Ridge Cemetery, Town of Veteran, Chemung County, New York
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Location: On Ridge Road, 4 1/2 miles north of Horseheads, Chemung County, New York
Originally surveyed and known as "THE PINE GROVE CEMETERY" .. At a meeting of the Veteran Cemetery Association at the residence of Mr. James A. Wheeler of Veteran, N. Y. , on June 27, 1877, The name was officially changed to "THE RIDGE CEMETERY". It is sometimes called the "VARY" CEMETERY, as part of land from which it came - The Vary farm ……
Last Name First Name Middle Etc. Information Born Died Age Site Monuments
ALLEN Sarah B. wife of Joseph ?/?/1816 ?/?/1900
C2-E-1
ALLEN Joseph

?/?/1815 ?/?/1903
C2-E-2
ALLEN Flora
daug. of Alfred & May J. ?/?/? 6/18/1876 2y2m3d N1-28-1
ALLEN (*) Martha
See Stevens ?/?/1849 ?/?/1925
C2-E-6
ANTHONY (*) Emma E. See Tifft ?/?/1853 ?/?/1942
S1-95-7
AVERY Levi N.
5/16/1856 7/23/1856
C2-77-3 N / R
AVERY Libbie

2/01/1860 2/05/1860
C2-77-4 N / R
AVERY Georgeanna

5/16/1862 4/12/1863
C2-77-5 N / R
AVERY William

8/07/1822 ?/?/?
C2-77-7 N / R
AVERY Clara Z. wife of William ?/?/? 3/21/1883 57y9m19d C2-77-8 T
AXTELL Ida May mother 5/?/1877 ?/?/1905
C1-70-4
AXTELL Charles Boyd ?/?/? 10/09/1900 1y2m8d C1-J-5 one grave
AXTELL ?
?/?/? 8/24/1905
C1-J-5 one grave
BABCOCK John C.
?/?/? 6/23/1868 4y11m6d S2-91-2 T
BABCOCK Elenor
Wife of John ?/?/1832 ?/?/1886
S2-91-3
BABCOCK Minnie

?/?/? ?/?/? 25y8m10d S2-91-4 T
BANKS Sarah A. daug. of Alonzo & Mary ?/?/? 3/30/1851 4y8m1d S2-87-1
BANKS baby Allyn

?/?/? ?/?/?
S2-87-2
BANKS Hattie S.
?/?/? 2/28/1855 2y2m6d S2-87-3 T
BANKS Ella

?/?/? ?/?/?
S2-87-4 N / R
BANKS Mary H. daug. of Mary E. & Alonzo ?/?/? 2/10/1873 16y---- S2-87-5 T
BANKS Mary E. wife of Alonzo ?/?/? 1/29/1897 75y---- S2-87-6 N / R
BANKS Alonzo

?/?/? 10/10/1910 84y---- S2-87-7 stone only
BANKS Georgeanna

?/?/? 11/27/1918 72y---- S2-87-8 stone only
BARDWELL Eugene S. Rev.
?/?/1895 ?/?/1979
S1-163-4
BARDWELL Dora D.
?/?/1903 ?/?/1979
S1-163-5
BEARD Charles

?/?/? ?/?/?
S2-78-1 no markings
BEARD Margaret
wife of Charles ?/?/? 3/02/1838 54y1m7d S2-78-2 T
BEERS Daniel M.
?/?/1832 ?/?/1900
C4-46-1
BEERS Mary L.
?/?/1836 ?/?/1906
C4-46-2
BENJAMIN Gordon E.
?/?/1913 ?/?/1922
S1-104-3
BENJAMIN Olive M.
?/?/1891 ?/?/1944
S1-104-4
BENJAMIN Ernest

?/?/1887 ?/?/1980
S1-104-5
BILLINGS Mary A. In Memory of: Wife of S. A. ?/?/1840 ?/?/1929
S2-86-7
BILLINGS Freddie E. son of S. A. & Mary A. Billings ?/?/? 5/14/1862 1y--7d S2-86-8
BILLINGS S. A.
?/?/? 6/01/1874 44y---- S2-86-9
BREWER Raymond M. Vet ?? ?/?/1894 4/26/1974
N1-26-4 soldier ?
BREWER Edith
Vary(*) wife of Raymond Brewer ?/?/1899 ?/?/1988
N1-26-5
BRINK Jesse E.
?/?/1890 ?/?/1976
S1-155-2
BRINK May
Hosie (*) ?/?/1892 3825/1970
S1-155-3
BRINK Nelson

?/?/? 9/05/1873 25y11m20d C2-?-1 Between 80
BRINK Chandler

?/?/? 3/29/1897 74y---- C2-?-2 and 81
BRINK Etta May

?/?/1874 ?/?/1948
C2-F-5
BROWN A. H.
?/?/? ?/?/?
S2-F-3 A. H. only
BROWN Rev. O. S.
5/14/1814 9/03/1895
S2-F-7
BROWN Mary A.
9/26/1818 7/29/1904
S2-F-9
BROWN Walter J.
?/?/1886 ?/?/1938
C1-69-1
BROWN Ethel S. Weik(*) - wife of Walter ?/?/1886 ?/?/1975
C1-69-2
BROWN Margaret
daug. of Walter & Ethel ?/?/1914 ?/?/1990
C1-69-3
BROWN Julia H.
?/?/? 10/06/1907 --9m-- C4-49-1E Same-no stone
BROWN Helen

?/?/? 3/06/1904 1y10m-- C4-49-1W Same-no stone
BROWN Archie

?/?/? 10/03/1958 61y---- C4-49-2 no stone
BROWN Lorena

?/?/? 1/24/1942 61y---- C4-49-3 no stone
BROWN George

?/?/? 12/31/1935
C4-49-4 no stone
BRUYN Harriet L.
?/?/1844 ?/?/1913
N1-30-2
BRYANT (*) Lois H. See Olin 1/18/1878 5/04/1964
C1-137-6
BURNETT Peter H.
?/?/1874 ?/?/1932
C1-73-3
BURNETT Florence

?/?/1880 ?/?/1966
C1-73-4
BURR Harriet
wife of George ?/?/? 2/07/1891 55y4m10d C4-45B-1
BURR George

?/?/? 3/24/1889 58y9m3d C4-45B-3
BURRIS Elizabeth
wife of Henry ?/?/? 9/06/1881 73y11m21d S2-91-7 T
BURRIS Henry

?/?/? 12/16/1862 55y9m13d S2-91-8 T
CALKINS Henry
son of R. & C. Calkins ?/?/? 1/06/1863 4y4m25d S2-103-4 T
CALKINS Rufus
Co."D",107 NY Vol. ?/?/? ?/?/?
S2-103-5 Soldier
CALKINS Catherine

?/?/? 7/24/1896 69y---- S2-103-6 stone only
CAMPBELL Lawrence L.
?/?/1887 ?/?/1966
S1-154-1
CAMPBELL Laura
Oesterle (*) wife of Lawrence L. ?/?/1893 ?/?/1997
S1-154-2
CAMPBELL Etha Margaret daug. of Samuel & Lydia ?/?/1884 ?/?/1963
S1-154-3
CAMPBELL Samuel George
?/?/1859 ?/?/1944
S1-154-6
CAMPBELL Lydia L. Tibbits (*) - wife of Samuel G. ?/?/1860 ?/?/1940
S1-154-5
CAMPBELL Lt. Lawrence L. Jr. Lost at sea ?/?/1917 ?/?/1944 27y---- S1-154-1x Soldier-WWII
CAMPBELL Dora
wife of James 10/20/1851 5/02/1884
S1-94-1 d. NYC
CAMPBELL Samuel Alexander infant son of James & Dora 4/26/1884 5/04/1884
S1-94-2
CAMPBELL Florence L.
?/?/1894 7/15/1972
S1-94-3
CAMPBELL James

?/?/1851 ?/?/1938
S1-94-4
CAMPBELL Andrew

11/14/1826 8/12/1903
S1-94-5
CAMPBELL Margaret
wife of Andrew 11/22/1830 3/29/1919
S1-94-6
CARPENTER Ella H.
?/?/1877 ?/?/1950
C-1-140-5
CARPENTER Frank H.
?/?/1879 ?/?/1952
C-1-140-6
CARPENTER Helen M. 1st wife of Thomas J. 2/08/1841 2/26/1875
N1-27-2
CARPENTER Thomas J.
7/16/1841 9/18/1903
N1-27-3
CARPENTER Margaret E. Swartout (*)- 2nd wife of Thomas J. 6/02/1848 6/08/1916
N1-27-4
CARPENTER Nettie May
?/?/1874 ?/?/1933
N2-31-2
CARPENTER George S.
?/?/1871 ?/?/1956
N2-31-1
CARPENTER (*) M. Ruth See Kimport ?/?/1896 ?/?/1927
C4-45A-3
CARPENTER (*) Amy L. See Vary 7/01/1869 6/07/1891
N1-26-2
CARR John S.
?/?/? 5/10/1881 70y---- C1-73A-1 T
CARR H. Selina
?/?/? 9/05/1862 48y---- C1-73A-2 N / R
CHAPMAN Ransford
Co."C", 5 NY Arty. - Father ?/?/1829 ?/?/1934 105y---- C1-65A-2 Soldier
CHAPMAN Ransford
m. 8/25/1862 to Phebe 11/25/1841 ?/?/?
C1-65A-3
CHAPMAN Phebe A. Johnson(*) wife of Ransford 5/07/1842 2/17/1913
C1-65A-4
CHAPMAN Rebecca M. 9/06/1897 9/14/1902
C1-65B-4
CHAPMAN Herbert L. son of John & Rebecca 9/16/1897 9/14/1902
C1-65B-5
CHAPMAN Grace

?/?/1885 ?/?/1964
C4-59-2
CHAPMAN Herbert

?/?/1872 ?/?/1958
C4-59-3
CHATTLE Lany D. wife of William P. ?/?/? 7/15/1845 32y3m26d S2-90A-1 N / R
CHATTLE Joseph
son of Wm. & Lany ?/?/? 3/25/1845 --8m26d S2-90A-2
CHATTLE Nancy

?/?/? 8/02/1969 82y---- S2-90A-4
CHITTENDEN Anna E.
?/?/? 9/21/1918 83y---- S2-92-7 no stone
CLEVELAND Mary E. wife of Miles Cleveland ?/?/? 5/19/1853 22y7m23d C1-66B-2
COGDILL John W.
?/?/1857 ?/?/1924
N1-25-1
COGDILL Matilda

?/?/1857 ?/?/1916
N1-25-2
COGDILL John J.
?/?/1897 ?/?/1916
N1-25-6
COLE Hannah
wife of Abraham ?/?/? 6/20/1876 76y---- C3-56-1
COLEMAN Catherine A.
?/?/? 3/30/1904 86y---- C2-75-2
COLEMAN Nathan

?/?/? ?/?/1897 86y---- C2-75-3
COLEMAN J. H.
7/22/1816 7/17/1895
C3-55-1
COLEMAN Miranda T.
4/02/1818 4/28/1889
C3-55-2
COLEMAN (*) ? Mary
See Smith ?/?/? ?/?/1856 21y---- C2-75-6
CONKLIN Elizabeth C. wife of Frank ?/?/1901 1/07/1992 90y---- C1-133-5
CONKLIN Frank E. Cpl. Co."A", Postal Exp.Serv.N.Y. 12/06/1895 10/25/1962 67y---- C1-133-6 soldier - WWI
CONKLIN Jonathan baby son of David & Eunice ?/?/? 9/1/1969
C1-133-4
CONKRITE (*) Ella
See Miller ?/?/1856 ?/?/1937
C1-132-2
CRAMER Robert
w/ G.mom - M. Lockwood ?/?/? ?/?/?
C1-65A-1 one grave
CROUSE Bertha H.
?/?/? ?/?/?
C1-65B-2
CROUSE Frank B.
?/?/1891 ?/?/1960
C1-65B-3
Published On 05/29/2000
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com