Tombstones Damaged
Sometime between October 16th and 27th a group of juveniles vandalised a large number of tombstones in the Acra cemetery. A full list of damaged and broken stones follows:
Mary M. Sanford, Adeline R. Coffi, R.D. Olmsted, Jane Layman,
Lewis Chappel, James A. Chappel, Ensy Spencer, William Hepeman, Rebecca
Hallenbeck, George Chadderdon, Robert W. Lawrence, Lucy A. Stone, Merwin E.
Stone, Joseph Stone, Francis M. Foster, Caroline L. Ferris, Edward M. Meddaugh,
Mary Ann Chadderdon, Joseph Chadderdon, Mary Jane Chadderdon, Kate M. Chadderdon,
Stephen Chadderdon, Catherine Thomas, Allie d/o H. and S. Couse, Lewis Spencer,
Newel C., s/o Edgert and Ruth Paddock, Lurinda J. Howland, William Bridgen,
Almira O'Bryan, Anna M. d/o Henry P. and Mitta Darby, William Darby, Carles
Northrop, Minerva L. Thomas, John Thomas, Nathaniel Northrop, Ann M. Welch,
Elizabeth Noble, Daniel Lennon, Martha Lennon, Elizabeth Thomas, Sarah Ann
Thomas, Tina d/o James and Catherine Thomas, Zaccheus Lennon, Mary A. Webster,
Clarence D. Lennon, Daniel S. Lennon, Jane A. d/o Thomas and Esther Meddaugh,
Esther M. Talmadge, Thomas C. Meddaugh, Paul A. Meddaugh, William R. Meddau!
gh, Mary C. d/o Alvin and Amanda Linsley, Alvin Linsley, Jeremiah White,
Matilda Howell, Matilda White, Ansel Webster, Sally w/o David Kelley, Kittie M.
d/o George and Catherine White, George N. Lennon, Adeline A. Meddaugh, Mary E.
d/o W. and Julia Cartright, Joseph Austin, Jane M. Knapp, Catherine Vandenbogart,
Jospeh Chadderdon, David Howland, Samuel S. Yeomans, Rebecca Collins, Egbert
Yeoman, Charles H. Reed, Rachel Owen, Matilda Kipp, Edward Burroughs, Edwin C.
Sanford, Margaret A. Lennon, Mary Stoutenburgh, Cyrenus Lennon, Cyrus Lennon,
Mary Jane Lennon, Margaret Stoutenburgh, James Lennon, Margaret Lennon, William
Bridgen, Peggy sax, Jacob Sax, Peter Jacobs, Ornan Burhans, Clarissa Burhans,
John C. Burhans, Eliakim Beach, John Burhans, Cyrenus Lennon, Maria w/o Cyrenus
lennon, Dennison H. Aldridge, Adeline Lennon, Dr. Mithra Jones, Justus
Blanchard, Mary w.o Abraham Coffin, Darius S. Webster, Byron W. Webster, Louisa
A. Hervey, Amanda L. Webster, Lavinia H. d/o B.W. and L.A. Webster, Maria U.
Schultz, John T. Chappel, William E. Field, Mary E. Meddaugh, Adelbert Utter,
Julia S. Traver, Henry Bogardus, Emma w/o Jehiel Lamb, Silas Utter, Malinda w/o
Silas Utter, Leonard (beside the above stone - SH), Lucy Wilson, Stephen J.
Chadderdon, Reuben Coffin, Catherine C. Olmsted, Nathanile McGlashan, Margaret
M. Carr, Sarah A. Trowbridge, Ira Morrison, Daniel W. s/o Ira and Sarah
Morrison, Maria Morrison, John J. Morrison, Mary Upham, Sally Utter, Charles J.
Howell, Jerusha Howell, William P. Olmsted, Walter Olmsted, Frederick L.
Olmsted, William Carpenter, Russell Webster, Mary C. Webster, Proculy w/o Silas
Havens, Sarah w/o Adolphus Webster, Alpeus Webster, Addison s/o Alpheus and
Sarah Webster.
Through the diligent efforts of local enforcement 3 youths were arrested. Two were finally charged. One of the "youthful offenders" received 100 hours of community service and was placed on 3 years probation. The other juvenile pled guilty to the "E" felony of Cemetery Desecration and because he had another unrelated charge, he is serving six months in the Greene County Jail, after which he will be released on the five years felony probation, which will include restitution and 100 hours of community service.
The New York Division of Cemeteries has advised that the Acra cemetery has been approved for state funds assigned to put damaged cemeteries back in good order.