ABANDONED PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY

About 1/2 Mile South of Lysander Village on the Lysander-Plainville Rd., just south of an old brick schoolhouse and nearly opposite a road running to the east

Submitted by Kathy Crowell

The following list appears in Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co. taken from notes by Ralph C. Hannum in 1923, 1924, and 1928.

Allen, Calista d. Aug. 12, 1832, ae. 13, d/o Miles & Mary (stone flat on ground)
Barlow, Gould d. Nov. 15, 1828, ae. 31-2-15
Betts, Ann Mariah d. Mar. 9, 1827 ae. 6m 3d, infant d/o Chauncey & Ann Mariah
Betts, Jane Ann Eliza d. Jan. 14, 1837, ae. 1-2-3, d/o Chauncy & Maria Ann
Betts, Nathan d. Mar. 26, 1844 in the 91" yr, a Revolutionary soldier (stone broken and flat on ground)
Betts, Wm. Chauncy d. Apr. 6, 1832, ae. 4-1-5, s/o Chauncy & Maria Ann
Brown, Henry T. d. Feb. 13, 1843, ae. 8-10-23, s/o Wm. & Polly
Cain, George, Jr. d. July 15, 1832, ae. 24, s/o George & Susan
DeGroff, Peter b. May 20, 1783 d. Nov. 20, 1855 (stone flat on ground)
DeGroff, Rachel d. May 1, 1837, ae. 47-6-24, w/o Peter
Fancher, Matilda d. Aug. 6, 1844, ae. 5y 2m, d/o Samuel & Clarissa
Hart, Simeon D. d. Sept. 8, 1831, ae. 2-1-5, s/o Noadiah & Clarissa
Jenkins, Sarah Ann d. Aug. 4, 1834, ae. 13
Kennedy, Ann d. Nov. 19, 1834, ae. 40-7-16, w/o Dennis
Kennedy, Eunice d. ? 18, 1834, ae. 13-4-16, d/o Dennis & Ann
Kennedy, Gideon d. ? 9, 1824, ae. 56-8-15 (stone of ground)
Kennedy, Sarah Ann who was thrown from a carriage May 29, 7 died on the 31, 1840.  Aged 22-1-20.
Lockwood, George b. Dec. 30, 1848 d. Aug. 31, 1851, s/o S. D. & C. J.
Loder, George K. d. Apr. 20, 1842, ae. 10-6-21, s/o Jeremiah & Clarissa
Martin, John d. Dec. 20, 1831, ae. 13-3-13
Martin, John Henry d. Apr. 2, 1847, ae. 4-10-13, s/o John & Margaret
Martin, Margaret d. Aug. 7, 1859, ae. 40y 27d, w/o John
Martin, Mary J. d. May 25, 1850, ae. 22y 1m, w/o Benjamin
Martin, Susan d. Oct. 31, 1844, ae. 18d, d/o John & Margaret
Marvin, Adelbert d. Oct. 29, 1849, ae. 13m 3d, s/o B. & M. J.
Marvin, John d. Feb. 8, 1837, ae. 46-11-19
Morley, Julia d. July 16, 1825, ae. 21 (stone on ground)
Perrine, Charlotte d. 1851, ae. 4y 20d, d/o John & Sarah (stone on ground)
Perrine, Peter d. Oct. 17, 1851, ae. 1y 7m, s/o John & Sarah (stone on ground)
Perine, Delana d. Jan. 26, 1820, ae. 26y 19d, w/o Henry
Perine, Delana C. d. May 17, 1827, ae. 4-3-5, d/o Henry & Lucinda
Slauson, Joseph B. d. Feb. 6, 1833, ae. 14-5-15, s/o Z. B. & Almira
Slauson, Theodore B. d. Aug. 29, 1851, ae. 16-5-8, s/o B. & Almira (stone flat on ground)
Smith, _______ A. & J. d. Apr 1, 1850, ae. 2-11 (this stone is broken in bits at the top nd lies flat on the ground, evidently son of Abijah Smith)
Smith, Abijah d. June 27, 1823, ae. 63 (has inscription) (stone on ground)
Smith, Emeline d. June 31, 1832, ae. 2-9-7, d/o Alford & Polly
Smith, Mary d. Dec. 15, 1821, ae. 60
Smith, Polly d. June 22, 1837 in 37" yr.
Teel, Susan F. d. Sept. 11, 1851, ae. 23-7-13, w/o Ira J. (has inscription) (stone on ground)
Van Patten, Elizabeth M. d. May 14, 1849, ae. 4-7-14, d/o Wm. & P.
Van Patten, Lesley M. d. May 12, 1849, ae. 4m 18d, s/o Wm. & P.
Voorhees, Wm. d. Oct. 11, 1830, ae. 53 (age may be given but stone is under ground from this point)

The man residing in the old brick school house informed me that grave stones are buried under ground in the cemetery and others were used in the building of a culvert under the highway near the cemetery. R. C. H.

Submitted 5 June 1998