Chemung County NY
Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Ashland Cemetery, Town of Ashland, Chemung County, NY
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Joyce's Search Tip - December 2007 -
Do You Know that you can search just the 860 pages of Chemung County Cemetery Records 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. 
Introduction & Aber to Boyce
Brewer to Burt
Cacciotte to Comfort
Comstock to Dean
Decker to DuVall
Easton to Goldsmith
Green to Hammond
Haner to Hillman
Hollenbeck to Laseur
Lattimer to Mayr
McAdams to O'Hanlon
Ostrander to Roby
Rockwell to Smith
Snell to Tuton
Updike to Winant
Wood to Addendum
History of Ashland Cemetery
Obituaries
 Updates
See also the Wellsburg Cemetery which is the older cemetery which adjoins this
Rockwell Sarah K. 1858 1906

Roe Dorothy Louise 1914 1919
Granddaughter of Charles S. & Mary #. Myers. (epitaph on Charles S. Meyers marker)
Roe Dudley C. 1872 1950
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. Jul 16 1950 Lot #171
Roe Eugene 1849 1929
CR: d. Lowman, NY
Roe Frank F. 1875 1962
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. May 23 1962 Lot #171
Roe Henrietta 1848 1919

Roe Jeanette M. 1882 1963
CR: middle initial was "R", d. elmira, aged 80 yrs., 4 mos., 20 days; bur. Apr 24 1963 Lot #171
Roe Orlando N. 1882 1962
CR: d. Elmira, bur. Jul 22 1962 Lot #171
Roe William H. 1852 1930

Roe  Harry B. 1877 1934

Rogers A. Margaret 1907 None

Rogers Clarence H. 1894 1971
Roberts Funeral Home: d. Jun 16 1971. CR: d. Carbondale, Pa., bur. Jun 21 1971 Lot #332
Rogers Margaret F.


See entry for REUBEN E. MOSS
Ross Oscar J. 1903 1963
CR: d. Campbell, NY bur. Dec 4 1963 Lot #327
Ross Ruth G. 1902 None

Rossiter Phillip Howell


(no stone) CR: d. Chemung, NY bur. Nov 24 1933
Rudd Erma L.


(no stone) CR: bur. Sep 12 1916 aged 2 months.
Sanford Sarah


See entry for SARAH HILLMAN
Saunders Electra 1879 1952
CR: middle name was "Alice". Died Wellsburg, bur. Apr 25 1952 Lot #213
Saunders Samuel 1878 1939
CR: bur Mar 22 1939 Lot #213
Sayre Claude D. Feb 14 1872 Aug 27 1892
"Husband"
Sayre Hazel A. Mar 18 1893 Nov 10 1972
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Nov 13 1972 Lot #127
Sayre Herbert 1899 1918
CR: suicide by gun-shot their son
Sayre Lewis J.


(no stone) CR: stillborn, bur. Jan 21 1922
Sayre Melvin B. Jun 22 1915 Nov 4 1975
Sgt. U. S. Army World War II
Sayre Melvin P. Dec 29 1888 Nov 21 1969
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Nov 24 1969 Lot #127
Sayre Nora 1864 1950
his wife CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. Dec 18 1950 Lot #127
Sayre Oliver E. 1892 1918
307th Inf. MG Co., Sgt., from accidental pistol shot. Bur. Jun 15 1921
Sayre Perry 1851 1912

Sayre Rebbecca May 3 1863 Nov 2 1884
wife of Fred B. Sayre and daughter of B. & L. Burt (the first name is spelled as it appears on stone, which is shaft type
Sayre Rose Deborah Hillman


See entries for ROSA HILLMAN SAYRE DANIELS AND CLAUDE D. SAYRE
Schaffer Crystal E. 1898 1968
CR: d. Eustis Lake, Florida; bur. Apr 2 1968 Lot #198
Schoonmaker Julia M. 1885 1962
CR: middle name was "Mary". Died Wellsburg, bur. Mar 28 1962 Lot #227
Schwab Jacob


(no stone) CR: bur Feb 2 1931 aged 75 years
Scott James D. 1883 1963
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. Mar 20 1974 Lot #303-A
Scudder Harvey T. 1870 1918
"Father"
Scudder Israel O. Jan 24 1828 Jan 18 1903
"Father"
Scudder Jennie V. 1877 1922
"Mother"
Scudder Joe F. 1875 1947
CR: first name was "Joseph". Died Wellsburg, bur Jan 7 1947 Lot #137
Scudder Julia 1839 1917
"Mother"
Scudder Julia


See entry for ISRAEL O. SCUDDER
Seafuse Aaron 1837 1918

Seafuse Annie 1851 1917

Seeley Fanny Farrand 1812 1896
wife of James H. Farrand (epitaph appears on the Joseph Farrand shaft monument.)
Shaffer Mason L. 1895 None

Shanks Infant Girl


(no stone) CR: stillborn, bur. Oct 20 1961 Lot #141
Sharpe Ida G. Decker 1873 1922
wife of Charles Sharpe (tombstone located on Robert A. Decker plot
Shattuck Ellen McKinney 1906 None

Shattuck John Arthur 1906 1973
Roberts Funeral Home: d. Feb 11 1906, bur Mar 16 1973 Lot #341
Shaw Beatrice G. 1893 1966
CR: d. Elmira, bur. Jun 1 1966 Lot #242
Shaw Charles W. 1930 None
CR: d. Bradford Co., Pa., aged 7 days. (four above on one marker)
Shaw Helen Ann 1921 1972
Roberts Funeral Home: d. Jan 4 1972. CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Lot #333 Jan 7 1972
Shaw Robert M. 1921 1927

Shaw William F. 1888 1964
CR: d. Elmira, bur. Nov 10 1964 Lot #242
Simcoe Hannah


See entry for HANNAH SIMCOE SMITH
Simcoe Mary


See entry for GEORGE W. GRISWILD
Simmons Baby Girl


(no stone) CR: d. Sayre, pa., bur. Jan 19 1942 Lot #53
Sindermann Heinz P.F. 1916 1963
"Husband & Father" CR: d. Wellsburg, aged 47 yrs. 5 mos. 8 days bur. Dec 12 1963 Lot #314
Sly Anna M.
May 31 1931 73 years Data from CR. See entries for ANNA M. COFFEY & FRANK B. COFFEY
Smith Amanda Dec 11 1814 Apr 26 1904

Smith Arlena


(no stone) CR: bur May 1 1930 aged 15 minutes.
Smith Charles F. Sep 16 1858 Sep 30 1904

Smith Diantha Streeter 1818 1885
wife of J. F. Smith
Smith Edmund L.
Feb 5 1850 3 months son of Jud & Rebecca Smith
Smith Edna 1869 1946
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur Mar 22 1946, Lot #205
Smith Elijah 1823 1917

Smith Elizabeth Mar 7 1837 Aug 8 1902
his wife (a shaft monument. Also on this plot is a small fieldstone marker with no data)
Smith Ella D.


See entry for ELLA D. SMITH MERRIAM
Smith Elmer G. 1860 None
CR: d. Elmira bur Feb 17 1941 Lot #88
Smith Emeline E. 1843 1914
CR; middle name was "Euphrasia", bur Aug 1 1914 (a shaft monument)
Smith Emma


(no stone) CR: d. Brooklyn NY, bur. Jul 29 1933
Smith Ethel M. 1906 1950
CR: d. Elmira , bur. Aug 30 1950 Lot #34
Smith Etta J.


(no stone) CR: d. Elmira aged 73 years bur. May 5 1837 Lot #154
Smith Eva G. 1865 1926
CR: first name "Eveline", bur. Apr 11 1926
Smith Fannie F. 1864 1929

Smith Florence L. 1885 1966
CR: d. Chemung, NY bur. Apr 6 1966 Lot #242
Smith Frank F. 1852 1928
CR: d. Wellsburg, bur. Mar 22 1922 Lot #205
Smith Frank I. 1862 1939
CR: bur May 1 1939 Lot #34
Smith George B. 1865 1942
CR: middle name was "Benjamin". Died Wellsburg, bur Nov 18 1942 Lot #67
Smith George W. Aug 14 1829 Apr 7 1900

Smith Guy E, 1891 1970
Roberts Funeral Home: d. Dec 29 1970. CR: bur. Apr 9 1971 Lot #67. (apparently body was held in the vault until spring)
Smith Hannah
Sep 16 1881 56 years wife of Elijah Smith
Smith Hannah M.
Apr 22 1859 1 yr. 3 mos. 14 dys. daughter of Jud & Rebecca Smith
Smith Hannah Simcoe


(no stone) CR: bur May 25 1929 aged 65 years
Smith Harriet


See entry for LEBBEUS HAMMOND MATHEWS
Smith James M.
Aug 30 1854 1 month 12 days son of Jud & Rebecca Smith
Smith John F. M. D. May 4 1817 Sep 29 1882

Smith Joseph B. 1878 1942
CR: middle name was "Beane". Died Wellsburg, bur. Mar 3 1942 Lot #242
Smith Jud
Mar 21 1886 68 years (b. Apr 14 1818)
Smith Katie C. 1880 1938
CR: first name was "Katheryn" . Died Chemung, NY bur Feb 27 1938 Lot #88
Smith Lewis J. 1887 1918
Co. L, 108th U.S.A. Hindenburg Line CR: killed in action, bur. Apr 4 1921 Lot #205
Smith Lottie Lefler 1898 1923
wife of Roy F. Smith
Smith Mary E. 1894 1971
Roberts Funeral Home d. May 9 1971. CR: bur May 12 1971 Lot #67
Smith Mary F. 1857 1950
CR: middle name was "Frances". Died Elmira, bur. Dec 10 1950 Lot #32
Smith Melvina Fanning 1836 1914
wife of Noah W. Smith CR: d. Town of Baldwin, bur. Apr 28 1914
Smith Millicent Mar 22 1858 Oct 13 1928
his wife. CR: her record has her interred under Millicent Crane, wife of Charles Smith
Smith Noah H. 1832 1905
Co. C. 7th Pa. Cav.
Smith Rebecca
Nov 25 1891 76 years wife of J. Smith (a shaft monument)
Smith Roy F. 1896 1969
CR: d. Horseheads, bur. Apr 16 1969 Lot #34
Smith S. B.  Mar 9 1813 Aug 30 1886
Deacon
Smith Samuel


(no stone) CR; d. Horseheads, aged 84 years, bur. Jun 24 1918
Smith Sarah M. Feb 23 1847 Nov 27 1913
"Mother" wife of Samuel Smith
Smith Uri
Mar 7 1880 28 years son of Jud & Rebecca Mathews Smith (a shaft type monument)
Smith William H. Aug 19 1910 May 29 1947
New York Tech. 4, Engineers World War II CR: middle name was "Harold". Died Wellsburg, bur Lot #205

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 12/2/98
By Joyce M. Tice