Located in the Town of Durham, in the village of Oak Hill.
This cemetery is attached to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, is well tended and is
surrounded by an iron fence. Often called the Oak Hill Village Cemetery.
Transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf on June 16, 2000
Hellen R., d. December 4, 1853, aged 8y3m5d, d/o Horace and Catharine
Dullon (Dutton?)
Hannah, d. August 14, 1854, aged 27y, w/o James Ponsomby
Harriet, d. February 6, 1853, aged 5m12d, d/o James and Hannah Ponsomby
Hannah, d. September 20, 1854, aged 1m8d, d/o James and Hannah Ponsomby
George C. Cole, d. April 6, 1857, aged 36y
Adeline Plank, b. November 21, 1839, d. September 8, 1915
John P. Plank, b. 1791, d. 1878
Rachel, b. 1799, d. 1896, w/o John P. Plank
John A. Plank, b. 1829, d. 1886
William M. Rugg, d. January 28, 1868, aged 51y6m
Harriet A. Dickenson, b. January 11, 1825, d. January 14, 1904, w/o Joseph
H. Millington
Henry D., d. July 25, 1850, aged 2y8m18d, s/o John and Harriet Jones
Dorothy Brown, d. September 27, 1866, aged 66y9m23d, w/o David Dickinson
In memory of Henry F., d. May 6, 1844, aged 6y2m, s/o David and Dorothy
Dickinson
David B., d. September 15, 1866, aged 1y6m3d, s/o Champion and Martha
Dickinson
Mary E., d. May 26, 1849, aged 37y, w/o Samuel B. Wolcott, d/o Abel and
Mabel Holcomb
Abel H. Wolcott, d. March 24, 1859, aged 26y
Eliza Austin, b. December 26, 1803, d. May 9, 1881
Elias B. Austin, d. November 10, 1873, aged 76y3m27d
Charlotte Austin, b. March 11, 1806, d. August 22, 1887
Eliza Austin, b. December 26, 1803, d. May 9, 1881
Elias B. Austin, d. November 10, 1873, aged 76y3m 27d
Charlotte Austin, b. March 11, 1806, d. August 22, 1887
Rev. Henry H. Bates, b. November 23, 1809, in Benson, VT, d. January 14,
1868 in Oak Hill
Eunice S. Bascome, b. December 18, 1811, d. August 1, 1897, w/o Rev. Henry
H. Bates
Addie L., d. July 31, 1869, aged 30y, w/o H. Bascome Bates
Henry Howard Bates, Chaplain F&S 22 NY Infantry, Civil War Plaque,
1808-1868
Homer Bryant Bates, b. 1845, d. 1931
Ann Netty, d. September 7, 1856, aged 14y, d/o Calvin and Cynthia Adams
Edward T., d. August 31, 1839, aged 13m22d, s/o Edward and Elizabeth Hand
In memory of Thomas P., d. March 11, 1831, aged 5y, s/o Alfred and Harriet
Hand
Rev James Thompson, d. August 19, 1844, aged 77y
Anna, d. November 15, 1854, aged 79y, w/o Rev. James Thompson
Alfred Hand, d. May 22, 1845, aged 56y
In memory of Caroline H. Compton, d. September 7, 1852, aged 2y
Robert H., d. March 30, 1849, aged 6m29d, s/o John and Susan Compton
John Compton, b. April 15, 1818, d. February 29, 1888
Susan Milkins, b. April 29, 1815, w/o John Compton
Ezra Snyder, d. April 2, 1869, aged 36y2m24d
Franklin Graham, d. March 1, 1873, aged 70y
Hannah Graham, d. July 16, 1886, aged 74y, w/o Franklin Graham
Van Dyke, Graham, d. March 10, 1878, aged 27y
Mary M. Flower, d. December 5, 1868, aged 27y, w/o S.A. Frayer
Hiram Snyder, d. June 11, 1880, aged 67y2m7d
Serena Mackey, d. April 10, 1865, aged 43y2m5d, w/o Hiram Snyder
Hattie, d. November 7, 1862, 3d, d/o Serena Mackey
Lucius E. Hallenbeck, b. 1853, d. 1910
Ellen M. Snyder, b. 1850, d. 1920, w/o Lucius E. Hallenbeck
Norman Conyes, d. September 29, 1865, aged 25y1m4d
Shadrach R. Potter, d. June 22, 1870, aged 61y7m16d
Eleanor, b. June 9, 1813, d. March 16, 1864, w/o S.R. Potter
Hannah J. Richtmyer, d. November 12, 1869, aged 49y8m29d
Almira A., d. February 3, 1857, 9m10d, d/o Thomas and Frances A. Wills
Emma J., d. February 2, 1857, aged 3y7m2d, d/o Ezra H. & Electa C.
Benjamin
Ella A., d. January 23, 1852, aged 4y1m23d, d/o Ezra H. & Electus C.
Benjamin
Helen M. Grant, d. April 30, 1871, aged 23y2m9d, w/o S.W. Richardson
Mary E., d. July 9, 1865, aged 27y1m10d, w/o S.W. Richardson
Carrie, d. January 10, 1864, aged 1y5m9d, only child of S.W. and M.E.
Richardson
Rhoda, d. July 15, 1863, aged 42y, w/o Owen Bell
William F. DeWitt, d. February 2, 1885, aged 57y
Barnard Mullen, d. May 24, 1875, aged 59y11d
Betsey J. Holmes, d. July 18, 1890, aged 70y11m20d, w/o Barnard Mullen
Katharine Van Wagner, b. 1844
Kitty Van Wagner, b. 1878, d. 1913
Barnard Mullen, b. 1849, d. 1905
Aaron Roggen, b. February 13, 1812, d. October 4, 1886
Emily Cheritree, b. February 18, 1834, d. January 15, 1901
Aaron R. Van Buren, d. April 22, 1874, aged 26y
Edward R. Van Buren, d. July 19, 1880, aged 30y8m
Nancy Van Buren, b. 1820, d. 1899
Mother M.R.V.B.E. b. 1851, d. 1902
Aaron Roggen, b. February 13, 1812, d. October 4, 1886
Emily Cheritree, b. February 18, 1834, d. January 15, 1901
Levi Tremain, d. July 15, 1861, aged 78y1m2d
Mindwell, d. May 31, 1871, aged 90y10m13d, w/o Levi Tremain
Elizabeth, d. November 4, 1857, aged 38y, w/o Jacob Roggen
Peter Roggen, d. January 6, 1858, aged 52y
Julia, d. August 8, 1880, aged 72y, w/o Peter Roggen
M.B. Mattice, b. December 29, 1827, d. December 25, 1894
Cordelia, b. July 6, 1837, d. December 5, 1894, w/o M.B. Mattice
Doct. William Cook, d. May 25, 1846, aged 83y
Mary, d. October 17, 1836, aged 75y, w/o Doct. William Cook
Major, d. July 15, 1790, aged 6m, s/o William and Mary Cook
Polly, d. November 3, 1795, aged 2y, d/o William and Mary Cook
Andrew H., d. August 7, 1822, aged 19y, s/o William and Mary Cook
Samuel W.D. Cook, d. September 1, 1864, aged 66y
Caroline Cook, d. June 19, 1875, aged 75y
Frederick W. Cook, d. September 1858, aged 21y
William M. Ray, no dates, aged 35y
Abbe Ann, no dates, aged 31y
Caroline C., d. July 28, 1852, aged 6y, d/o of William and Abbe Ann Ray,
drowned by burning of Henry Clay.
John Bryden, d. August 9, 1849, aged 33y
Sarah M. Bryden, d. March 6, 1851, aged 51y
Sarah A. Wetmore, d. June 5, 1855, aged 30y, d/o Sarah M. Bryden
Nelson Larabee, b. 1815, d. 1889
Cordelia, b. 1819, d. 1889, w/o Nelson Larabee
David Larabee, b. 1791, d. 1856
Kaeziah, b. 1786, d. 1863, w/o David Larabee
George E., d. October 17, 1854, aged 2y, s/o George T. & Ann E.
Larabee
Warren D., d. October 25, 1854, aged 2y, s/o N. & Cordelia Larabee
Wellman S. How, d. April 27, 1849, aged 28y
Mary, d. February 14, 1853, aged 61y, w/o D.D. Howe
David, B., d. September 13, 1854, aged 15y, s/o Sheldon and Olive
Cheritree
Shelden Cheritree, d. December 27, 1867, aged 73y
Olive Botsford, b. April 27, 1796, March 13, 1891, w/o Shelden Cheritree
Franklin and Frederick, d. August 1855, aged 3m, sons of Egbert and
Desdemona Cheritree
Egbert Cheritree, d. July 31, 1859, aged 37y
Postscript:
Transcription of Oak Hill Village Cemetery located at the Durham Center
Museum and the following additions identified:
Stone missing in 2001:
Steven M. Hover, s/o Levi and Caroline Hover, d. October 2, 1852, aged 4y8m
Stone number 6. is a newer stone. The previous transcription shows the
following:
John P. Plank, d. January 7, 1870, aged 79y
Rachel Skeele, his wife, b. January 27, 1799, d. May 14, 1896
Adeline Plank, b. November 21, 1839, d. September 8, 1915
John A. Plank, d. July 25, 1886, aged 57y