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THE BROWNVILLE CEMETERY
TOWN OF NORTHUMBERLAND
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Lists referred to are:
"Still More Epitaphs in Saratoga County, NY: Wilton, Saratoga, Northumberland
and Moreau. State of New York, Anno Domini, 1880" Transcribed by C.E. Durkee
Vol. 4, pages 415-431 Stone Inscriptions copied Nov. 1, 1877 by Fred Crane -
list dated January 25, 1878. Photocopies supplied by Lynn Calvin, coordinator
of this website.
Also "Brownville Cemetery - Near the John Murphy Farm, Town of Northumberland
County of Saratoga" typed by HCR Sep.1943; supplied by Georgia Ball,
Northumberland Town Historian.
NOTE: Stones were physically checked by following the Durkee list as the
cemetery was walked. Thirty-four stones on that list were not found of 126.
Four stones were found that were not on either list. During the physical
verification, it was discovered that the HCR list had names on it of people who
were not actually buried but that had been named on other stones as spouses or
parents of. The HCR list did contain sixteen stones of later burials than the
Durkee list. This makes the total number of stones found to be 112 as of Nov.
30, 2002.
To access Brownville Cemetery, there is a 285' walkway. The main cemetery area
is 116' x 87'. There is a smaller area of stones diagonally attached to the
main area which is 82' x 50'. Verification of stones, revamping of the walkway
and clean up of the Brownville Cemetery was done by scouts of Troop 9 South
Glens Falls as part of the Eagle Project of Cody Wilson.
Surname | Given name | Inscription | Listed on: | Stone found 2002 | Vanderwerker | Pary | d.Jan.30, 1860, 5m 19d son of Jerome & Mary M. | Durkee | |
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Vanderwerker | Urrin | d. Mar.14, 1857, 9m 19d son of Jerome & Mary M. | Durkee | ||||||
Ford | Amy Melissa | d. Feb. 20, 1853, 19ms dau of Lyman & Adelia | Durkee | ! | |||||
Walderon | Elizabeth | d. Dec. 8, 1854, 76y 11m 8d wife of Evert C. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Sarah M. | d. Nov. 6, 1844 1y 2m 9d dau of James & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Lilly B. | d. Jan. 8, 1861 1y 7m 24d dau of Jones & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Fredy | d. Mar. 29, 1864 4y 7m 23d son of Jones & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Charles | d. Nov. 13, 1861 3y 8m 12d son of Jones & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Jerome J. | d. Jan. 14, 1852 4w 4d son of Jones & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Archy | d. Aug. 7, 1846 1y 9m 15d son of Jones & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
McGown | James | d. Dec. 25, 1860 49y 7m 19d | Durkee | ||||||
Vanderwerker | Martin M. | d. Mar. 27, 1864 AE 69y 2m 9d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker |
Martin * (D.A.R. marker) photo |
d. Dec.10, 1841 AE 97y 10d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker |
Martha* (Mariah on stone) |
d. Mar. 10, 1848 AE 96y 7d wife of Martin | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Rachel |
d. Dec. 16, 1847 22y 7m 17d wife of James and dau of Martin & Amy |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Melissa | d. Apr. 25, 1851 21y 9m 5d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Hagadorn | Richard | d. July 2, 1874 75y 21d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Hagadorn | Cyna | d. Mar. 20, 1847 48ys wife of Richard | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | James A. | d. Aug 30, 1858 1y 18d son of Abner & Mary E. | Durkee | ||||||
Brown | Charles | d. Aug. 31, 1847 8m 6d son of Abner & Mary E. | Durkee | ||||||
Brown | Frances A. | d. Jan 23, 1845 3y 5m 14d dau of Hilliard & Eliza | Durkee | ||||||
Robison | Emaline E. | d. Jan 10, 1852 38y 6m 19d wife of Wessel | Durkee | ||||||
Robinson | Joanna | d. Jan. 12, 1852 10m 4d dau of Lyman & A. | Durkee | ||||||
Harrington | Mary J. | d. Jan 18, 1863 1y 11m 14d dau of W. & C. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Herrington | Jonathan | d. Jan. 17, 1854 6m 8d son of Thomas & Freelove | Durkee | ! | |||||
Herrington | John H. | d. July 25, 1852 1m 13d son of Thomas & Freelove | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Delight | d. Apr. 9, 1845 79th yr wife of Martin A. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | George | d. Dec. 15, 1834 3d yr son of Winan & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | infant | d. May 2, 1849 son of Winan & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
Ball | Ardelia | d. Feb. 10, 1847 29y 5m 22d wife of William | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | Cornelia | d. Oct. 28, 1837 17y 7m 4d dau of John & Abigail | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | Abigail | d. Oct. 15, 1837 14y 4m 26d dau of John & Abigail | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | John | d. Feb. 22, 1838 AE 68y 11m 4d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | Abigail | d. June 24, 1847 AE 65y 11m wife of John | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wroath | Sarah | d. Feb. 15, 1839 11y 5m 3d dau of Richard & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
Price | Mary E. |
d. Jan. 8, 1845 1y 11m 10d dau of John P. & Cordelia |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Hartwell | Jerusha | d. Dec. 28, 1836 32d yr wife of Francis | Durkee | ||||||
White | Susan |
d. Apr. 17, 1838 20y 9m 17d dau of Nathaniel & Lucy |
Durkee | ||||||
White | Nathaniel | d. Mar. 13, 1864 AE 92y 15d | Durkee | ||||||
White | Lucy | d. Feb. 21, 1852 AE 69y 11m 21d wife of Nathaniel | Durkee | ||||||
Hewitt | John R. |
d. Sep. 21, 1841 3y 5m 2d son of Edward P. & Mary Ann |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Hewitt | Edward |
d. May 24, 1841 1y 2m 3d son of Edward P. & Mary Ann |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Hewitt | Margaret | d. Nov. 2, 1832 8m 15d dau of Edward P. Mary Ann | Durkee | ! | |||||
Viele | Winart | d. Apr. 24, 1857 69y 3d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanwagner | Daniel Marrin | b Aug 2, 1845 d. Aug. 9, 1863 | Durkee | ||||||
Welch | Elisha | d. Mar. 22, 1859 AE 86y 3m 21d | Durkee | ||||||
Welch | Sarah | d. Feb. 28, 1843 AE 72ys wife of Elisha | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Sarah | d. May 9, 1829 22y 11m dau of Elisha & Sarah | Durkee | ! | |||||
Viele | Elizabeth | d. May 22, 1841 3y 12d dau of Wynant & Rebecca | Durkee | ! | |||||
Viele | Elisha |
d. May 20, 1818 1y 3m 22d son of Wynant & Rebecca |
Durkee | ||||||
Welch | Catherine | d. May 14, 1822 11m dau of Benjamin & Elizabeth | Durkee | ||||||
Willard |
Frances J. * (double stone) |
d. Oct. 23, 1832 14m 5d dau of Denison & Anna |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Willard | Ann *(double stone) | d. Oct. 4, 1838 1y 9m 2d dau of Denison & Anna | Durkee | ! | |||||
Brown | Jonathan | d. May 19, 1861 58y 8m 18d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Bemis | George Augustus | d. Sep. 5, 1834 2y 6m 8d son of Isaac P. & Eliza | Durkee | ! | |||||
Robins | Eliza | d. Aug. 29, 1845 2y 7m 19d dau of Wm. & Margaret | Durkee | ! | |||||
Robins | Hannah | d. Nov. 1, 1845 11y 8m dau of Wm. & Margaret | Durkee | ! | |||||
Robins | Walter | d. Apr. 12, 1846 1y 20d son of Wm. & Margaret | Durkee | ! | |||||
Sulivan |
Bertha* (Bethiah on stone) |
d. June 10, 1833 8m 16d dau of James & Hannah |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Sulivan | Henry | d. Mar. 28, 1847 2d yr son of Mark & Jane | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderburgh | Mary | d. Oct. 9, 1848 34y 6d wife of Lewis | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Mary | d. Feb. 1, 1856 45th yr wife of Winant | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Harriet A. | d. Nov. 26, 1857 26y 6m 2d dau of Winant & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
McGown | infant | d. 1857 dau of James & Betsy | Durkee | ||||||
McGown | William | d. Nov. 15, 1851 2y 6m 16d son of Peter & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
McGown | William Henry | d. Sep. 16, 1841 2y 1m 28d son of Peter & Mariah | Durkee | ! | |||||
McGown | Cutler | d. Sep. 5, 1818 46 ys | Durkee | ! | |||||
McGown | Anna | d. July 28, 1848 72ys | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wandell | infant |
b Dec 15, 1856 d. Dec, 16, 1856 son of Theron E. & Almira H. |
Durkee | ||||||
Wandell | Orin O. | d. Feb. 14, 1845 11th yr son of Peter & Nancy | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wandell | Charles M. | d. Mar. 19, 1841 4y 5m son of Peter & Nancy | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wandell | Peter J. | d. Feb. 23, 1876 AE 77ys | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wandell | Nancy | d. Sep. 20, 1838 39y 1m 22d wife of Peter J. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Wandell | Perling Bennett | d. Oct. 24, 1868 65y 3m wife of Peter J. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Clark | Stephen B. | d. Feb. 6, 1831 57y 3m 17d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Clark | Deborah | d. Aug. 1, 1836 57y 2m 16d wife of Stephen B. | Durkee | ||||||
Clark | Arba |
d. Apr. 12, 1833 23y 3m 4d son of Stephen & Deborah |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Clark | John |
d. Mar. 15, 1834 13y 6m 9d son of Stephen & Deborah |
Durkee | ||||||
Clark | Hiram |
d. July 27, 1842 24y 10m 20d son of Stephen & Deborah |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | John | d. Apr. 25, 1865 72d yr | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Mary | d. July 8, 1837 39th yr wife of John | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Harriet | d. June 14, 1843 19y 3m 10d dau of John & Mary | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Mary | d. Oct. 13, 1851 4y 7m 12d dau of Elisha J. & Jane | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | John | d. Dec. 12, 1851 2y 6m 7d son of Elisha J. & Jane | Durkee | ! | |||||
Welch | Elizabeth | d. July 21, 1857 4y 8m 3d day of Elisha J. & Jane | Durkee | ! | |||||
Hagadorn | Emily | d. June 23, 1864 AE 64y 6m 18d wife of Wm. H. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Weaver | Sally Ann | d. Mar. 20, 1864 51 ys wife of Alfred | Durkee | ! | |||||
Reynolds | Benjamin | d. Dec. 24, 1839 23y 6m 6d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Elliston | John | d. Apr. 10, 1845 3y 9d son of George & Rebecca | Durkee | ! | |||||
Shaw | Margaret | d. Apr. 10, 1841 3y 10m dau of Betheul & Rachel | Durkee | ||||||
Dickinson | Anna | d. July 22, 1844 37y 8m 18d wife of James | Durkee | ! | |||||
V'D'Werker | Cornelius | d. Jan. 19, 1835 21y 6m 1d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Hester | d. May 23, 1855 76y 6m wife of Jesse | Durkee | ! | |||||
Sulivan | Sarah Frances | d. Sep. 8, 1847 1y 9m 13d dau of John & Jane | Durkee | ! | |||||
Smith | Mary Eliza | d. Aug. 8, 1858 1y 3m 19d dau of H. & S.M. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Keyes | Elizabeth Ann |
d. Sep. 15, 1841 2y 5m 25d dau of Archibald & Elizabeth |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Clark | Charles | d. Nov. 25, 1844 5y 25d son of Stephen & Emily | Durkee | ! | |||||
Galusha | James Jr. | b Sep. 26, 1842 d. June 4, 1843 son of James & Ann | Durkee | ! | |||||
Galusha | Phebe Ann | d. Aug. 28, 1858 5y 9m 11d dau of James & Ann | Durkee | ! | |||||
Galusha | John R. | d. Sep. 8, 1858 10y 4m 8d son of James & Ann | Durkee | ||||||
Gifford | George G. | d. Apr. 23, 1845 6ys son of Lewis & Harriet | Durkee | ! | |||||
Gifford | infant | d. Sep. 1, 1849 4wks son of Lewis & Harriet | Durkee | ! | |||||
Bullard | Cornelia | d, Jan. 9, 1851 AE 49y 9m wife of Benoni | Durkee | ||||||
Gifford | William | d. Jan. 20, 1877 AE 85ys | Durkee | ! | |||||
Gifford | Margaret | d. Apr. 22, 1850 AE 55ys wife of William | Durkee | ! | |||||
Gifford | Ann Aurelia | d. Sep. 20, 1841 3y 3m 2d dau of Wm. & Margaret | Durkee | ! | |||||
Gifford | Eunis J. | d. June 8, 1855 1y 3m 2d dau of M.I. & P.J. | Durkee | ||||||
Martin | Eleanor | d. June 1, 1844 42y 9m 1d wife of John | Durkee | ! | |||||
Martin | John J. | d. Oct. 17, 1844 9y 9m 29d son of John & Eleanor | Durkee | ! | |||||
Chalk | Arthusa | d. Sep. 4, 1855 20y 11m 9d wife of Thomas | Durkee | ||||||
Chalk | George Wm. | d. Aug. 27, 1855 1m 12d son of Thos. & Arthusa | Durkee | ||||||
Brown | Abner | d. Aug. 15, 1873 AE 61y 1m 8d | Durkee | ||||||
Brown | Anna L. | d. Mar. 22, 1872 31y 10m 25d wife of George H. | Durkee | ||||||
Woodworth | Augusta B. |
d. Jan. 24, 1866 3y 8m 18d dau of Orville & Elizabeth |
Durkee | ||||||
Murphy | Thomas | d. Jan. 15, 1874 AE 74 | Durkee | ! | |||||
Murphy | Hannah | d. Dec. 18, 1875 AE 66y 1m 7d wife of Thomas | Durkee | ! | |||||
Viele | Charles H. | d. Sep. 30, 1858 7y 8m 26d son of G. & A. | Durkee | ||||||
Galusha | Ann | d. May 3, 1859 38y 8m 20d wife of James | Durkee | ! | |||||
Clark | Benjamin F. |
b July 9, 1856 d. Sep. 11, 1858 son of Stephen & Emily |
Durkee | ! | |||||
Delavergne | infant | b Mar. 30, 1864 d. Apr. 2, 1864 son of S. & A.J. | Durkee | ! | |||||
Sweet | Gertude E. Huse | b June 13, 1845 d. May 27, 1871 wife of Sewell | Durkee | ! | |||||
Huse | Smith | d. Oct. 17, 1852 35ys | Durkee | ||||||
Huse | Sally Ann | d. Apr. 8, 1852 30ys wife of Smith | Durkee | ! | |||||
Lewis | James | d. Aug. 28, 1858 36y 6m 19d | Durkee | ! | |||||
Lewis | Mary E. | d. Aug. 26, 1858 11y 1m 24d dau of James & Aurelia | Durkee | ||||||
Lewis | Berlin | d. Aug. 22, 1858 6y 6m 10d son of James & Aurelia | Durkee | ! | |||||
Hurd | Elmer |
d. Oct. 6, 1885 AE 10 mos 2 ds son of Phineas & Estella |
neither | ! | |||||
Hurd | Effamy | d. Aug. 29, 1881 AE 2 yr 7 mos dau of N.H. & Lila | neither | ! | |||||
Martin | John | d. Oct. 21, 1884 AE 83 yrs | neither | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Doty | d. Jan. 18, 1878 AE 31 yrs son of J. & M. | neither | ! | |||||
Ball | William | d. Feb. 10, 1888 76y | HCR | ! | |||||
Clark | Stephen | d. Jan. 3, 1893 77y | HCR | ! | |||||
Clark | Emily | d. Mar. 23, 1890 74y wife of Stephen | HCR | ! | |||||
Durham | Gertude Sweet | Mar. 5, 1871-May 15, 1916 wife of George | HCR | ! | |||||
Durham | R. Nelson | Sep. 16, 1898-Jun. 21, 1916 | HCR | ! | |||||
Ellison | Daniel | 1812-1890 | HCR | ! | |||||
Galusha | James |
d. 1890 76y *Co. D 77 Reg NYSV (*not legible on stone) |
HCR | ! | |||||
Galusha | James K. |
d Mar. 30, 1915 72y *Co. D 77 NYSV (*not legible on stone) |
HCR | ! | |||||
Huse | Gertude E. | Jun. 18, 1845-May 27, 1871 wife of Sewell Sweet | HCR | ! | |||||
Shears | Elizabeth | Nov. 15, 1838-May 4, 1895 wife of Sanford L. | HCR | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Jones A. | Oct 12, 1817-Aug. 24, 1895 | HCR | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Maria | d. Oct. 19, 1888 56y | HCR | ! | |||||
Vanderwerker | Amy | d. Feb. 11, 1888 92y | HCR | ! | |||||
Viele | Rebecca | May 16, 1796-Feb. 28, 1880 wife of Wynart | HCR | ! | |||||
Weaver | Alfred | born July 1814 died Jun. 22, 1882 | HCR | ! | |||||
Willard | Dennison | Mar. 13, 1796-Dec. 11, 1882 | HCR | ! |
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