The Post Creek Cemetery is located in the tiny hamlet of the same name,
in the Town of Catlin, Chemung County, New York. It is situated at the
southeast corner of the intersection of New York State route #414 and the
Post Creek Road, occupying about one acre of ground. There are very few
fallen markers, but numerous unmarked stubs and shale stones dot the site.
High grass and brambles grow in places where there are no or few tombstones.
The surface of the ground is very rough, and sunken graves are many. Sticks
and small pipes driven into the ground mark either graves or plot corners.
The whole of the cemetery has open areas minus tombstones, but undoubtedly
these places contain unmarked resting-places or forgotten graves. The number
of these tombs could be as high as 50 or 60.
Joseph C. and Doris Boyd made the following record on June 30, 1975.
Data in brackets does not appear on the tombstones, but has been added
for interest. Likewise, the surname has been added in the case of a wife,
son, and/or a daughter for the sake of clarity.
| Surname |
First Name |
Birthdate |
Deathdate |
Age |
Inscription, Relationship, Comments |
| BEEBE |
Charles H. |
1856 |
1/12/1896 |
89y |
|
| BEEBE |
Sabrina A. |
7/2/1822 |
9/28/00 |
78y 2m 26d |
A Shaft-type monument. |
| BROWN |
Mary J. |
1860 |
1903 |
|
Wife of G. D. BROWN |
| BUCHER |
Annie A. |
1855/56 |
4/30/1881 |
25y |
Wife of Milo BUCHER, Jr.; remainder of age (25y) is badly eroded and cannot be read. |
| BUCHER |
Clyde D. |
1906 |
|
|
No death date given. |
| BUCHER |
Ferris L. |
1879 |
1948 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Frederick |
7/7/1814 |
2/5/1888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Next is a funeral director's grave standard
and a broken fieldstone with no data on either. |
| BUCHER |
Jacob |
7/2/1781 |
8/25/1849 |
68y 1m 23d |
|
| BUCHER |
Jane |
1/11/1783 |
3/25/1860 |
77y 2m 14d |
|
| BUCHER |
Jacob |
9/12/1809 |
2/8/1890 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Catherine |
9/29/1815 |
3/29/1839 |
|
Wife of Jacob BUCHER; an eroded shaft-type
monument. |
| BUCHER |
John |
1802/03 |
1/14/1853 |
50y |
|
| BUCHER |
Rachel |
2/27/1836 |
8/5/1840 |
4y 5m 9d |
Daughter of John & Mary BUCHER. Tombstone
leans against a fence. |
| BUCHER |
Isabel |
7/1847 |
11/30/1848 |
1y 4m |
|
| BUCHER |
Katherine |
1846 |
1923 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Milo |
4/4/1817 |
3/11/05 |
87y 11m 7 d |
|
| BUCHER |
Mary Ann |
12/3/1825 |
2/15/1891 |
65y 2m 12d |
Wife of Milo BUCHER, Jr.; remainder of age (25y) is badly eroded and Wife of Milo BUCHER; a shaft-type monument.. |
| BUCHER |
Ethel |
3 or 4/1876 |
3/24/1879 |
2y 11 m |
Daughter of Milo M. & Anna A. BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
George W. |
9/15/1854 |
3/24/1857 |
2y 6m 9d |
Son of Milo & Mary Ann BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
John |
9/16/1849 |
2/11/1854 |
4y 4m 26d |
Son of Milo & Mary Ann BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
Milo |
1852 |
1927 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Robert T. |
1839 |
1912 |
|
He was a farmer with 57 acres in 1868-69. |
| BUCHER |
Margaret |
1839 |
1909 |
|
Wife of Robert T. BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
Rozetta |
1820 |
1896 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Samuel |
12/2/1811 |
9/4/1883 |
71y 9m 2d |
He was an inn-keeper and a farmer, with 80 acres in 1868-69. |
| BUCHER |
Nancy |
2/7/1809 |
3/22/1892 |
83y 1m 15d |
Wife of Samuel BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
George W. |
6/10/1841 |
6/16/1841 |
|
Son of Samuel & Nancy BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
Samuel S. |
9/14/1848 |
9/15/1867 |
19y 1d |
Son of Samuel & Nancy BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
Sophronia B. |
6/5/1837 |
8/6/1840 |
3y 2m 1d |
Daughter of Samuel & Nancy BUCHER. All above data on a tall, white shaft-type monument on a fence enclosed
plot. |
| BUCHER |
Simeon |
1858 |
1942 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Elvira |
10/9/1858 |
6/19/1881 |
22y 9m 10d |
Wife of Simeon BUCHER. |
| BUCHER |
Emma E. |
|
12/?/1881 |
|
Daugher of Simeon & Elvira BUCHER;
a small eroded marker with death date not readable. |
| BUCHER |
Ursula Ann |
1848 |
1934 |
|
|
| BUCHER |
Violet |
1885 |
1956 |
|
|
| BUCK |
Seely E. |
1829 |
1899 |
|
|
| BUCK |
Lucinda BENSON |
1830 |
1880 |
|
Wife of Seely E. BUCK. |
| BUCK |
Edward A. |
1860 |
1865 |
|
|
| BUCK |
Jabez L. |
1868 |
1872 |
|
|
| CADY |
Mark |
1864 |
1937 |
|
|
| CADY |
Ella |
1866 |
1893 |
|
|
| CALL |
Olive M. |
4/17/1840 |
10/10/1867 |
27y 5m 23d |
Wife of Silas E. CALL |
| COGWELL |
David W. |
4/30/1859 |
12/4/1877 |
18y 17m 5d |
Spelling of surname is correct as it appears on the tombstone. |
| COGSWELL |
Cora |
1879 |
1882 |
|
|
| COGSWELL |
Arthur |
1884 |
1885 |
|
|
| COGSWELL |
Gertrude |
1897 |
1898 |
|
All above on one tombstone. |
| COGSWELL |
Sally Ann |
2/24/1822 |
7/23/1883 |
61y 4m 29d |
Wife of Reuell Cogswell; the spelling
of Reuell is correct as it appears on the tombstone. |
| COGSWELL |
Avis E. |
10/27/1849 |
7/29/1863 |
13y 9m 2d |
Daughter of Reuell & Sally COGSWELL. |
|
|
|
|
|
Next is a very small unmarked fieldstone
marker. |
| COGSWELL |
Frank W. |
5/26/1863 |
2/7/1891 |
27y 8m 12d |
Son of Rual & Sally A. COGSWELL.
Marker is broken into two pieces with the break being across the age year.
The spelling or RUAL is correct as it appears on the tombstone. |
| COOK |
David E. |
1848 |
1919 |
|
"Father" |
| COOK |
Ella N. |
1864 |
1958 |
|
"Mother" |
| CORWIN |
Frank B. |
12/21/1854 |
|
|
No death date given; he also has a separate
tombstone with the death date of 1923 on it. |
| CORWIN |
Nora |
5/26/1854 |
|
|
No death date given. |
| CORWIN |
Ethel Z. |
9/1/1884 |
2/27/1885 |
|
|
| CORWIN |
Claudie S. |
1/20/1890 |
3/19/1891 |
|
All data appears on a shaft-type monument. |
| DANN |
William E. |
1853 |
1915 |
|
|
| DANN |
Cornelia |
1857 |
1932 |
|
|
| DAVENPORT |
Theodore |
1862 |
1955 |
|
|
| DAVENPORT |
Lillian |
1866 |
1951 |
|
|
| GEE |
Margaret W. |
4 or 5/1813 |
9/25/1841 |
28y 4m |
Wife of John T. GEE. |
| HALM |
Lewis |
1873 |
1950 |
|
|
| HALM |
Mollie |
1882 |
1952 |
|
|
| HALM |
Mary |
6/10/1849 |
9/25/1884 |
35y 3m 15d |
Wife of William HALM |
| HALM |
George |
1875/76 |
2/10/1885 |
9y |
Son of William & Mary HALM. A shaft-type
monument. |
| HAMILTON |
William |
|
9/14/1875 |
|
Marker is broken from it's base; age
line eroded badly. |
| HAMILTON |
Jane |
12/7/1819 |
3/30/04 |
|
Wife of William HAMILTON. |
| HAMILTON |
Simon |
1/20/1853 |
8/23/1853 |
7m 3d |
Son of William & Jane HAMILTON. |
| HAMILTON |
Stewart F. |
7/14/1857 |
2/25/1860 |
2y 7m 11d |
Son of William & Jane HAMILTON. |
| HAMILTON |
Milo |
4/16/1845 |
2/25/1860 |
14y 10m 9d |
Son of William & Jane HAMILTON; a single tombstone with the two epitaphs appearing side by side. |
| HAMILTON |
Franklin L. |
6/9/1860 |
4/21/1862 |
1y 10m 12d |
Son of William & Jane HAMILTON. |
| HAMILTON |
|
|
|
|
Grandsons. William H., John J., Milo S. A very small and severly eroded tombstone which is almost impossible
to read. The data may be incorrect. |
| HAMILTON |
|
9/19/1890 |
9/19/1890 |
|
Son of Willian H. & Luanna HAMILTON.
"Our baby". |
| HAMILTON |
|
4/20/1894 |
4/20/1894 |
|
Son of William H. & Luanna HAMILTON.
"Our baby". |
| HOOEY |
Ernest Edward |
3/25/1891 |
3/23/54 |
|
New York, Pfc., Co. B, 302nd Engineers.
World War I. |
| HOOEY |
Leroy E. |
3/22/1882 |
4/21/62 |
|
New York, Wagoner, Sup Co., 307th Inf.,
World War I. |
| HOOEY |
Orwin |
10/29/1860 |
4/9/1864 |
3y 5m 11d |
Son of William & Emily HOOEY. |
|
|
|
|
|
Next is a stub of a tombstone with no
data. |
| KIMBLE |
Amos |
11/14/1827 |
|
|
No death date given. He was a farmer
with 150 acres in 1868-69. |
| KIMBLE |
Mary |
10/12/1834 |
12/24/1894 |
|
Wife of Amos KIMBLE. A shaft-type monument. |
| KNIFFIN |
Lewis F. |
1832 |
1869 |
|
See data next below. |
| KNIFFIN |
Lewis F., Jr. |
6/6/1832 |
12/11/1869 |
37y 6m 5d |
See data next above. |
| KNIFFIN |
Mary L. VANALSTINE |
1835 |
1911 |
|
Shaft-type marker. |
| MIDDAUGH |
John |
1841 |
1912 |
|
Co. C, 50th New York Engineers. |
| MIDDAUGH |
Sarah |
1846 |
1928 |
|
"Mother". Wife of John MIDDAUGH. |
| MIDDAUGH |
Leonard |
1874 |
1943 |
|
|
| MIDDAUGH |
Nellie |
1876 |
|
|
No death date. |
| MORROW |
James H. |
8/30/1845 |
7/20/36 |
|
Co. D, 50th Regt., New York Engineers. |
| MORROW |
Nancy McELWEE |
1846 |
1929 |
|
Wife of James H. MORROW; her data appears on the back side of her husband's gravestone. |
| McELWEE |
William |
10/4/1820 |
|
|
No death date. |
| McELWEE |
Jane |
1/4/1823 |
10/26/1889 |
|
|
| McELWEE |
George |
9/30/1856 |
4/12/1891 |
|
A shaft-type monument. |
| MORROW |
George W. |
1872 |
1955 |
|
"Father". |
|
|
|
|
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Next is a stick stuck in the ground with a wax heart-shaped floral piece attached to it. The grave appears to be
recent and may be the resting place for the wife of George W. MORROW. |
| NEWTON |
Jess |
1868 |
1938 |
|
|
| NEWTON |
Mina |
1866 |
1934 |
|
His wife. |
| NEWTON |
Bertie |
1890 |
|
|
The only date given is 1890. Daughter
of J. & M. NEWTON. |
| NEWTON |
Amos |
1893 |
1894 |
|
Son of J. & M. NEWTON. |
| NEWTON |
Jarry |
1895 |
1896 |
|
Son of J. & M. NEWTON. |
| PERRY |
Hiram |
1843 |
1924 |
|
|
| PERRY |
Jane |
1847 |
1925 |
|
|
| RINEHART |
Lester L. |
1911 |
|
|
No death date. |
| RINEHART |
Gladys M. |
1912 |
|
|
No death date. |
| RINEHART |
Roger R. |
1940 |
1967 |
|
|
| SMALLEY |
Catherine |
4/1/1801 |
10/14/1876 |
75y 6m 13d |
Wife of James SMALLEY. |
| SMALLEY |
Jacob |
2/5/1837 |
6/6/1864 |
27y 4m 1d |
Son of James & Catherine SMALLEY. |
| SMITH |
Nathaniel |
10/18/1816 |
9/12/1885 |
|
|
| SMITH |
Cordelia |
3/18/1823 |
|
|
Wife of Nathaniel SMITH. No death date
was ever cut into the shaft-type monument, or else the date has completely
eroded away. It is impossible to determine. |
| STURDEVANT |
Cathy Ann |
10/5/52 |
10/23/57 |
|
|
| STURDEVANT |
Eaden Emerson |
9/20/1880 |
10/10/36 |
|
|
| STURDEVANT |
Lesley Leon |
12/15/41 |
12/15/41 |
|
|
| STURDEVANT |
Richard Eaden |
9/1/14 |
11/13/37 |
|
|
| STURDIVANT |
Frank L. |
1/17/07 |
|
|
No death date. Spelling of surname is
correct as it appears on the tombstone. |
| STURDIVANT |
Luella |
1886 |
1962 |
|
Spelling of surname is correct as it
appears on the tombstone. |
| TIMERMAN |
Herman |
1849/50 |
7/1/1876 |
26y |
Son of C. & C. TIMERMAN. |
| VANDERGRIFT |
Rogenia |
8or9/1846 |
11/27/1847 |
1y 2m |
A small marker stone so badly eroded
that it is almost impossible to read. The data may be incorrect. Daughter
of _____ and _____. |
| WEAVER |
Abraham |
1/12/1798 |
4/20/1878 |
|
|
| WEAVER |
Catherine |
3/25/1795 |
8/29/1881 |
|
|
| WEAVER |
Lewis |
1821 |
1889 |
|
Co. D, 141st Regt., New York Vols. Wounded
in the Battle of Atlanta, GA, in 1864. |
| WEAVER |
Sally A. |
|
|
|
His wife. No dates. |
|
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Below the above are the names VIOLA,
OSCAR, CATHERINE, LANA, KATIE, & EDWARD, but no data. Nearby are small
grave markers for Catherine & Lana, but no dates. |
| WILLIAMS |
Eliza |
8/12/1827 |
12/17/1847 |
20y 4m 5d |
Wife of Henry V. WILLIAMS. Tombstone
lays face-up on the ground in three pieces. |
| YAPLE |
Samuel |
12/30/1811 |
8/15/1887 |
75y 7m 16d |
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Next is an unmarked fieldstone stub. |
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Next is a small marker with only "Mother"
upon it. |
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Next is a small marker with only "Uncle" upon it. |
