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Jenkins Cemetery
Read by Doris and Joseph Boyd
Read on August 30, 1974
Typed by Ruth BRYAN Coffelt of Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania

   This burial ground is located on the east side of the Rumsey Hill Road, a blacktop highway in the Town of Van Etten in Chemung County, New York.  The southern terminal of the road is its junction with the Wynkoop Creek Road (County Route #3).  It ends on the same road, west of the village of Van Etten.  The cemetery is located 4/10ths of a mile south of the junction of  the  Rumsey Hill and Cross Roads.  The plot is mowed, free of weeds and brush, and measures about 100 feet by 75 feet.  The plot has few broken markers, some on the ground.  There are more graves than the markers indicate, as there are open spaces without tombstones and a few sunken grave sites.  There are probably many “lost” graves.
   All the tombstones were read, many with the aid of chalk.  Data in brackets does not appear on the stones, but has been added for historical interest.  In the case of some wives and daughters, the surname has been added for clarity.

Last Name	First Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Inscription - Relationship - Comments
ALBEE	JANE	1827	1894
ALBEE	NELSON, JR.	1863	1935
ALBEE	HATTIE	1867	1941		Wife of NELSON ALBEE, JR.
BECKHORN	JAMES G.	1840	11/06/1897	57y	Co. E., 86th Regt., NY Vol. (Marker face up on the ground.)
BECKHORN	ELIZABETH		03/18/1892		Daughter of J.C. & M. BECKHORN
BECKHORN	MARY		09/06/1892		Wife of J.G. BECKHORN (Marker sunk into ground, in upright position, in front of base.)
					Next is a very small marker with only the name ELIZABETH on it. She could be the daughter of J.G. & M. BECKHORN.
COOPER	CHARITY	1829	1804		(The stone cutter really fouled this one up. He reversed the birth and death dates and cut the numer "9" backwards.)
ELSTON	EMLINE	(1839 or 1840)	06/03/1888	48y	Wife of ABRAHAM ELSTON. (The above appears on the base of a former shaft type monument of which the shaft is missing.)
GOLDSMITH	CALEB	(06/17/1839)	01/08/1840	36y 6m 21d
GOLDSMITH	MARIA	(10/19/1813)	08/20/1879	74y 7m 15d	Wife of CALEB GOLDSMITH. (A double marker.)
GOLDSMITH	SARAH AMES	(03/19/1830)	03/17/1867	37y 7d	Daughter of C. & M. GOLDSMITH. (This marker is face up, on ground under the fence at the northern boundary line of the cemetery.)
JENKINS	ALLIE B.	1873	1937
JENKINS	CLARA	1876	1953		Wife of ALLIE B. JENKINS
JENKINS	HAROLD E.	1903	1966
JENKINS	STEPHEN	1841	1914
JENKINS	MARY J.	1837	1928		Wife of STEPHEN JENKINS
JENKINS	WILLIS	1830	1873
JENKINS	JULIAETTE
JENKINS	VERTIN
JENKINS	MARY M.				JULIAETTE, VERTIN & MARY M. children of WILLIS & MARY JENKINS. (No dates, but VERTIN has a separate marker.)
JENKINS	VERTIN	(07/18/1858)	08/02/1869	11y 14d	Son of WILLIS & MARY JENKINS. (This marker is face up, on the ground, almost covered with sod.)
RUMSEY	FRANCIS E.	(01/15/1824)	01/31/1870	36y 16d	(Marker face up, on the ground.)
RUMSEY	REBECCA	(02/12/1793)	03/18/1860	67y 1m 6d	Wife of EARL RUMSEY. (Marker leaning against it base.)
RUMSEY	SANFORD H.	1831	11/22/1843	12y	Son of STEPHEN W. & CHLOE RUMSEY. (A shale tombstone.)
RUMSEY	SYLVESTER U.	(12/16/1848)	01/25/1850	1y 1m 9d	Son of JOSHUA U. & SALLY F. RUMSEY
RUMSEY	(no first name)	1895			Daughter of FRED & HATTIE RUMSEY. (Only date.)
WHIPPLE	F.P.	1857			"Father" (Only date.)
WHIPPLE	CARRIE M.	1892	1918		"Daughter"
___?___		01/11/187?	42y 4m 11d		(This marker is face up, on the ground, with top portion bearing the name missing. Badly eroded.)

Subj:  Corrections
Date: 03/23/2002 9:16:21 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: drumse@netzero.net (DRumsey)
To: JoyceTice@aol.com

Hi Joyce,

Here are some Rumsey corrections for the Jenkins Cemetery in Chemung County.

Francis E. was born in 1834 (1870 - 36 = 1834), the rest of the dates are what I have.
Sanford H. was 2y old, b in 1841, infant brother of my g-grandfather.
Sylvester U., b 12/16/1855, d 01/25/1859, 4y 1m 9d, son of Joshua U. & Elnor S.

Doug Rumsey