Marshfield Burying Ground, North Collins, Erie County, New York

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Marshfield
Burying Ground
Town of North Collins,
Erie County, New York
[7 December 1998]

Below is the list of plot purchasers from the "Marshfield Burying Ground" in; North Collins. This cemetery is located at the intersection of Sisson; Highway (Route 75) and Marshfield Road. This intersection once formed the; hamlet of Marshfield which had its own post office. It is now part of the; Town of North Collins.; We don't know, at this time, how many graves were in each plot, but standard; for the time would have been six. There is no known list of actual burials.; It has not been possible for us to do an actual documentation of gravestones; this past summer for an assortment of reasons, but the cemetery was; vandalized several years ago and never repaired. Many of the stones were; almost unreadable when I visited the site probably 15 years ago. We (North; Collins Historical Society) will try to visit the site next spring/summer to; see if anything is still legible. We have been told the stone of Ebenezer; Spooner is still quite legible and contains the name and company of his; Civil War service regiment.; Plots listed as "--" do not list a purchaser. There is also no indication on; the record of any year. The cemetery is laid out in rows of 14 plots with; each row's numbers beginning at the bottom (indicated as the western line); of the chart of names. Row Number 1 is at the right (south) of the list.
: The cemetery has been virtually abandoned for many, many years. The Girls; Scouts used to have a camp right next door and did clean it out about 20; years ago. There is one man who has a relative buried there who says he; mows it (with a tractor) twice a year but it otherwise receives no; attention. Some of the town residents do not even know this cemetery exists; as it is set back from the road a bit and overgrown with trees.; A pasture path leads to it winding up the hill to the trees and the pasture.; 1. C. Volentine (suspect this may later have become Valentine); 2. O. Briggs; 3. A. North; 4. --; 5. --; 6. --; 7. --; 8. --; 9. --; 10. --; 11. --; 12. --; 13. --; 14. --; 15. Milo Lewis; 16. S. Godell; 17. E. Washburn; 18. J. Gifford; 19. B. W. Pratt; 20. B. W. Pratt; 21. J. A. Lewis; 22. W. Y. Starkes; 23. E. Rogers; 24. H. Albee; 25. --; 26. --; 27. B. Salts; 28. C. Vance; 29. A. Berry; 30. J. Goodell; 31. W. Palmer; 32. H. Hall; 33. R. Scott; 34. R. Scott; 35. H. Lewis; 36. J. Sloan; 37. J. Starkes; 38. N. Starkes; 39. W. Luck; 40. C. Johnson; 41. P. Whitman; 42. --; 43. --; 44. N. Richmond; 45. J. Shurman; 46. J. Shurman; 47. W. Tyrer; 48. L. Johnson; 49. R. Goodell; 50. --; 51. --; 52. --; 53. --; 54. --; 55. --; 56. --; 57. --; 58. --; 59. --; 60. --; 61. --; 62. Wm. Potter; 63. --; 64. --; 65. --; 66. --; 67. --; 68. --; 69. --; 70. --; 71. --; 72. --; 73. --; 74. --; 75. L. Clark; 76. --; 77. J. Potter; 78. J. Auwater; 79. N. Beaver; 80. J. Mackmer; 81. S? Vance; 82. --; 83. --; 84. --; 85. --; 86. --; 87. --; 88. --; 89. C. Lenox; 90. U.S. Goodell; 91. W. Johnson; 92. W. Hyde; 93. N. F. Starkes; 94. T/I? Washburn; 95. A. Sloan; 96. J. Manchester; 97. J. Fatty; 98. --; 99. --; 100. --; 101. Wm. Blank; 102. J____? Potter; 103. G. Potter; 104. R. Carby; 105. --; 106. --; 107. M. Fasillman (Rusillman?); 108. A. Potter; 109. E. Spooner (known to be Ebenezer); 110. J. Vance; 111. --; 112. M. Hyde
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