Slab City Cemetery

 Directions:  From Route 2 in Canaan, take Route 23 north toward Hartland for 4.0 miles.  Turn left on Lancaster Road.  Turn right on Chase Hill Road.  Slab City Cemetery is on the right.

(The enumeration and transcription of Slab City Cemetery were done by Rebecca Sumner in May and June 2007.)

Surname	Name	Born/AE.	Died	Inscription	Remarks
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Allen	Charles L.	1847	1916		Same stone as Lizzie his wife
Allen	Lizzie E.	1848	1913	His wife	Same stone as Charles L.
Barnes	George W.	21 yrs 8 mos 21 ds	April 17, 1873	Son of Abram & Abbie H.  Barnes I know that my redeemer lives; He lives and on earth shall stand and though to worms he gives my flesh, my dust is numbered in his hand.
Barnes	Martha A.	13 yrs 1 mo 16 ds	Dec 21, 1870	Dau of Abram and Abbie H. Barnes	Footstone M.E.B.
Barnes	Mary E.	17 yrs. 6 ds.	Died June 9, 1880	Dau. Of Leander P. & Sophrona L. Barnes Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.
Barnes	Abram	AE 86	Jan. 24, 1865		Same stone as Sally
Barnes	Sally	AE 80	Sept. 13, 1866	His wife	Same stone as Abram
Barnes	Mary W.	76 yrs. 6 mos.	Feb. 8, 1884	Wife of Joseph Barnes
Barnes	Cyldania	80 ys 4 mos.	Feb. 10, 1903	Mother Wife of Franklin Barnes	Same headstone with husband Franklin Footstone CB
Barnes	Franklin	54 ys. 9 ms	Jan. 11, 1869	Father	Same headstone with wife Cyldania Footstone FB
Barnes	Ebenezer	73 yrs	Feb. 27, 1838		Footstone
Barnes	Infant girl		May 9, 1847	Two infant daus. Of Franklin & Clydania Barnes	Both infants on same stone
Barnes	Infant girl		Jan. 19, 1862	Two infant daus. of Franklin & Clydania Barnes	Both infants on same stone
Barnes,	L. M.	Feb. 21, 1861	Oct. 13, 1950
Barnes.	Joseph B.	1811	1894
Baxter	Hiram J.	4 ys. 1 mo.	Nov. 26, 1855	Son of Wm & Lorana Baxter Our Darling
Bean	Infant	Born Mar 14, 1889		Son of Levi E. & Carrie O Bean	Infant (on top of stone)
Chase	Algur	AE 48	Aug. 18, 1841		Blank footstone Shared stone with wife Martha
Chase	Martha	AE 48	Aug 21, 1843	His Wife	Blank footstone Shared stone with husband Algur
Chase	Liola	AE 34	Oct. 9, 1858	Beloved in life, lamented in death	Blank footstone
Chase	Henrietta	Jan. 29, 1882	Oct. 26, 1894	Etta (on top of headstone)
Chase	Angie	20 ys. 6 ms.	Nov. 25, 1870	Dau of Amos & Zilpha J. Chase
Chase	Zilpha J.	39	Feb. 15, 1863	Wife of Amos Chase
Chase	Roxie A.	57 ys. 9 ms. 22 ds.	Dec. 16, 1898	Wife of Ripley Chase
Chase	Ripley	86 ys. 6 ms. 1 day	Aug 16, 1911	Father (on top)
Chase	Fidelia M.	66 ys 1 mo 20 ds.	Sept. 29, 1897	Mother (on top) Wife of Ripley Chase Mother thou hast ?? the rests in Heaven.	Stone cracked on bottom where some writing is
Chase	Sarah L.	68 yrs.	Dec. 12, 1910	Wife of Ripley Chase
Chase	Jackson W.	21 ys. 10 ms. 26 ds.	Aug. 29, 1877	Son of Amos & Louisa J. Chase
Chase	Amos	72 ys 6 ms.	Jan. 21, 1896	Father Gone but not forgotten	Shared headstone with Louisa
Chase	Louisa Jane	85 yrs. 2 ms.	May 19, 1909	Mother Wife of Amos Chase	Shared headstone with Amos
Chase	William O.	Apr. 24, 1859	Apr. 5 1950		Large “Chase” headstone
Chase	Isabelle Patten	June 29, 1862	Feb. 13, 1941	On back of “Chase” headstone
Chase	Infant	1884	1884		Small ground stone near “Chase” headstone
Chase	Ina Fay	1889	1902		Small ground stone near “Chase” headstone
Chase	Katherine	1893	1986		Small ground stone
Chase	Thankful	85 yrs	Mar. 23, 1905	His wife	Same headstone as Cyrus
Chase	Cyrus	80 yrs	Aug 19, 1901	At rest	Same headstone as Thankful
Chase	Ida M.	1 yr	Apr 12, 1862	Dau of Cyrus & & Thankful Chase Peaceful be thy slumber
Chase	Cyrus C.	1853	1938		On same headstone as Rose and Emma
Chase	Rose C.	1861	1937		See Cyrus Chase
Chase	Emma C.	1849	1881		See Cyrus Chase
Chase	Jonathan H	67 ys 5 ms	Aug 7, 1898		On same headstone as Ruth A. and Hattie E
Chase	Ruth A	42 ys 3 ms	July 29, 1872	His wife	See Jonathan Chase
Chase	Hattie E	16 ys 7 ms	July 72, 1880	Their daughter	See Jonathan Chase
Chase	Albert R	July 18, 1849	April 25, 1926	Perpetual ????
Cogswell	William	78 yrs 3 mos.	Jan. 31, 1881	At rest beyond the river	Footstone W.C.
Cogswell	Abigail	87 yrs. 4 mos.	Nov. 9, 1889	United in Heaven	Foostone
Corbin	Gerald Eugene	June 20, 1952	May 19, 1999	US Marine Corps Vietnam	Dog “Scooter” buried next to him
Detano	Catherine	38 ys. 6 mo.	Aug. 13, 1845	Wife of Beriah Detano	Footstone
Douglas	Alexander	53 yrs.	Sept. 7, 1870		Same stone as Sarah
Douglas	Sarah G.	76 yrs	Feb. 9, 1883	His wife	Same stone as Alexander
Dunlap	Lydia A.	44 yrs. 8 ms. 20 ds.	Jan. 9, 1879	Wife of Wm. H. Dunlap Mother at rest
Dunlap	Lizzie	5 yrs	Nov. 6, 1869	Daughter of Wm. H. & Lydia A. Dunlap
Dunlap	Wm. H.	79 yrs 1 mo 21 ds.	Feb. 26, 1906	Asleep in Jesus.
Elwell	Mary Maria	2 ys 8 ms	Aug. 21, 1861	Dau of Benj. F. and Elmira Elwell Friends and loved ones weep no more, meet me on the other shore.	Footstone M.E.
Fisher	Salley	79 ys	Feb 26, 1894	Mother (see David Fisher for saying)	Same stone as David Fisher
Fisher	David	80 ys	Sept 18, 1892	Father Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to weep A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the last of foes	Same stone as Salley Fisher
Flagg	Elisha O.	AE 81 yrs	July 11, 1892	Mourn not for me.
Flagg	Sarah J.	AE 83 yrs	Mar. 17, 1913	Wife of Elisha O. Flagg At rest
Flanders	S. W.	60 yrs	Aug 8, 1888	We shall meet again
Flanders	Elizabeth M.	74 ys. 9 ms. 27 ds.	Mar. 29, 1896	Wife of Samuel W. Flanders	Footstone EMF
Harmon	Elias	70 yrs 6 ms.	Feb. 17, 1888
Harvey	Sadie	1864	1909	Wife of W.W. Martin
Herrin	Jacob S.	55 yrs	Mar. 28, 1883	Gone but not forgotten
Herrin	Henry	23 ys 3 ms. 17ds.	Nov. 13 1848	Son of Henry & Rachel Herrin Jesus can make a dying bed soft as downy pillows, while on his breast I lean my head, and breathe my life out sweetly there.	Footstone
Herrin	Rachel	AE 72	Jan. 23, 1867	Wife of Henry Herrin	Footstone
Herrin	Henry	75 yrs. 10 ms. 17 ds.	April 28, 1873		Footstone
Hubbard	Melissa Ann		Feb, 10, 1866	Dau. Of Edward & Eliza Hubbard Stop, blooming youth as you pass by, as you are now so once was I: as I am now you soon must be, prepare to die and follow me.	Footstone M.A.H.
Hubbard	Orren	Feb. 17, 1820	Jan 28, 1906	At rest
Hubbard	Abbie J.	56 yrs	Mar 7, 1888	Wife of Orren Hubbard A precious one from us has gone; a voice we loved is still.  A place vacant in our home can never more be filled.
Hubbard	Alvin	47	Dec. 22, 1855
Hubbard	Ann M.	9 ys. 7 ms.	Feb. 5, 1864	Dau of Alvin & Rebecca Hubbard
Hubbard	Noah	67 yrs 4 ms	June 1, 1855
Hubbard	Ray E.	Sept 26, 1888	Feb 24 1983
Hubbard	Geo. H.	62 ys 9 ms 10 ds	July 10, 1921	At rest
Hubbard	Rosa V	18 ys 2 ms 5 ds	Dec 17, 1883	Wife of	Same stone as Nora Hubbard
Hubbard	Nora E	39 ys 4 ms 18 ds	Dec 27, 1902	Wife of Geo H Hubbard	Same headstone as Rosa Hubbard
Hubbard	Arthur L	1920	1986	PFC US Army World War II
Jewell	Sophronia J	17 ys 6 ms	Nov. 30 1840	Wife of Albert Jewell and daughter of Henry & Rachel Herrin	Footstone
Jewell	Sarah	1847	1915	Mother	Same stone as William Jewell
Jewell	William	1843	1919	Father	Same stone as Sarah
Jewett	Betsey S.	AE 83	Apr. 20, 1849	Because I live ye shall live also	Footstone – B.J.
Jewett	Amanda E.	AE 10 ms.	June 23, 1842	Children of Joseph & Frances Jewett (On same stone as 3 other Jewett children)	One footstone for all Jewett children with initials
Jewett	Joseph A.	2 ys. 4 ms.	Oct. 29, 1842	(See Amanda Jewett)	(see Amanda Jewett)
Jewett	Isabell	3 ys. 6 m.	Aug. 21, 1846	(See Amanda Jewett)	(See Amanda Jewett)
Jewett	Olivia	10 ms. 3 ds.	Jan. 7, 1855	Dau. Of Joseph & Ursula Jewett (On same stone as 3 other Jewett children)	(See Amanda Jewett)
Levy	Theodora Teddy	Dec 16, 1951	July 26, 2002	Wife-mother This stone from their homestead	Living Husband-father also engraved on headstone
Martin	Reuben D.	65 yrs. 5 mos. 19 ds.	Died June 11, 1880	Father The depth of sorrow we cannot tell At the loss of the ones we love so well And while they lie in peaceful sleep Their memory we shall always keep	G.A.R. on top of stone Shared stone with wife Matilda A.
Martin	Matilda A.	89 yrs 5 mos 1 day	Died Oct. 20, 1908	Mother (See Reuben’s inscription)	Shared stone with husband Reuben D.
Martin	Merle	1887	1963		Dates of birth and death of metal marker next to stone
Martin	Bertie	6 yrs. 8 mos.	Died June 8, 1886	Son of Addison P. & Stella Martin
Martin	Stella F.	AE 34 years	Apr. 17,  1892	Wife of A. P. Martin	Shared stone with infant daughter
Martin	Infant daughter		Died Apr. 10, 1892		Shared stone with mother Stella F.
Martin	W. Wallace	1857	1927
Martin	Jimmie	8 ms	Jan 12, 1888	Son of Wallace W and Sadie Our Darling at rest
Maxwell	Sarah	77 yrs. 8 ds.	June 28, 1886	Wife of Robert Maxwell	Footstone
Maxwell	Robert	78 years	May 9, 1888		Footstone
Merckens	Charles E	Jan 7, 1925	March 11, 2000
Mitchell	Jane	21	May 5, 1842	Daughter of David & Eliza Mitchell
Morton	Alvin	1 yr 8 ms	Jan 30, 1864	Son of Henry and Mary F Morton	Footstone A.M.
Noyes	Warren C.	1889	1958		Small ground stone near “Chase” headstone
Nyhan	Carol Ann	May 10, 1944	Sept 30, 1996	Friends for life Friends for eternity	Living friend also engraved on headstone
Osborne	John	1800	1893		Father (on top of stone)
Osborne	Sarah	1803	1885	Wife of John Osborne	Mother (on top of stone)
Richardson	William S.	41 yr 5 mo 10 ds	Nov.20, 1883		Stone cracked in middle
Richardson	Hiram L	35 yrs. 8 mos. 11 dys	Mar. 12, 1884	It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good.	Footstone
Richardson	David M	69 yrs	Jan. 31, 1880		Footstone D.M.B.
Richardson	Elizabeth		Oct5. 22, 1891	Wife of David M. Richardson AE 80 yrs.   Asleep in Jesus
Ridley	Alonzo K	AE 22	Oct. 25, 1863	Son of Mark & Sylvia Ridley
Ridley	Mark	July 17, 1808	June 10, 1881	Father Call not back the dear departed, Anchored safe where storms are o'er,   Erected  by their Daughters Hannah Wheeler & Eliza Rowe
Ridley	Sylvia	Aug 18, 1811	Aug. 22, 1889	Mother (Same as above—same stone)
Robinson	Lottie May	Mar 9, 1880	Nov 28, 1905	Wife of Walter L Robinson Dau of Wm & Sarah Jewell	Large headstone with small ground stone to left with “Lottie”
Ruprecht	Theodore E	July 26, 1943	July 27, 2000	(on back of stone) May God unite us in Heaven	Living wife engraved on stone
Salsbury	Abbot E	1871	1908
Sinclair	Mary A.	45 yrs. 3 ms	Died Aug. 23, 1878	Wife of Robert E. Sinclair She will sleep but not forever, There will be a glorious dawn, We shall meet to part no never, At the resurrection morn.	Footstone M.A.S.
Sinclair	Margiannah	9 ys. 7 ms. 16 ds.	May 21, 1860	Dau of Robert & Caroline Sinclair	Footstone M.S.
Starbird	Aaron G.	70 yrs. 3 ms. 27 ds.	Apr. 15, 1880	I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness	“Father” on top of stone
Starbird	Lorenzo M	Jan 26, 1864	Aug 19, 1938
Starbird	Margaret	July 15, 1839	Nov 29, 1923
Starbird	John W	July 15, 1832	Jan 28, 1909
Swanson	Grace M	June 26, 1893	Feb 24, 1980
Thomas	Lewis	65 yrs. 10 ms.	Nov. 29, 1867	My treasure is laid up on high	Footstone L.T.
Thomas	Evander	4 ms. 4 ds.	June 17, 1842	Son of Lewis & Philena Thomas
Unidentifiable stone					Stone small and broken off
Unidentifiable stone					Stone small and broken off
Unidentifiable stone
Unknown grave
Unknown US Soldier
Unreadable stone
Wheeler	Ola H.	Dec. 10, 1889	Apr. 14, 1890	Dau. of C.R. & M.B. Wheeler Darling we miss thee
Wheeler	Hannah A.	Oct. 21, 1837	July 17, 1924	Mother His wife Asleep in Jesus	Abner O. Wheeler’s wife
Wheeler	Abner O.	May 4, 1824	Dec. 4, 1901	Father Father thou art gone before And this shall be our prayer That when we reach our journey’s end Thy glories we shall share.
Wheeler	Sadie H.	6 yrs. 1 ms. 11 ds.	Aug 2, 1884	Dau. of A.O. & H.A. Wheeler Our Darling
Wheeler	Charles H.	4 ms. 12 ds.	Jan. 10, 1863	Son of Abner O. & Hannah A. Wheeler Farewell my little son, farewell, No longer with me canst though dwell.  I hope in heaven with thee to tell that Jesus has done all things well.
Wheeler	Betsey	38 yrs. 10 mos. 15 days	March 7, 1842	Wife of Joseph Wheeler Mother thou art gone to rest, And this shall be our prayer, That when we reach our journey’s end, Thy glory we may share	Footstone B.W.
Wheeler	Joseph	75	Aug 9, 1873		Footstone J.W.
Wyman	Angeline	68 yrs. 7 ms.	Nov. 6, 1893	Wife of Alonzo Wyman
Wyman	Alonzo	82 yrs.  Mo.	Aug 15, 1899	Co B 13 th Me Regt Gone but not forgotten

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