Scudder Cemetery, Town of Ashland, Chemung County, New York Chemung County NY

Chemung County Genealogy & History Sites How To Use This Site Ashland Township Page Joyce Read by Doris & Joseph Boyd in 1973 Typed by Janet Loftus Photos by Joyce M. Tice December 12, 1997

Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 - Do You Know that you can search just the search just the 860 pages of Chemung County Cemetery Records on on the site by using the Cemeteries -Chemung button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? If you use that partition follow these steps to search just one cemetery.  1. Choose Cemeteries - Chemung 2. Enter part of the cemetery name [ie Comfort or Carr] AND a surname. 3. Choose the Find ALL Words option. Then it will find just the pages with that surname in the one cemetery you indicated.  You will also want to search the three county level Obituaries by Cemetery partitions

 The Scudder Cemetery is a small burial ground located on Lower Maple Avenue (New York State Highway #427) in the town of Ashland, Chemung County, New York. It must not be confused with the small Miller Cemetery which is also located on the same highway. Situated almost on the shoulder of the road, it is cared for by the Town of Ashland and measures about 42’ x 45’ in size. There are no weeds or brush, the grass is mowed regularly, and the tombstones are erect and intact. The plot is surrounded by a white rail wooden fence. There undoubtedly are more graves than the number of tombstones indicate.

 The following record was made on July 18, by Joseph C. and Doris Boyd. Data in brackets does not appear on the tombstones, but has been added for interest. In some cases such as a wife, son and/or daughter, the surname has been added for clarity

Last Name	First Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	AGE	Inscription/RELATIONSHIP/COMMENTS
MEDDAUGH	SAMUEL		11/6/1826	93y & 8mo	In Memory of (b. 2 or 3/1733) (He settled in the town of Ashland (then Town of Chemung, Tioga County) in 1790 or shortley thereafter or, being among the early settlers.
MEDDAUGH	MARGARET		9/27/1816	70y	his wife (b. 1745 or 1745) (A shale tombstone with excellent lettering)
MIDDAUGH	AMERIAH		12/10/1816	6y	son of SAMUEL & PHYLA MIDDAUGH (B. 1809 or 1810) (Note the difference in the spelling of the surname on this shale tombstone with excellent lettering.)
MOHNY	CORNELUS		3/20/1848		(A small tombstone)
NELSON					an infant sleeping, daughter of D.B. & J.C. NELSON (Tombstone contains no given name or data)
OAKLEY	DEBORAH				See entry for TREDWELL SCUDDER
SCUDDER	T. O.		2/24/1848	47y 5m 21d	(b. 9/3/1800) (His given name was TREADWELL and he was born on Long Island, the son of JOEL SCUDDER. He came to the Town of Ashland in 1839; served as supervisor in 1846; spent two years in Congress; and was in the New York Legislature for 17 years.)
SCUDDER	TREDWELL		8/3/1847	11y 3m 3m	son of T.O. & DEBORAH SCUDDER (b. 4/31/1836) (His mother's maiden name was OAKLEY. A mistake was made in computing his age as April has only 30 days. Also, note the spelling of his given name.)
SMITH	ABBY Y.		5/19/1855	3y 7m 3d	daughter of C.L. & MARY J. SMITH (b. 10/16/1851
SPAULDING	PHEBE ANN		4/12/1842	15y 4m 10d	daughter of PHINEAS & JANE SPAULDING (b. 12/2/1826)
STRONG	JAMES	6/11/1810	3/11/1848
STRONG	SUSAN	11/11/1811	9/15/1878		wife of JAMES STRONG
STRONG	PHINEAS S.		5/15/1810	5m 18d	son of JAMES & SUSAN STRONG (b. 11/27/1809) (This baby is not the son of the two above) - Note from JMT - This differs from the Kelsey Jones 1979 reading on the date and may be an error.