North Settlement Cemetery
North Settlement Cemetery The North Settlement Cemetery, which is not visible from the road, is located on private property on the east side of North Settlement Road (County Route 19) in the Town of Windham, Greene County, NY. It is two and three-tenths miles north of the intersection of State Route 23 and County Route 19, and less than five-tenths of a mile south of the intersection of County Routes 10 and 19. If traveling west on State Route 23, you must cross the town line from Windham into Ashland in order to reach County Route 19. Most of this road lies in the Town of Ashland, but crosses back into Windham near the cemetery.
These inscriptions, starting in the lower right hand corner of the cemetery, were read on 17 Sep 2000, by Sylvia Hasenkopf, Floyd Howard and Patricia Morrow. Additional information in brackets comes from scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, death certificates and a transcription made on 20 Jul 1986, by Elwood and Patricia Morrow. The cemetery is well maintained and there are numerous fieldstones.
Abbreviations b - born d - day(s), died dau - daughter m - month(s) w - week(s) y - year(s)
Row 1, right to left
1. Charles Ford - d. 31 Dec 1922, aged 69y 2m 8d
2. Minerva L. Tompkins, wife of Charles Ford - d. 26 Oct 1916, aged 64y 1m
3. Hattie S. Ford, wife of Alfred D. Howard - d. 6 Apr 1895, aged 18y 9m
4. Wesley E., son of James Howard [& Mary A. Hulbert] - d. 29 Dec 1884, aged
22y 2m 2d
5. (left) James Howard - b. 16 Mar 1837, d. 28 Feb 1894 [son of Jonathan Howard
& Anna Wilson]
6. David B. Morse - d. 24 Apr 1904, aged 65y Adaline A., his wife - d. 26 Dec
1915, aged 77y
7. John L. Lewis - b. 1849, d. 1922
Row 2, left to right
8. Father, Eben Brower - d. 23 Apr 1904, aged 79y Mother, Catherine Mulford,
wife of Eben Brower - d. 22 May 1901, aged 71y
9. E. M. Brockett - d. 29 May 1923, aged 82y 7d [Emil Montcino Brockett, son of
Thomas Brockett & Sarah Maria Lennon]
10. Mary Jane [Bishop], wife of E. M. Brockett - d. 18 Jan 1893, aged 52y 7m
21d
11. Herbert, son of E. M. & M. J. Brockett - d. 20 Dec 1892, aged 20y 6m
10d
12. Minnie E., dau of Emil & Mary Brockett - d. 16 Apr 1904, aged 23y 11m
8d
13. Winfield J., son of E. N. & Emma C. Parks - d. 14 Mar 1888, aged 1m 19d
[son of Elisha N. Parks & Emma C. Bronson]
14. Wilson Howard - d. 9 Jan 1906, aged 81y [son of Jonathan Howard & Anna
Wilson]
15. Amanda Van Loan, wife of Wilson Howard - d. 2 Oct 1869, aged 36y
16. infant son of W. & A. Howard - d. 26 May 1863, aged 3w [Windham vital
records say he was 3 months old.]
17. Gomalia, son of Wilson & Amanda Howard - d. 2 Jan 1862, aged 2y 7m
8d
18. John S. Mulford - d. 1 Feb 1892, aged 69y
19. Agnes M. Mulford - d. 30 Jan 1905, aged 84y
Row 3, right to left
20. (cement through year of death & age) Theodore Mulford - d. 2 Dec 18--,
aged --y 3m 9d
21. (hard to read, uncertain of middle initial, no day of death given) Mary E.
or F., dau of J. & M. Mulford - d. Mar 1864, aged 4y 4m
22. Josephine, dau of Nathaniel & Sarah H. Brandow - d. 18 Jun 1872, aged
18d
23. Rosie Anna, dau of Wm. & Emily E. Howard - d. 3 Aug 1861, aged 4y 9m
9d
24. Emily E. Barhight, wife of Wm. Howard - b. 23 Aug 1823, d. 15 Apr 1891
25. Wm. Howard - b. 21 Sep 1821, d. 23 Oct 1903 [son of Jonathan Howard &
Anna Wilson]
26. (Wooden marker with metal lettering nailed to it. When this marker was
transcribed in 1986, the wood was darker where the lettering had once been and
the inscription could still be read. Today only the letter K remains.) [Frank
Howard - d. 22 Aug 1911, aged 58y]
27. George W. Brewer - d. 26 Nov 1869, aged 21y 8m 6d
28. My Husband, Marcus W. Brewer - d. 26 Dec 1892, aged 24y 2m 15d
Row 4, left to right
29. Rosa B., dau of Z. C. & Hannah L. Skiff - d. 10 Nov 1867, aged 2m
20d
30. John H., son of Z. C. & Hannah L. Skiff - d. 18 Jan 1862, aged 2y 11m
31. Marion, son of Z. & S. E. Brandow - d. 29 Nov 1871 (no age given)
32. (front) Zephaniah Brandow - b. 25 Dec 1839, d. 7 Apr 1896 (right)
Mary A. Hartwell, his wife - b. 12 Aug 1839, d. 17 Jun 1866 (left)
Sabrina E. Blinn, his wife (no date of death given) - b. 25 Jul 1845, [d. 7 Sep
1921] [dau of Huron Blinn & Eunice Sage.]
33. Mary A. Hartwell, wife of Zephaniah Brandow - b. 12 Aug 1839, d. 17 Jun
1866
Row 5, right to left
34. (front) Father & Mother (left) Perez Richmond - d. 8 Feb 1880, aged 85y
5m 3d [son of Stephen Richmond & Rebecca Sisson] (right) Elizabeth, wife of
Perez Richmond - d. 24 Dec 1882, aged 82y 3m 12d [dau of Henry Rowe &
Charlotte ?]
35. Ambrose S. Richmond - d. 28 Apr 1865, aged 30y 4m 9d [son of Perez Richmond
& Elizabeth Rowe]
36. Cornelius, son of Wm. & Hepsebeth Decker - d. 21 Sep 1848, aged 30y 8m
11d
37. Emeline E., dau of Lorenzo & Margaret Rowe - d. 15 Feb 1839, aged 2y 7m
23d
38. (uncertain of first name) Merty Osborn, son of Julius & Diana E. Wolcott
- d. 2 Jul 1845, aged 6y
39. Julius Wolcott - d. 9 Oct 1851, aged 38y
40. Dolly Wolcott - d. 28 Apr 1880, aged 79y 2m 20d
41. John Cargill - b. 28 Apr 1788, d. 18 Aug 1874
42. (lying face up, part of age illegible) Catharine, wife of John Cargill - d.
4 Jan 1859, aged -66y9m9d
43. Harriet Williams - d. 17 Jun 1870, aged 25y 8m 1d
Row 6, left to right
44. My Beloved Husband, Sherman W. Frayer - d. 24 Apr 1894, aged 39y 9m 8d [son
of Enos Osborn Frayer & Sarah D. Blakeslee]
45. Our loving daughter, Florence M., dau of S. W. & Emma Frayer - d. 10 May
1893, aged 5y 2m 29d [dau of Sherman W. Frayer & Emma Ferris]
46. (lying face up) Charles F. [Franklin], son of Enos O. & Sarah D. Frayer
- d. 8 Dec 1859, aged 1y 2m 26d [son of Enos Osborn Frayer & Sarah D.
Blakeslee]
47. Polly Miller - d. 2 Feb 1882, aged 82y
48. Elizabeth, wife of Peter Miller - d. 25 Aug 1844, aged 36y
49. In memory of Robert Miller - d. 23 Aug 1842, aged 30y 4m 15d
50. In memory of Harriet, wife of Robert Miller - d. 7 Aug 1841, aged 24y
5m
51. In memory of Lucinda, dau of Andrew & Rehenah Miller - d. 19 Mar 1832,
in her 21y
52. Rehenah, wife of Andrew Miller - d. 10 Jan 1839, in her 65y
53. Jesse Bronson - d. 26 Oct 1886, aged 91y
54. Betsy E. Miller, wife of Jesse Bronson - d. 17 Jun 1879, aged 86y
55. Arminius M., son of Jesse & Betsey Brunson - d. 9 Feb 1834, aged 5y
9m
56. Mary A., dau of Jesse & Elizabeth Bronson - d. 9 Sep 1838, aged 5y 6m
13d
Row 7, right to left
57. Catharine Cole, wife of Abel Blakeslee - b. 14 Aug 1813, d. 15 Feb
1875
58. Abel Blakeslee - d. 18 Jan 1885, aged 70y 10m 5d [son of Ebenezer Blakeslee
& Mary Westlake]
59. Lewis, son of Simon & Eunice Cobb - d. 29 Sep 1830, aged 15y
60. Simon Cobb - d. 29 May 1844, aged 55y
61. (broken, piece containing date of death & age missing) Betsy Bouton,
wife of ? (The following was still legible in 1986.) [Betsy Bouton, wife of Amzy
Doolittle - d. 15 Dec 1884, aged 88y 3m 17d] [dau of James Bouton & Sarah
Sanford]
62. (lying face up) In memory of a dear husband & affectionate father, Amzy
Doolittle - d. 6 Nov 1863, aged 75y 2m 19d
63. (broken) Betsy, wife of Amzy Doolittle - d. 6 Mar 1830, aged 42y
64. Alfred Doolittle - d. 20 Mar 1876, aged 62y
65. In memory of a dear wife & affectionate mother, Betsy [Smalling, wife of
Alfred] Doolittle - d. 23 Jul 1867, aged 52y 6m 28d
66. Ann Eliza [Doolittle], wife of Medad Frayer - d. 22 Dec 1856, aged 20y 9m
15d
67. Elenora Doolittle - d. 5 Jul 1888, aged 43y [dau of Alfred Doolittle &
Betsy Smalling]
68. Noah D. Hill - b. 1826, d. 1911 Louisa Doolittle, his wife - b. 1825, d.
1901
69. In memory of Silas Lewis - d. 18 Feb 1832, aged 73y
70. (lying face up) Hannah, wife of Silas Lewis - d. 30 Jun 1841, aged 77y
71. Arad Lewis - d. 10 Feb 1851, aged 66y 3m 4d
72. Harriet Lake, married to Ared Lewis 11 Oct 1818 - d. 2 Jan 1879, aged 79y 9m
26d
73. George L., son of Arad & Harriet Lewis - d. 30 Mar 1844, aged 22y 6m
14d
74. Father & Mother Silas Lewis, Jr. - d. 17 Mar 1838, aged 52y Catharine,
wife of Silas Lewis, Jr. - d. 15 Apr 1876, aged 88y
75. Teressa S., wife of John Lewis & dau of Perez & Elizebeth [Rowe]
Richmond - d. 12 Mar 1896, aged 70y 7m 4d
76. John Lewis - d. 3 Jul 1869, aged 49y 8m 28d
77. Mary Ann, wife of John Lewis & dau of Jacob & Anna [Ludington]
Hitchcock - d. 7 Jan 1841, aged 23y 5m 19d
78. (front) Father & Mother (right) Naboth Lewis - d. 4 Oct 1848, aged 35y
(left) Mary A. Sutton, wife of Naboth Lewis - d. 15 Sep 1861, aged 51y
Row 8, left to right
79. (uncertain of year of death) Elbert, son of Lemuel H. & Emeline Johnson
- d. 1 Apr 1851 or 1854, aged 3y 3m 3d
80. Orson G. S., son of Lemuel & Emeline Johnson - d. 10 Oct 1851, aged 1y
6m 2d
81. Jacob Smalling - d. 20 Mar 1835, aged 76y
82. Franklin E., son of Ephraim & Clarissa [Blakeslee] Bump - d. 31 Aug
1855, aged 6y 2m
83. George H., son of Ephraim & Hannah [Blakeslee] Bump - d. 14 May 1841,
aged 1y 1m 14d
84. Hannah, wife of Ephraim Bump - d. 15 May 1840, aged 25y 2m 13d [dau of Rev.
Abel Blakeslee & Clarissa Munson]
85. Sacred to the memory of Abel Blakeslee, a local preacher of the Methodist
Episcopal Church who died in the triumphs of faith - d. 15 Aug 1831, aged 41y
[son of Ebenezer Blakeslee & Martha Beach]
86. Lucinda [Blakeslee], wife of Ebinezar Osborn - d. 10 Jan 1847, aged 70y 3m
8d
87. Ebinezar Osborn - d. 4 Nov 1848, aged 78y 6m 16d
88. (lying face up) Eber Osborn - d. 25 Jul 1849, aged 32y 4m 6d [son of
Ebenezer Osborn & Lucinda Blakeslee]
89. Ebenezer Blakeslee - d. 18 Mar 1851, aged 76y [son of Ebenezer Blakeslee
& Martha Beach]
90. Mary, wife of Ebenezer Blakeslee - d. 1 Sep 1856, aged 79y [dau of Samuel
Westlake & Sarah ?]
91. John W. Blakeslee - d. 13 Mar 1853, aged 30y 9m 18d [son of Ebenezer
Blakeslee & Mary Westlake]
92. Lucy L., dau of Abram & Caroline Cole - d. 3 Jul 1858, aged 4y 7m
21d
Row 9, right to left
93. (incomplete year of death) Willis Blakeslee - b. 1841, d. [23 Sep] 19[21]
Emeline Blakeslee, wife of Daniel Howard - b. 1828, d. 1912 [children of William
Blakeslee & Lucinda Pierce or Price]
94. Lucinda [Pierce or Price], wife of William Blakeslee - d. 27 Apr 1885, aged
82y 2m 16d
95. William Blakeslee - d. 3 Jan 1861, aged 60y 1m 28d [son of Ebenezer
Blakeslee & Mary Westlake]
96. (lying face up) Linus Scovill - d. 9 Nov 1866, aged 64y 10m [son of Thomas
Scovill & Experience Burr]
97. Phebe [Osborn], wife of Linus Scovill - d. 9 Oct 1871, aged 66y [dau of
Ebenezer Osborn & Lucinda Blakeslee]
98. Julia D. [Diana] Scovill, wife of Ira Thompson - d. 20 Feb 1866, aged 25y 1m
5d [dau of Linus Scovill & Phebe Osborn]
99. Diana, dau of Linus & Phebe [Osborn] Scovill - d. 1 Feb 1840, aged
8y
100. Naomi, dau of Ransom & Sally Osborn - d. 1 Sep 1836, aged 1m 16d
101. Lucelia N., dau of Ransom & Sally Osborn - d. 12 Apr 1851, aged 1y 2m
26d
102. (lying face up, piece with date of death & age missing) Sally Brandow,
wife of R. Osborn
103. Ira Smalling - d. 17 Jul 1852, aged 68y [son of Jacob Smalling]
104. (lying face up) Hannah, wife of Ira Smalling - d. 12 Apr 1858, aged
80y
105. Christina, wife of Schuyler Tripp - d. 12 Apr 1849, aged 43y
106. Mary, wife of Elijah G. Smalling - d. 23 Jan 1853, aged 41y 4m 23d
107. (lying face up) Elijah G. Smalling - d. 9 Apr 1879, aged 67y
108. Hattie E., dau of Ira & Elizabeth Smalling - d. 6 Jan 1856, aged 3y 8m
16d
Row 10, left to right
109. an infant dau of John M. & Alice R. Cole - d. 9 Jan 1873, aged 17d [dau
of John Maxon Cole & Alice R. Osborn]
110. Josephine Adalade, dau of Joel & Huldah [Bump] Osborn - d. 18 Oct 1855,
aged 6y 8m 26d
111. Orvill S., son of S. & H. Palmer - d. 3 Feb 1860, aged 29y 6m
112. Mother, Caroline, wife of John Van Wormer - d. 17 Mar 1892, aged 72y 4m
17d
113. Willy O. - d. 6 Sep 1866, aged 3y 5m 4d Courtney - d. 16 Apr 1870, aged 1y
4m 10d children of Frederick P. & Sarah [Blakeslee] Fenton
Row 11, right to left
114. Willard Bishop - d. 25 Jan 1892, aged 80y 9m 7d Lania, his wife - d. 22 Jan
1892, aged 69y 5m 25d
115. Solomon, son of Willard & Lana Bishop - d. 18 Jun 1853, aged 9y 11m
3d
116. In memory of Miland, son of Willard & Lana Bishop - d. 2 May 1861, aged
12y 1m 4d
117. Marinda E., dau of Washington & Salome Bishop - d. 5 Mar 1841, aged 1y
12d
118. Volney, son of Washington & Salome Bishop - d. 11 Oct 1844, aged 7m
26d
119. Joy, son of Washington & Salome Bishop - d. 12 Nov 1861, aged 16y
6d
120. (front) Father & Mother (left) Washington Bishop - b. 23 Sep 1812, d. 3
Jan 1891 [twin brother of Williston Bishop] (right) Salome Blakeslee, wife of
Washington Bishop - b. 25 May 1817, d. 1 Jan 1891 [dau of Rev. Abel Blakeslee
& Clarissa Munson]
121. Anderson Branaugh - d. 7 Jan 1856, in his 27y
122. Charlotte R., dau of Thomas & Angeline [Ferris] Branaugh - d. 20 Mar
1859, aged 2y 6m 15d Row 12, left to right
123. Mary Brandow, wife of John Plankenhon - b. 1870, d. 1902
124. Thomas D. McCahan - b. 1894, d. 1914
125. Elias Richmond - b. 1846, d. 1910 Nettie Richmond - b. 1858, d. 1929
126. Elizabeth Ransom, wife of David Richmond - d. 27 Dec 1898, aged 78y
127. David Richmond - d. 8 Jun 1889, aged 76y [son of David Richmond &
Margaret Parks]
128. Ransom, son of David & Eliza Richmond - d. 17 Nov 1850, aged 2y
129. Caroline C., wife of James Richmond - d. 23 Aug 1879, aged 41y 2m 25d
130. James Richmond - d. 25 Jul 1890, aged 47y [son of David Richmond &
Eliza Ransom]
131. Jerusha Neal, wife of Solomon Bishop - d. 15 Nov 1873, aged 85y
132. Solomon Bishop - d. 15 Oct 1848, aged 77y 2m 17d
133. Williston Bishop - b. 23 Sep 1812, d. 17 Jul 1890 [twin brother of
Washington Bishop]
134. Mary, wife of Williston Bishop - d. 11 Oct 1850, aged 35y
135. (This stone was still standing in Jul 1986, but was not found in Sep 2000.)
Elizabeth, dau of Williston & Mary Bishop - d. 21 Oct 1850, aged 23d
Row 13, right to left
136. Mary C., wife of Daniel A. Cargil - d. 1 Oct 1846, aged 17y
137. In memory of Harmon, son of Benonia & Nancy Bronson - d. 28 May 1831,
aged 18y 9m 7d
138. Isaac W., son of Levi & Lois A. Bronson - d. 22 Oct 1851, aged 1y
22d
139. Sarah B., wife of Benoni Bronson - d. 27 Dec 1869, aged 46y 8m 11d
140. (lying face up) Benoni Bronson - d. 24 Oct 1891, aged 66y 9m 15d
141. Silas Jones - d. 20 Mar 1852, aged 25y
142. Delia [Bronson], wife of Wilber M. Finch - d. 2 Jun 1883, aged 53y
143. Clarissa Burnham, wife of Ransom Brunson - d. 30 Jun 1873, aged 64y
3m
144. Ransom Brunson - d. 9 Mar 1871, aged 67y 6m
145. Herschel B. Finch - b. 1858, d. 1924 R. Melissa Cole, his wife - b. 1864,
d. 1930
146. Wilbur A. Finch - b. 23 Sep 1881, d. 16 Jun 1963 Jennie M. Ford, his wife -
b. 14 Oct 1883, d. 15 Sep 1963
Row 14, left to right
147. Teresa E., dau of Alanson & Mary R. Oliver - d. 24 May 1861, aged 3y 2m
24d
148. (lying face up) Asa Richmond - d. 20 Aug 1852, aged 72y [son of Stephen
Richmond & Rebecca Sisson]
The following people were also buried in this cemetery, but
their gravestones were not found.
149. Ransom Osborn, son of Ebenezer Osborn & Lucinda Blakeslee - d. 27 Jan
1888, aged 78y 4m 17d
150. Lucinda Osborn - d. 9 May 1889, aged 78y 151. Charles Frayer, son of David
Frayer & ? Hallenbeck - d. 21 Feb 1890, aged 86y 4m 20d [His death
certificate says he is buried in North Settlement, but he has a gravestone in
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Ashland, NY.]
152. Milton L. Finch, son of Wilbur A. Finch & Jennie M. Ford - b. 15 Oct
1907, d. 7 Feb 1931
153. Matilda Foster, dau of Silas N. Foster & Annis Cline, Clough or Clow -
b. 3 Sep 1853, d. 21 Feb 1921
154. Beart Blakeslee, son of Albert Blakeslee & Matilda Foster - b. 28 Jan
1884, d. 12 Jan 1918
Additional information from Wayne Wright:
102. Sally, wife of R. Osborn, d. December 29, 1873, no age given.