This cemetery is a short distance off the
Rome-Oriskany Road in Rome on private property. The cemetery is not maintained
and is badly overgrown.Several of the stones are leaning against trees
and several are broken. There are several burials with no tombstones.
This transcription was taken on July 18,
2001.
Copyright©1999
Kathleen Last & Betty McCulloch
All rights reserved
Francis, John Jr. died Feb. 21, 1857
Hartwell, Hannah, wife of Thomas Hartwell,
died April 17, 1829(?0) age 61 yrs
Hartwell, James L. died Dec. 1, 1826
age 2 yrs
Hartwell, Thomas died July 15, 1835
age 76 yrs
Hillyard, Mary died March 27, 1838 age 3 wks
Huson, John died Jan. 12, 1839 age 69
yrs
Huson, Samuel C. died April 10, 1831
age 18 yrs
Kimbal, P. L. (no dates) (this is carved into a field stone marker)
Niles, Abel M. died Oct. 26, 1834 age
22 yrs
Niles, Mary, wife of John Niles, died
May 2, 1840 age 67 yrs
Niles, Phebe S., wife of Samuel Niles,
died Sep. 11, 1835 age 39 yrs 1 mo 26 dys
(Niles) footstones for A.M.N, M. N.,
and also L. N. no tombsone for L. N.)
Steves, Samuel R., a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, died Aug. 15, 1838
Tibbetts, Henry, son of Aylmir & Polly Tibbits, died March 21, 1853 age 7 yrs 7 mos 6 dys
Yates, Eve, wife of Peter C. Yates of Whitestown, Montg. Co., NY, died March 7, 1848 age 76 yrs
There are two metal Civil War markers, side
by side, several feet behind the Niles stones. There are no names
on the markers, just dates 1861-1865. If there are Civil War veterans buried
here, there are no stones to indicated who they are.