| Gifford Cemetery - DAR Cemetery Transcribed by Evalena Hubbard - Annotated by Sandra B. Wilsey 2008 | |||||
| Surname | Given Name | Inscribed Dates | Stone Inscriptions | Notes from census, obits, family records newspaper articles & church records | |
| *? | ? | Evalena Hubbard stated in a newpaper article that there were three Civil War Veterans buried in the cemetery, but one of these stones had long ago been defaced & was illegible, stone not included in Hubbard survey | |||
| *Spencer | Welcome O. | reportedly last burial in cemetery - 1893, He was b.abt 1835, the son of Jocob H. Spencer (1802-1878) & Lois Blodgett (1808-1892), stone not included in Hubbard Survey | |||
| Brazee | Ella | 1/18/1861 | ae 63y-6-14d, wife of John | b abt 1797 NY | |
| Brazee | Henry R. | 5/30/1856 | ae 23, son of John & Ella | b abt 1833 NY | |
| Brazee | John | 6/23/1870 | ae 75y-2m-14d | b. NY, children include Thomas (b.abt 1829), Henry (b.abt 1833), John (b.abt 1836), Harvey (b.abt 1849) | |
| Brazee | Thomas J.(or S) | 7/1/1880 | ae 49, Civil War | b abt 1831 NY, Private Co.H. 68th Regiment NY Infantry, listed in military records as Thomas S. | |
| Edwards | Dewitt | DAR Survey stated "old stone, inscription not legible" | |||
| Edwards | Melissa | wife of Dewitt | DAR Survey stated "old stone, inscription not legible" | ||
| Gifford | Agnes A. | 12/4/1861 | daug. of Joseph & Helen | b. 10/1860, Madison Co., N, daug. of Joseph S. (1833-1875) & Helen A.(1835-1873) Gifford | |
| Gifford | Hannah A. Spencer | 1877 | ae 81, wife of Henry Wilcox Gifford, daug. of Jos. Spencer | b. 3/1/1806 Town of Smithfield, Madison, NY, daug. of Joseph Spencer and Dinah Chrisman Gifford (or Dinah Christman) (1770-1853), children were: Benjamin F. (b.1830), Henry M.(b.1831), Joseph S. (b.1833) Mary P. (1835-1893), Jerome B. (1835-1906) John K. (b.1839), Harriet (b.1841), Elihu R. (1845-1901), Hannuel (1845-1932), probable error in transcription of death date - unlikely she died same yr as her husband, other records give death date as 7/31/1887 which corresponds with her birth date & age at death. | |
| Gifford | Helen A. | 6/4/1873 | ae 37y-9m-22d | b. 8/13/1835 NY, wife of Joseph S. Gifford | |
| Gifford | Henry Wilcox | 11/11/1877 | ae 73y-9m, son of Paul Gifford | b. 2/3/1804 Dartmouth or Westport, Bristol, MA, son of Paul Gifford (1782-1854) & Patience Tripp (b abt 1783), m. Hannah A. Spencer 1/17/1828 in Town of Smithfield, Madison, NY, see children listed with wife | |
| Gifford | Joseph S. | 1833 -1875 | b. NY, son of Henry Wilcox Gifford (1804-1877) & Hannah A. Spencer (1806-1887), m. Helen abt 1859 | ||
| Gifford | Paul | ?/23 or 25/1854 | ae 71y-8m | b. 12/31/1782 Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, son of Capt. Elihu Gifford (1747-1832) & Abigail Chase (1746-1812), m. Patience Tripp 7/10/1803 in MA. She was b. 2/6/1783 daug. of David (1758-1852) and Lucy (b.1759) Tripp, She reportedly died in the Town of Sullivan & may be buried here. They were early settlers in Lakeport building a log cabin on the lake shore of the former Gifford/Prescott farm, their children: Henry Wilcox (1804-1877), Benjamin F. (b.1806), Anna R.(1807-1808), Anna R. (1809-1847), Harriet H. (b.1811), Patience T. (b.1813), Abigail C. (b.1815), in 1836 he along with family members established a ferry service across Oneida Lake to Cleveland, he d. 1/25/1854 | |
| Haskin | Ann R. Gifford | 9/21/1847 | ae 38, wife of Daniel A., daug. of Paul Gifford | Anna Russell Gifford, b. 4/8/1809 Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, daug. of Paul Gifford (1785-1854) & Patience Tripp (b.1863), m. Daniel A. Haskin (1805-1889), children include: Mary (b.abt 1833), Mahiatable (b.abt 1836), Catherine (b.abt 1839), Betsey (b.abt 1842), Sarah (b.abt 1845), In 1880 Daniel was listed as a widower living with daug. Mehiatable in Town of Lenox, husband Daniel is buried at Smith Ridge | |
| Prosser | Jacob | 12/5/1840 | ae 8y-7m, son of Abner & Sylvia | Jacob's parents were Abner Prosser b. NY (1802-1873), Sylvia Spencer b. NY (1805-1883), they are buried in Smith Ridge Cemetery | |
| Prosser | Luther | 12/10 1845 | ae 1y-3m, son of Abner & Sylvia | see info listed for brother Jacob | |
| Spencer | Amelia Alta | 8/?/1856 | ae 0y-6m-12d, daug. of Wm R. & Mary Spencer | b. 1/11/1856, daug. of William Reuben Spencer (1827-1903) & Mary P. Gifford (1835-1893), grandaug. of Henry W Gifford (1804-1877) & Hannah A. Spencer (1806-1887) & granddaug. of Reuben Spencer (1779-1862) & Mercy Chapman (1779-1856), siblings: Seymour (b.abt 1853), Florence (b.abt 1857), & Scott (b.abt 1859), her parents & brother Seymour are buried in Smith Ridge Cemetery. | |
| Spencer | Amorette | 9/12/1867 | 9/12/1867 | 18y-4m, daug of Jacob & Lois | see info listed for parents |
| Spencer | Dinah Chrisman Gifford | 2/16/1853 | ae 82y-4m | b. 10/16/1770 prob CT, wife of Joseph Spencer (1778-1836) | |
| Spencer | Jacob H. | 12/28/1873 | ae 70y-11m | b. 1/13/1802, NY, married Lois Blodgett 1/14/1802, children include: Collins M.(b.abt 1832), Loraine (b.abt 1833), Welcome O. (b.abt 1835), John Wesley (b.abt 1849), Cornelia E. (b.abt 1849) | |
| Spencer | John Wesley | 11/12/1866 | ae 23y-9m, son of Jacob, Civil War | prob. Private 157th NY Infantry | |
| Spencer | Joseph | 10/5/1836 | ae 57y-10m | b. 12/20/1778 Westbrook, Middlesex, CT, m. Dinah Chrisman Gifford ( or Dinah Christman) | |
| Spencer | Lois Blodgett | 1808 - 1892 | wife of Jacob H. | b. NY | |
| Spencer | Loraine | 4/27/1864 | ae 31y-1m-22d, daug of Jacob H. & Lois | see info listed for parents | |
| Spencer | Mariette | 9/28/1839 | ae 0y-9m-16d, daug of Jacob & Lois | see info listed for parents | |
| Spencer | Mercy Chapman | 8/31/1856 | ae 77y-5m, wife of Reuben | b. 4/8/1779 Westbrook, Middlesex, CT, daug. of Lt. Lebbeus Chapman (1752-1833) & Sybille Kirtland (1758-1796), children include: Harriet (b.abt 1807), Deborah (1809-1899), Mercy (1811-1860), Thomas Hardy (b.abt 1813), Mary (1816-1882), Almira (1820-1824), Betsey (b.abt 1822), Betsey Almira (1825-1890), William Reuben (1827-1903) | |
| Spencer | Reuben | 4/4/1862 | ae 82y-9m | b. 7/14/1779 Westbrook, Middlesex, CT, m. Mercy Chapman - 2/21/1807 in Westbrook, CT, son of Samuel Spencer (1740-1784) & Hannah (or Deborah) Spencer, Samuel had crossed Oneida Lake to Ft. Brewerton during the Fr & Indian War & planned to settle along the lake shore, but died of small pox before he could do so, Reuben was a veteran of the War of 1812 having patrolled the coast of CT, he was Lakeport pioneer settling there abt 1815 along with Zina Bushnell & Wm Williams, in 1835 Reuben, Zina Bushnell, Merritt Kelsey, & Jacob H. Spencer established a saw mill on Spencer Creek, see names of Reuben's children listed with wife Mercy, In 1860 Reuben resided with his son Wm.R. | |
| Wright | not legible | n | not legible | mother of James Peter Wright | probable connection with Gifford family - not known |
| *added by S.B. Wilsey 2008 | |||||