Rosstown Cemetery, Town of Southport, Chemung County NY 1974

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Name of Cemetery: Rosstown A.K.A. Christian Hollow Cemetery
Read By: Joseph C. Boyd
Date Read: April 3, 1974
Typed By: J. Mitchell Nichols
Location: Town of Southport
Other comments: See Also Additions from Obituaries by Kelsey Jones at Bottom of Page

Last Name First Name Date of Birth Date of Death AGE Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS

A.J.

1960 37y This is a home-made shale tombstone with crude lettering. The numerals "60" appear and may indicate a death year of 1960

Andrus Kenneth B. 1913 1970

Andrus Esther E. 1918

Bailey Sarah E. 1852 1930 A modern low market stone located on the David McCann plot

Buchanan Francis L. 1923 1945

Brown Mary E. 10/25/1835 03/21/1911 Wife of DeWitt Brown

Cady Lewis W. 1914 1970

Cady Norma E. 1915

Carpenter Eugene 1846 1914

Carpenter Abbie 1850 1911 wife of Eugene

Carpenter Marshall E. 1872

Carpenter Lillian C. 1869 1906 His wife All above appear on a family market, but the latter three also have individual headstones

Combs Joseph 1846 1923

Combs Abbie J. 3/22/1853 03/12/1909 wife of Joseph Combs

Comfort Edmund 1836 1902 Company I, 147th Regiment, NY Infantry. He was a practitioner of Indian medicine in 1868

Conklin Amos 8/3/1813 4/12/1888 Soldier, Company H, 14th Regiment NY Artillery. He was a farmer with 100 acres in the Town of Soutport in 1868

Conklin Amos, Jr. 2/15/1848 10/31/1871 Soldier, Company H, 14th Regiment NY Artillery.

Conklin Charles B. 1866 1914

Conklin Clara L. 1869 1912 wife of Charles B.

Edwards Daniel Albert 4/19/1871 6/5/1881 10y1m17d son of Fredrick O. & Eunice Edwards. Born in PA and died in Elmira, NY

Edsall John B. 4/26/1823 12/5/1885

Gates James D. 6/30/1830 11/17/1887 57y4m17d Soldier, Company B, 194th NY Volunteers. He was a farmer with 40 acres in the Town of Southport

Green George W. 1880 1909 Company E, 27th Regiment, US Infantry

Culver Ulysses 1869/1870 08/14/1903 33y 6m Erected by D. Brown

unknown

Next to U. Culver there is an unmarked shale tombstone.

Ham Darius D. 1841 1908 Company H, 50th NY Volunteer Engineers. He was a stump extractor in the Town of Southport

Ham Melva D. 1849 1921

Ham
4/28/1871 5/17/1871 infant daughter of Darius D. & Melva Ham

Hinchman Amelia 1/28/1847 8/6/1876 29y6m9d died in Elmira, NY

Lewis Henry C. 1855 1912

Lewis Cora Blanche 6/24/1892 1/5/1896 4y6m12d daughter of Henry & Belle Lewis

Lewis Lilly M. 5/5/1872 8/10/1872 3m 5d

Lewis Charles H. 10/12/1823 2/27/1906 He was a farmer with 75 arces in the Town of Southport

Lewis Phebe Harkness 4/11/1832 3/7/1905 wife of Charles H.

Lewis Nora Belle 6/6/1872 1/5/1882 daughter of C.H. & Phebe Lewis

Lewis Lena I. 1891 1944

Lewis Wilma E. 6/4/1917 7/8/1917

Ligthizer Alvin W. 1891 1925

Ligthizer James W. 1851 1938

unknown

Next to J. Lightizer there are two small tombstones. One is unmarked shale.

Baby

Maycumber B.S. 7/1831 1/13/1865 33y 6m "Our Brother"

McNaney Ted 1884 1932 "Son"

McNaney Rose Perkins 1860 1952 "Mother"

McNaney George 9/10/1860 3/29/1900

McNaney Owen 1883 1894

McNaney Patrick 6/10/1812 3/23/1875

Manwaring Anson 1830 1896 Company K, 6th NY Heavy Artillery

McCann David 1889 1939

McCann Minervia E. 1885 1955 wife of David

Osborn George C. 6/30/1828 12/17/1876 34th Indep. Battery, NY Volunteers. He was a farmer with 40 acres in the Town of Southport in 1868

Osborn Sarah
1873

Osborn Carrie Ann 2/24/1868 2/8/1873 4y11m15d Daugther of George & Sarah Osborne

Osborn William B. 2/13/1859 2/18/1892

Patterson Robert 8/24/1816 8/24/1882

Piatt Miles 1840/1841 9/18/1881 40y

Piatt Amanda 2/1875 8/26/1877 2y 6m Daughter of Miles & A.E. Piatt

Piatt Nancy L. 8/1872 8/11/1877 4y 11m Daughter of Miles & A.E. Piatt

Ross D.

Shale tombstone with only the name carved in crude lettering.

Ross B. I.

Shale tombstone with only the name carved in crude lettering.

Ross Pheba R. 10/4/1836 1916

Sitzer Seth 1841/1842 1/29/1904 62y Company D, 134th Regiment NY Infantry

Sitzer Sarah J. 1847 1918 wife of Seth

Sitzer Lucie May 12/12/1878 5/11/1880 1y4m29d

Sitzer Elting 1868 1870

Sitzer Harry 1875 1877

Shers Joshua 1849 1901 Company C, 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

Shers Martha J. 1838/1839 4/30/1901 62y wife of Joshua

Shaw Otis 1832 1902 Company E, 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

T. A.

Two crudely lettered shale tombstones stand side by side. They only contain initials and they

T.E.

may stand for the surname "Tobey"

Tobey Nate

Tobey Mary E.

Tobey Morgan

Tripp C.M.

Crudely lettered narrow shale tombstone with only name and no dates

I have several obituaries for persons buried in Christian Hollow Cemetery that do not have markers, plus I have obituaries that give the full date of death where only the year of death is given on the marker. In most obituaries the cemetery is refered to as Christian Hollow Cemetery but in an occassional instance Rosstown is given. I will indicate below if my information comes from a marker or an obituary. I do have a few markers and dates listed that do not appear on the Boyd list already up on the website. Markers copied 1979 by J. Kelsey Jones. The list below only gives markers not copied by the Boyds, obituaries that give information that is not on the marker or further information, and clarification from the list already up on the website. J. Kelsey Jones 5/6/2000.

BAILEY Sarah E.
Dec 8

obituary

BOLD Mrs. Delaphine
2/16/923 71y
obituary

BROWN Mary Ellen
03/21/1911
wife of DeWitt C. obituary

CARPENTER Lillian
11/23/1906
Mrs. M. E. obituary

CLARK

see Hazen

COMBS Freda C.
05/14/1910 3 wks
obituary

COMBS Joseph
11/24/1904

obituary

COMBS Joseph 1846 03/13/1923 78y
obituary

COMFORT Arthur L.
10/21/1902 28y
obituary

COMFORT George B.
07/14/1907 69y
obituary

COMFORT Jacob J. 1860 01/31/1925

obituary

CONKLIN J. A.
37y
marker - obituary states Julia A. Decker Conklin wife of John Conklin died 2/14/1901

EDSALL Orilla
04/25/1900 78y
obituary

EDWARDS Daniel Albert
6/5/1881 10y 1m 17d son of Frederick O. & Eunice E. Elmira City Death Record - no marker - born Penn., died 515 Mt. Zoar St.

GATES James D.
11/17/1887 57y 4m 17d Co B. 194 NY Vols marker

GREEN George W.
03/08/1909 29y
obituary

HAM infant dau
5/17/1871 2 wks 5d dau of Darius & Melva marker

HAM Melva D. 1849 06/05/1921 72y
obituary

HAZEN Mrs. Mary Clark
03/28/1924 58y
obituary

HINCHMAN Amelia
8/6/1876 29y 6m 9d dau of Peter & Barbara Townsend Elmira City Death Record - no marker - born Southport died Jay St

LEWIS Cora Blanche
1/5/1896 4y 6m 12d dau of Henry & Belle marker

LEWIS Lilly M.
8/10/1872 3m 5d
marker

LIGHTIZER Alvin W. 1891 1925 34y son of James obituary

LIGHTIZER Amelia
05/21/1901 45y
marker - same marker as Elva

LIGHTIZER Elva
10/09/1901 19y
marker - same marker as Amelia

LIGHTIZER James Wilmot

86y
obituary

MANWARING Anson 1830 1886
Co R 6th NY marker - I copied 1886 versus 1896 on Boyd list on website (marker or original Boyd list should be consulted)

MAYCUMBER B. S.
1/13/1865 33y 6m
marker

McCANN David 1889 11/08/1939

obituary

OSBORN Carrie Ann
2/8/1873 4y 11m 15d dau of George & Sarah marker

PIATT Amanda
8/26/1877 2y 6m children of M. & A. E. Piatt marker

PIATT Nancy L.
8/11/1877 4y 11m
same marker with sister Amanda

PIATT Miles
9/18/1881 40y
marker

ROSS B. F.

marker - I copied B. F. versus B. I. on the Boyd list

ROSS Charles H.
02/06/1931 94y born Waldokopal, Hessen, Germany obituary

ROSS Phoebe Culver
01/25/1916
wife of Charles C. obituary

SHERS Martha J.
04/30/1901 62y wife of Joshua marker

SITZER Lucie May
5/14/1880 4y 4m 29d daughter of Seth & Sarah Jane marker

SITZER Seth
01/29/1904 62y Co D 134 Reg NY Inf marker

TOBEY Charles
05/22/1910
infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles d. Cleveland, Ohio returned to Christian Hollow obituary

TOBEY Mary E. 5/10/1842 6/3/1897

marker

TOBEY Morgan 3/8/1840 9/26/1897

marker

TOBEY Nate 4/18/1863 9/25/1897

marker

TOWNSEND

see Hinchman

TRIPP E. M.

marker

TRIPP Mrs. George
12/3/1897

obituary

Last Name	First Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	AGE	Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS
A.J.			1960	37y	This is a home-made shale tombstone with crude lettering. The numerals "60" appear and may indicate a death year of 1960
Andrus	Kenneth B.	1913	1970
Andrus	Esther E.	1918
Bailey	Sarah E.	1852	1930		A modern low market stone located on the David McCann plot
Buchanan	Francis L.	1923	1945
Brown	Mary E.	10/25/1835	03/21/1911		Wife of DeWitt Brown
Cady	Lewis W.	1914	1970
Cady	Norma E.	1915
Carpenter	Eugene	1846	1914
Carpenter	Abbie	1850	1911		wife of Eugene
Carpenter	Marshall E.	1872
Carpenter	Lillian C.	1869	1906		His wife All above appear on a family market, but the latter three also have individual headstones
Combs	Joseph	1846	1923
Combs	Abbie J.	3/22/1853	03/12/1909		wife of Joseph Combs
Comfort	Edmund	1836	1902		Company I, 147th Regiment, NY Infantry. He was a practitioner of Indian medicine in 1868
Conklin	Amos	8/3/1813	4/12/1888		Soldier, Company H, 14th Regiment NY Artillery. He was a farmer with 100 acres in the Town of Soutport in 1868
Conklin	Amos, Jr.	2/15/1848	10/31/1871		Soldier, Company H, 14th Regiment NY Artillery.
Conklin	Charles B.	1866	1914
Conklin	Clara L.	1869	1912		wife of Charles B.
Edwards	Daniel Albert	4/19/1871	6/5/1881	10y1m17d	son of Fredrick O. & Eunice Edwards. Born in PA and died in Elmira, NY
Edsall	John B.	4/26/1823	12/5/1885
Gates	James D.	6/30/1830	11/17/1887	57y4m17d	Soldier, Company B, 194th NY Volunteers. He was a farmer with 40 acres in the Town of Southport
Green	George W.	1880	1909		Company E, 27th Regiment, US Infantry
Culver	Ulysses	1869/1870	08/14/1903	33y 6m	Erected by D. Brown
unknown					Next to U. Culver there is an unmarked shale tombstone.
Ham	Darius D.	1841	1908		Company H, 50th NY Volunteer Engineers. He was a stump extractor in the Town of Southport
Ham	Melva D.	1849	1921
Ham		4/28/1871	5/17/1871		infant daughter of Darius D. & Melva Ham
Hinchman	Amelia	1/28/1847	8/6/1876	29y6m9d	died in Elmira, NY
Lewis	Henry C.	1855	1912
Lewis	Cora Blanche	6/24/1892	1/5/1896	4y6m12d	daughter of Henry & Belle Lewis
Lewis	Lilly M.	5/5/1872	8/10/1872	3m 5d
Lewis	Charles H.	10/12/1823	2/27/1906		He was a farmer with 75 arces in the Town of Southport
Lewis	Phebe Harkness	4/11/1832	3/7/1905		wife of Charles H.
Lewis	Nora Belle	6/6/1872	1/5/1882		daughter of C.H. & Phebe Lewis
Lewis	Lena I.	1891	1944
Lewis	Wilma E.	6/4/1917	7/8/1917
Ligthizer	Alvin W.	1891	1925
Ligthizer	James W.	1851	1938
unknown					Next to J. Lightizer there are two small tombstones. One is unmarked shale.
Baby
Maycumber	B.S.	7/1831	1/13/1865	33y 6m	"Our Brother"
McNaney	Ted	1884	1932		"Son"
McNaney	Rose Perkins	1860	1952		"Mother"
McNaney	George	9/10/1860	3/29/1900
McNaney	Owen	1883	1894
McNaney	Patrick	6/10/1812	3/23/1875
Manwaring	Anson	1830	1896		Company K, 6th NY Heavy Artillery
McCann	David	1889	1939
McCann	Minervia E.	1885	1955		wife of David
Osborn	George C.	6/30/1828	12/17/1876		34th Indep. Battery, NY Volunteers. He was a farmer with 40 acres in the Town of Southport in 1868
Osborn	Sarah		1873
Osborn	Carrie Ann	2/24/1868	2/8/1873	4y11m15d	Daugther of George & Sarah Osborne
Osborn	William B.	2/13/1859	2/18/1892
Patterson	Robert	8/24/1816	8/24/1882
Piatt	Miles	1840/1841	9/18/1881	40y
Piatt	Amanda	2/1875	8/26/1877	2y 6m	Daughter of Miles & A.E. Piatt
Piatt	Nancy L.	8/1872	8/11/1877	4y 11m	Daughter of Miles & A.E. Piatt
Ross	D.				Shale tombstone with only the name carved in crude lettering.
Ross	B. I.				Shale tombstone with only the name carved in crude lettering.
Ross	Pheba R.	10/4/1836	1916
Sitzer	Seth	1841/1842	1/29/1904	62y	Company D, 134th Regiment NY Infantry
Sitzer	Sarah J.	1847	1918		wife of Seth
Sitzer	Lucie May	12/12/1878	5/11/1880	1y4m29d
Sitzer	Elting	1868	1870
Sitzer	Harry	1875	1877
Shers	Joshua	1849	1901		Company C, 16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Shers	Martha J.	1838/1839	4/30/1901	62y	wife of Joshua
Shaw	Otis	1832	1902		Company E, 26th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
T. A.					Two crudely lettered shale tombstones stand side by side. They only contain initials and they
T.E.					may stand for the surname "Tobey"
Tobey	Nate
Tobey	Mary E.
Tobey	Morgan
Tripp	C.M.				Crudely lettered narrow shale tombstone with only name and no dates

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BAILEY	Sarah E.		Dec 8			obituary
BOLD	Mrs. Delaphine		2/16/923	71y		obituary
BROWN	Mary Ellen		03/21/1911		wife of DeWitt C.	obituary
CARPENTER	Lillian		11/23/1906		Mrs. M. E.	obituary
CLARK					see Hazen
COMBS	Freda C.		05/14/1910	3 wks		obituary
COMBS	Joseph		11/24/1904			obituary
COMBS	Joseph	1846	03/13/1923	78y		obituary
COMFORT	Arthur L.		10/21/1902	28y		obituary
COMFORT	George B.		07/14/1907	69y		obituary
COMFORT	Jacob J.	1860	01/31/1925			obituary
CONKLIN	J. A.			37y		marker - obituary states Julia A. Decker Conklin wife of John Conklin died 2/14/1901
EDSALL	Orilla		04/25/1900	78y		obituary
EDWARDS	Daniel Albert		6/5/1881	10y 1m 17d	son of Frederick O. & Eunice E.	Elmira City Death Record - no marker - born Penn., died 515 Mt. Zoar St.
GATES	James D.		11/17/1887	57y 4m 17d	Co B. 194 NY Vols	marker
GREEN	George W.		03/08/1909	29y		obituary
HAM	infant dau		5/17/1871	2 wks 5d	dau of Darius & Melva	marker
HAM	Melva D.	1849	06/05/1921	72y		obituary
HAZEN	Mrs. Mary Clark		03/28/1924	58y		obituary
HINCHMAN	Amelia		8/6/1876	29y 6m 9d	dau of Peter & Barbara Townsend	Elmira City Death Record - no marker - born Southport died Jay St
LEWIS	Cora Blanche		1/5/1896	4y 6m 12d	dau of Henry & Belle	marker
LEWIS	Lilly M.		8/10/1872	3m 5d		marker
LIGHTIZER	Alvin W.	1891	1925	34y	son of James	obituary
LIGHTIZER	Amelia		05/21/1901	45y		marker - same marker as Elva
LIGHTIZER	Elva		10/09/1901	19y		marker - same marker as Amelia
LIGHTIZER	James Wilmot			86y		obituary
MANWARING	Anson	1830	1886		Co R 6th NY	marker - I copied 1886 versus 1896 on Boyd list on website (marker or original Boyd list should be consulted)
MAYCUMBER	B. S.		1/13/1865	33y 6m		marker
McCANN	David	1889	11/08/1939			obituary
OSBORN	Carrie Ann		2/8/1873	4y 11m 15d	dau of George & Sarah	marker
PIATT	Amanda		8/26/1877	2y 6m	children of M. & A. E. Piatt	marker
PIATT	Nancy L.		8/11/1877	4y 11m		same marker with sister Amanda
PIATT	Miles		9/18/1881	40y		marker
ROSS	B. F.					marker - I copied B. F. versus B. I. on the Boyd list
ROSS	Charles H.		02/06/1931	94y	born Waldokopal, Hessen, Germany	obituary
ROSS	Phoebe Culver		01/25/1916		wife of Charles C.	obituary
SHERS	Martha J.		04/30/1901	62y	wife of Joshua	marker
SITZER	Lucie May		5/14/1880	4y 4m 29d	daughter of Seth & Sarah Jane	marker
SITZER	Seth		01/29/1904	62y	Co D 134 Reg NY Inf	marker
TOBEY	Charles		05/22/1910		infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles d. Cleveland, Ohio returned to Christian Hollow	obituary
TOBEY	Mary E.	5/10/1842	6/3/1897			marker
TOBEY	Morgan	3/8/1840	9/26/1897			marker
TOBEY	Nate	4/18/1863	9/25/1897			marker
TOWNSEND					see Hinchman
TRIPP	E. M.					marker
TRIPP	Mrs. George		12/3/1897			obituary