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BASCO

In memory of Joanna, Wife of Eld. John M. Basco and daughter of Dea. Luther & Lucy Osgood .

 

BELL

Tiehita Bell, wife of William _____.

 

COLE

Levi ,Who Died Mar 19, 1820, Age 51 years.

Sara , died May 19, 1820, age 31/5 years, (Believed to be daughter of Abraham Shope).

 

DERR[E]ICK

Osgood, Born Dec 2[9], 1810_____ .

1 - Ephraim, 'SGT 1 CONN REGT REV WAR' Apr 21, 1756 - Sept 9, 1832.

2 -Ephraim, April 21, 1756 - Sept 9, 1832, age 76 years, '1 Com. Regt.', [Revolutionary War Hero, Sgt in Revolutionary War, only veteran of that war buried in Clarence] [Broken stone]

3 - Ephraim, 1756 - 1832 'Buffalo Chapter N.S.D.A.R.' [MARKER]

 

ELWELF

Elza, wife of E. Eluelf, died Feb 2, 1841, age 25 yrs.

 

FELTON

In memory of Lient. Sylvanus FELTON, who fell at Fort Erie, August 2,, 1814 in the service of his county.
Age 29 years. [Veteran Marker] *

In memory of Mrs. Felton who died Dec 27, 1824, 51 yrs.

Jeremiah Felton, who died December 27, 1824, aged 31 years.

Felton, Lt. S., Fell at Fort Erie, Aug 29, 1814, age 28/9 years, on Revolutionary War D.A.R. Marker.

* Lt. Sylanus Felton,"Killed at Battle of Fort Erie in the service of his county, August 28, 1814, age 29 years".

Felton, John Sr., Revolutionary War

In memory Miss Felton

 

GAUNER

In memory of George, died May 5, 18[58]. Age __, years, __months, __days.

 

GUISE

Mary A., daughter of John J. Sr. & Annistt Guise, born March 6, 1835, died Sept 14, 1836.

 

HEINEY

M/Henno Simon, son of John & I. Hardell Heiney, died 31st Aug 1835, age 15 years

Infant son of John & Harriet ____,, age 2 ds

 

HENNEY

_______ Simon, Son of John & Mariel Henney, died 31 ____, 1835, age 15 months.

Infant Son, of John Harch & Harriett, age 2 day

 

HENRY

J_____ Simon, Son of John & Hanna Henry, Died 31 ____,1835 aged 2/9 days.

 

HORNER

George Horner, d. May 5, 1832, age 42 yrs.

John , who died January 13, ____,

Esan Ben, d. June 21, 1834, age 5 yrs, 38 ds., Son of George & Sarah Hoener.

______, son of George, who died January 15, 1836,

 

HULL

Eliza A., 'wife of E. Hull, Esq'., Died Feb 7, 1843, age 35 years, 8 months, 15 days.*

Edmund Hull Sq., Died Sept 16, 1852. Age 58 years.*

In memory of Laura, daughter of Edmund & Eliza Hull who died August 28, 1834/7. Age 15/8 months.

 

KELSP

____ g[r]t M. Kelsp, died Jan 10, 18__, (Broken stone). AE (Broken stone)

 

LEACH

In memory of William, died June 11, 1811, age 57 years.

Elijah, died June 11, 1841, Deacon at Baptist Church at Hunts Corner.

 

MILES

Rosanna, wife of Rev. Milo N. Miles, died 1838, age 26 years.

Infant son of Rev. Milo N. & Roaanna Miles, died 1837.

 

MATTESON

Harriet Amelia,daughter of Harry H. & Harriet, Died March 21, 1841, ?7 year, 1 month.

 

OSGOOD see BASCO

 

OSGOOD see RASCO

PARKER

In memory of Washburn Parker, died. June 23, 1830, age 33.

 

POOL

In memory of William Pool, ______Sept __, 1832 70? years

 

RANSOM

In memory of ______, Son of Asa & Betsey Ranson, March 11, 18[ ]9.

Catherine & Archibald Ransom offspring of Asa Ranson.

ArchibaldRanson, 1829.

Catherine Ranson, 1836.

(Catherine & Archibald Ranson, were offsprings of Asa Ransom)

Asa Ransom's 1st wife's grave plus 2 children, was reputed to have been seen by Mrs. Melancon.

 

RASCO

In Memorium Joanna Rasco, wife of John H. Rosco and daughter of Dea Luther & Lucy Osgood.

Born Dec 19, 1810, Born again 1828, Married July 12, 1838, Died 2 Aug, 1849
In the winter of 1830, she died hours after being thrown from a carriage.

 

SANBORN

Ray__ Emory, son of J.L.& E. Sanborn, who died June 21, 1839, age 5 years.

 

SHOPE see COLE

 

SIMON

Mayo, son of J.T.A. Heircy, d. 1825, age 15 yrs.

Sarah Steab, b. __, _8, 1823, 7 yrs.

 

SPEAR

William, died 1828, age 60 years.

 

SPOOR

Wm., who departed us in Sept 22, 1828, in the 60 yr of his age. (Hotelkeeper)

 

STEVENS

Sarah, daughter of J.G.& R. Stevens, died Feb 8, 1830, aged 7 weeks

 

 

UNKNOWN

Catharine ---ugh---Gansom? May18, 1838 19 _______

Henry, _____

Le_______Died March 18, 1820, Aged 51 years.

Melvin?________1830 ____Maria?______1835

In memory _______Del______________

In memory of Laura ____.

______, September 4, 1836

______, 1832

Sp[l]ate?

 

E.H. (Edmund Hull ?)

M.W.B.

S.C.

M.W.D.

S.F.

M.A.G.

E.L.

E.H M

M.S.M.

C.R.

W.S.

*Additional Information

page 135 HULL

Hull Edmond, formerly of Clarence, NY, Black Rock, NY, Sept 16, 1852, age 58 years.
It was through his efforts that the first Church of Christ (Disciples Church) was organized in Clarence

Hull Eliza Ann, wife of Edmund, Clarence, NY, Feb 5, 1843, age 35

Lient. Sylvanus FELTON, his father was Levi Felton an Assessor in 1808 for the Town of Clarence.
A liquor license was also issued to him.

The Felton family history on file in the Town Historian's office states that Lt. Felton's body was brought back to Clarence
and buried "with full military honors.' He was married and the father of a boy and girl.

The Town Park property was first owned by the Felton family having purchased it from the Holland Land Company.

Address : Hillcrest Road

Burials :

Caretaker : Maintained by the Town of Clarence

Church : Condition of cemetery : The cemetery is surrounded by a split rail fence.
Many of the tombstone are badly worn or broken.

Contact Person :

Location : Located on the north side of Main Street and the east side of Hillcrest Road, a eighth of a mile from Main Street. Not far from where Ransom's Tavern is believed to stood.

Location of cemetery records :

Known by other names: Hillcrest Cemetery; (Pioneer Cemetery)

Map :

Photograph : Digital Photographs.

Source of Information : Tombstone Readings (Digital Camera), and from the papers for Katie Mockler - 1989

Year Established : First cemetery in the Village of Clarence.First known burial 1814,Last known burial 1852

History :

Named in Honor of Abraham Shope on whose land the cemetery was located

 

Note from old map:

'The whole plot is 92 feet long, and is supposed to be 107 feet 7 inches wide.

each individual plot is supposed to be 22 feet by 9 inches except where otherwise indicated.

Each path is two feet wide and the center path is supposed to be 11 feet 7 inches long.

Single graves are 9 feet by 103 inches.

Graves of Pioneers found in Old Clarence Cemetery

Forgotten for decades, burial plot contains remains of persons buried more than a century.

Forgotten and neglected for many decades, a small cemetery dating from early years

of the last century has brought to life as the results of a proposed real estate development at Clarence.

The plot, 60 by 100 feet, about a eighth of a mile from Main Street,

directly north of the Buffalo Automobile Club

on property recently purchased by Howard L. Melancon of 58 Progressive Avenue, Buffalo.

Many of Clarence's oldest residents were unaware of the burial ground's existence.

It was thought at first to be a private cemetery, and according to Mursett C. Luckner, Clarence attorney,

there are probably from 30 - 50 small burial places within a few miles of the village,

which were used before state laws regulated burials.

 

Names of Many Families

But the names on the sandstone markers are of many families, thus leading

to the current belief that it was a church cemetery.

Many of the grave markers have weathered to such a extent that they cannot be read,

but it is thought, due to the fact that his infant son is buried there that Asa Ransom,

who established the first permanent residence and tavern in Erie County at Clarence Hollow (Clarence)

in 1799, is buried there.

The building still stands by the West Shore Railroad tracks on East Hill in Clarence.

In its rooms the early history of Clarence and the county was made,
It was a terminal of the "underground railway" where slaves from the South hid before their dash to Canada and freedom.

Harry Ransom, Asa's eldest son, was the first white child born in Clarence and as far is known,

in the county. Joseph Ellicott used the building as an office for the Holland Land Company.

Among other persons buried in the cemetery is Rosanna Miles,

wife of the late Rev. Milo N. Miles, and her infant son who preceded her in death.

She died in 1838 at the age of 26 and her son in 1837.

The grave of Ephraim Derreck, a Revolutionary War hero, who died in 1832 at the age of 76,

is marked by an iron standard erected Buffalo Chapter, D.A.R.Other markers are for Elijah Leach,

at one time a deacon in the First Baptist Church at Hunts Corners, who died June 11, 1841.

Lieut. S. Felton, who fell at the battle of Fort Erie August 28, 1814, at the age of 29:

and Sarah Cole , who died May 19, 1820.