Tombstone Tuesday - Peter Cook

Peter Cook

Died

July 17, 1889

Aged 65 Years

Co. B. 26. U.S. C.T.

Source: Peter Cook gravestone, Section F, Maple Grove Cemetery, Horseheads (Chemung County) New York; photographed by writer August 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday - William Francis Kelley (1920-1963)

William 

Francis 

Kelley

New York

Sgt 

US Marine Corps Res 

World War II 

April 27 1920 

December 20 1963

Source: William Francis Kelley gravestone, Plot H, 0, 191, Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira (Chemung County) New York; photographed by writer June 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday - Phillip & Sarah Mackay Anthony

Phillip Anthony

Northumberland, Pa.

August 24, 1784.

December 4, 1846.

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Sarah Mackay

Northumberland, Pa.

October 10, 1790.

July 10, 1861.

Source: Phillip & Sarah Mackay Anthony gravestone, Breesport Baptist Church Cemetery, Breesport (Chemung County) New York; photographed by Monica Palmer June 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday - Alpheus Bush

ALPHEUS BUSH

DIED

OCT. 8, 1866

AG'D 58 Y'RS

& 2 DAYS

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[_1 word_] [--]rning friends [_1 word_] you pass by

As [_3 words_] was I

A [_2 or 3 words_] must [_1 word prob rhymes with me_]

[_3 words_] follow me 

Alpheus Bush, born 06 Oct 1808 (calculated) in New Jersey or New York, lived in Erin, Chemung, New York from at least 1850 until his death on 08 Oct. 1866. He was buried in Breesport Baptist Church Cemetery along with his wife, Rebecca, and his daughter Charity. I was unable to find Rebecca's headstone and it is possible it is the broken stone to the left of Alpheus'. The wheat on his gravestone represents "harvest" according to GraveAddiction.com. Notice the sickle tucked into the tied wheat. 

Sources:

• 1850 U.S. census, Chemung County, New York, population schedule, Town of Erin, p. 296A, dwelling 93, family 93, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 486.
• 1860 U.S. census, Chemung County, New York, population schedule, Town of Erin, p. 105 (penned), p. 829 (stamped), dwelling 793, family 740, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 730.
• "U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918" New York, Tax Year 1866, Collection District 27, Persons in Division 2, p. 76 (penned), line 32, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm M603, roll 184.
• "Old Baptist Cemetery," database transcribed by Sherry Lampman Nichols, Tri-Counties Genealogy and History by Joyce M. Tice (http://www.joycetice.com/cemc/oldbrees.htm : accessed 09 Aug 2011), entry for Alpheus Bush, Rebecca Bush, Charity Bush.

Tombstone Tuesday - The Brace Tree

This was an interesting gravestone in Short Tract Cemetery located in Granger, Allegany, New York. It is a tree stump with what looks like a Calla Lily at the base. According to GraveAddiction.com, it represents beauty. I did not see any markings on the actual tree, however, a transcription was done for this cemetery at the Painted Hills Genealogy Society's website and there is only one Brace listed.

Nellie Brace

spouse of W.E. Brace

born 1853

died 1895

Source: Brace Gravestone, Short Tract Cemetery, Granger (Allegany County), New York; personally photographed by author on 29 May 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday - Willis Breese Humfrey (1836-1864)

Willis Brees Humfrey

 Died
Davids Island NY
Feb 1 1864
In defense of his
Country
Willis B.
Son of
C.C. & Sarah
Humfrey
AE 27 y & 9 m.

Willis Brees Humfrey was born in Erin, NY and worked as a farmer. He enlisted into the Civil War as a Private on November 28, 1861 at the age of 25 years. He served with Company C, 89th Infantry Regiment NY. He was wounded on September 17, 1862 in Antietam, Maryland and December 13, 1862 in Fredericksburg, VA. He died at DeCamp Hospital on Davids Island, NY. Records also state he died at Folly Island (South Carolina) and Long Island NY.

Sources:

• Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Willis Brees Humfrey gravestone, Breesport Baptist Cemetery, Breesport (Chemung County), New York; photographed by the author 02 Jun 2011.

Tombstone Tuesday - The Pratt Plot

This family plot is located in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, Chemung, New York. It is near Mark Twain's gravestone and I find it beautiful. There are stairs that lead up to the enclosed area that my son said "makes him feel like Indiana Jones" when he climbs up them. There are many Pratt family members buried within this plot, however,  the main headstone indicates Daniel and Mary Pratt. Daniel was a manufacturer of woolen products, however, after this business failed, he became a farmer in Dix, Chemung, New York. He died in 1843 in Dix, however, because his sons moved to Elmira, it is likely that is why he is buried there. Mary, his wife, died 17 years later in Elmira, NY.

Stairs leading to plot

Daniel & Mary Platt

Sources:

• Daniel & Mary Pratt tombstone, Section G, Woodlawn Cemetery (Chemung County) New York; photographed by the author, July 2010.
• Towner, Ausburn. "Biography of George E. Pratt." Our Country and Its People: A History of the Valley and County of Chemung (1892). Electronic Edition. Online Biographies. http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ny/chem/pratt-ge.htm : 2011.