Olmsted Family Cemetery

Olmsted Family
 Cemetery

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Located on Hervey Sunside Rd, just west of the old hamlet of Sunside in the Town of Durham. The cemetery is located on the old Elijah Utter Farm  (Elijah married an Olmsted daughter) about 300 yards in from the road. It is surrounded by a stone wall and numerous trees have taken hold within its walls. A deep leaf litter covers the cemetery floor.


Transcribed by Sylvia, Derick and Britni Hasenkopf May 21, 2000


  1. Mary Ann Brooks, d. March 6, 1856, aged 75y, w/o Hugh Mills and late wife of Nathaniel Stone
  2. Maria L Olmsted, d. October 1, 1885, aged 54y1m10d, w/o Joshua J. Turner
  3. Ichabod Olmsted, b. 1829, d. 1905
    Hannah Rockefeller, b. 1833, d. 1917, w/o Ichabod Olmsted
  4. Romaine Olmsted, d. March 2, 1889, aged 31y
  5. John E. Olmsted, d. March 13, 1885, aged 52y
    Sarah I Husted, d. May 1, 1872, aged 47y
  6. Moses B. Olmsted, d. April 28, 1874, aged 25y
  7. Ezra G. Johnson, d. December 23, 1851, aged 35y
  8. Laura Ackley, d. April 2, 1848, aged 45y, w/o Rufus Olmsted
  9. Rufus Olmsted, d. March 29, 1854, aged 54y
  10. Mary M Merwin, d. May 17, 1884, aged 82y, wife Jabez Olmsted
  11. Jabez Olmsted, b. December 12, 1798, d. February 4, 1864
  12. Elizabeth Crippen, d. May 15, 1877, aged 84y2m12d, w/o Samuel Beach
  13. Samuel Beach, d. November 23, 1862, aged 75y2m
  14. Rhoda Crippen, d. March 30, 1885, aged 85y1m11d, w/o Francis Kelsey
  15. Francis Kelsey, d. January 29, 1887, aged 90y9m21d
  16. In memory of Nathaniel Stone, b. Danbury Conn September 7, 1779, d. Durham December 28, 1863, aged 84y3m24d
  17. In memory of Betsey, d. October 21, 1846, aged 63y3m13d, w/o Nathaniel Stone
  18. In memory of Loisa, d. May 19, 1847, aged 22y3m27d, d/o Nathaniel and Betsey Stone
  19. Sophia, d. January 3, 1850, aged 15y2m3d, d/o Henry W and Rebecca Snyder
  20. Sarah C, d. May 25, 1845, aged 1y5m, d/o Rufus and Laura Olmsted
  21. Catharine, d. May 31, 1842, aged 19y8d, d/o Rufus and Laura Olmsted
  22. Moses, d. January 26, 1834, aged 3y13d, s/o Rufus and Laura Olmsted
    Ann Eliza, d. May 7, 1834, aged 9m, d/o Rufus and Laura Olmsted
  23. In memory of Rebecca, d. April 4, 1839, aged 46y, w/o Truman H Bagley
  24. William Olmsted, b. March 14, 1792, d. January 8, 1867
  25. In memory of Betsey, d. June 22, 1845, aged 25y, w/o William Olmsted
  26. Polly M., d. July 19, 1843, aged 37y, w/o Orrin Olmsted
  27. Orrin Olmsted, d. April 4, 1849, aged 45y
  28. Mary M., d. November 4, 1844, aged 35y26d, w/o A.P. Stone
  29. Ichabod Olmsted, d. December 13, 1834, aged 44y
  30. In memory of Elsie Olmsted, d. December 29, 1833, aged 38y2m21d, w/o Ichabod Olmsted
  31. In memory of Samuel U., d. April 13, 1832, aged 2y2m, s/o William and Betsey Olmsted
  32. Jason Olmsted, d. July 12, 1830, aged 30y
  33. In memory of Rebecca, d. December 31, 1835, aged 72y, w/o Ichabod Olmsted
  34. Ichabod Olmsted, d. January 6, 1861, aged 95y8m
  35. Aaron Olmsted, d. September 17, 1856, aged 60y
  36. Rev. Aaron Rogers, d. August 13, 1883, aged 75y2m15d
  37. Rebecca, September 11, 1881, aged 75y10m, w/o Rev. A. Rogers
  38. Wilbur Fisk, b. July 1, 1840, d. February 21, 1856, s/o Rev. Aaron and Rebecca Rogers
  39. Eliphalet Ackley, d. October 14, 1838, aged 73y
  40. Nathaniel S., no dates, 10m, s/o Jabez and Maria Olmsted
  41. William, d. September 20, 1835, aged 2y10m, s/o Israel and Sally Jane Olmsted
  42. Reuben, d. March 1, 1844, aged 1y1m13d, s/o Israel and Sarah Olmsted
  43. Hannah C., d. May 30, 1843, aged 20y2m18d, w/o Oliver R White
  44. Elizabeth Snyder, b. September 30, 1827, d. March 14, 1851, w/o Orrin Osborn
  45. Watson, b. February 5, 1854, d. May 9, 1862, s/o Orrin and Diadama Osborn
  46. Emily Field, d. March 22, 1890, aged 56y
  47. Richard Field, d. December 29, 1877, aged 48y
  48. Juliett Field, b. September 10, 1826 (rest buried)
  49. William H Field, b. August 8, 1790, d. October 24, 1874
  50. In memory of Jane W., d. April 30, 1833, aged 38y2d, w/o William H. Field
  51. Catherine, d. December 18, 1836, aged 27y, second w/o William H. Field
  52. Mabel Close, d. April 31, 1883, aged 73y, wife of William H. Field
  53. Albert G. Owen, d. February 11, 1845, aged 44y
  54. John Gorse, d. April 4, 1844, aged 62y
  55. In memory of Guillermo Rickerson, d. November 10, 1834, aged 22y11m11d
  56. Guillermo Rickerson, d. August 14, 1861, aged 91y8m
  57. Mary, d. October 4, 1850, aged 67y, w/o Guillermo Rickerson

  58.   Martin L. Rickerson, d. December 13, 1855 aged 38y1d


Postscript: In a 1952 transcription located at the Durham Center Museum one additional stone was located:

Richard Olmsted, d. June 3, 1846, aged 21y, s/o Rufus and Laura Olmsted (stone in pieces in 2000)


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