 s/o Jeremiah and Elizabeth Marsh Burd; likely buried here, stone not found in 2015
BURD, Jeremiah , Spouse of Julia Oldfield , Died 11 Mar 1874 , Age 74y7m12d s/o George and Margaretha Jacoby Burd
BURD, Jerimiah W. "Jay" , Died 8 Jul 1880 , Age 10y s/o William J. & Sophronia Reeder Burd
BURD, Julia , spouse of Jerimiah , Died 4 Jan 1878 , Age 76y3m12d d/o Reuben and Julia Oldfield
BURD, Margaretha Jacoby , Spouse of George , Born abt 1777 , Died Sep 1859 likely buried here, stone not found in 2015
BURD, William J. , Spouse of Sophronia Reeder , Died 29 Mar 1882 , Age 43y6m s/o Jeremiah & Julia Oldfield Burd
CARR, Sarah , Spouse of Royal , Born abt 1802 , Died 25 Sep 1882 d/o George and Margaretha Jacoby Burd; per funeral records, stone not found in 2015
CHASE, Adaline Jennie , Born 1867 , Died 1885 d/o William and Amarintha DeWitt Chase
CHASE, Amarintha , Spouse of William A. , Born Mar 1842 , Died 29 May 1922 per obit, no inscription on spouse’s stone in 2015; d/o Henry and Nancy Emery DeWitt
CHASE, William Alexander , Spouse of Amarintha DeWitt , Born abt 1839 , Died 9 Apr 1898 s/o Leonard Welcome and Phebe Ann Dame Chase
DYGERT, Abraham , Spouse of Mahala , Born 6 Sep 1836 , Died 26 Aug 1859 per transcription
DYGERT, Mahala , Spouse of Abraham , Born 16 May 1834 , Died 9 Jun 1888 per transcription
HOVEL (Hoevel), Mary Lizzie , Died 27 Feb 1876 , Age 3w3d per transcription; d/o August and Sarah M. Burd Hovel
LOGHRY, Isaac B. , Spouse of Lucretia “Christine” Snyder , Died 27 Sep 1879 , Age 69y10m2d per transcription; s/o Joseph L. and Mary Santee Loghry
LOGHRY, James S. , Spouse of Emily Johnson , Died 5 Apr 1865 , Age 32y per transcription; died in Civil War; s/o Isaac and Lucretia “Christine” Johnson Loghry; spouse buried Nondaga Cemetery, Bath in 1912
LOGHRY, Lucretia “Christine” Snyder , Spouse of Isaac , Born 6 Nov 1814 , Died Nov 1887 per transcription; d/o Abraham and Nancy Carroll Snyder
ROSS, Margaret “Betsy” , Spouse of James , Born 31 May 1804 , Died 17 Oct 1838 per transcription; d/o John and Phebe Southard Terpening; spouse buried at Sherer Cemetery, Howard
ROSS, Sally Ann , Born 28 Mar 1834 , Died 4 Mar 1853 per transcription; d/o James and Margaret Terpening Ross; on same stone with mother
SNYDER, Abraham , Spouse of Nancy Carroll , Died 27 Mar 1845 , Age 42y4m29d per transcription, Drowned
SNYDER, Samuel , Spouse of Sarah , Died 1846 likely buried here; likely brother of Abraham Snyder
SNYDER, Sarah , Spouse of Samuel , Died 5 Apr 1863 , Age 81y per transcription
WILLIAMSON, Hannah , Spouse of John D., M. 7 Feb 1846 , Born abt 1814 , Died 1840-1846 no dates on stone
WILLIAMSON, Homer infant s/o John D. and Betsey Smith Williamson, John D. born abt 1814, died abt 1860; Betsey born abt 1826, d/o Rev David Smith, no dates on stone
WILLIAMSON, Ruth , Born 1833-1839 , Died bef 1840 no dates on stone; d/o John D. and Hannah Dunlap Williamson
WILLIAMSON, Smith , Died infant s/o John D. and Betsey Smith Williamson, no dates on stone


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