This cemetery is maintained by the town, which pays to keep it mowed. It served as the burying ground for the local neighborhood, some of whom lived across the line in Potter. This was not a family cemetery, but many of the people buried here are related to one another and to the original Briggs family who came to this county with the Society of Universal Friends. |
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Part I: Cemeteries in the town of Benton
BRIGGS CEMETERY: Notes
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[Fieldstone adjacent to RebeccaTrask] [Fieldstone adjacent to RebeccaTrask] [B1793; wife of Samuel Barnes & daughter of James & Mary Ann Meek] [footstone; headstone face down next to husband's] |
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| Barnes Samuel Baxter Olive # Belknap Briggs Belknap George T. Belknap Isaac [J.] Belknap Mary E. Belknap Miama [Drake] Blanshard Mary J. [Davis] |
1861 Nov 8 1926 Jun 5 1842 Aug 2 1833 1871 Oct 21 1843 Jan 3 1863 May 6 1880 Dec 7 |
D ae 78/11/21 D ae 70 D ae 59/22 days D ae 7; son of Briggs & Miama Belknap D ae 48/7 [son of Briggs & Miama Belknap] D ae 22/11/13; daughter of Briggs & Miama Belknap D ae 72/4; wife of Briggs Belknap B1838 Apr 4; wife of William Blanshard [daughter of James T. & Nancy Davis] [James Davis monument] |
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| Blanshard William Bloomingdale Amelia L. Bloomingdale Fred Bloomingdale Mary E. Bloomingdale Mortimer R. [Briggs?] ---- Briggs Abel Briggs Ann E. [Kelsey] |
1879 Jul3 |
B1829 May 13 [James Davis
monument] D ae 15/10; daughter of Joseph & Emily Bloomingdale D ae 7/11; son of Joseph & Emily Bloomingdale D ae 18; daughter of Joseph & Emily Bloomingdale D ae 19/10; son of Joseph & Emily Bloomingdale "Mother" [stone face down near Willett Briggs] D ae 66/5/18 [born 1776 Jul 3, B1821 Nov 10; wife of Edward R. Briggs [& daughter of Gillette & Elsie Taylor Kelsey] |
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| Briggs Caleb Jr. Briggs Charles N. Briggs Daniel Briggs Edward R. Briggs Eliza Ann Andrews # Briggs Elizabeth [Chambers] Briggs Elvira Briggs Emma E. [Moore] Briggs Francis B[riggs] George W. |
1863 Mar 31 1929 m 1891 Apr 6 by 1850 1834 Jun 10 1896 Nov 17 1948 1850 Jan 5 |
D ae 63/7/21 B1860 [Moore/Briggs monument] B1830 Dec 2 [son of Abel Briggs] [Daniel Briggs monument] B1816 Sep 11 [son of Peleg 3rd & Patricia Hall Briggs] First husband was Vaughn Briggs; second was Hiram Briggs D ae 69; wife of Peleg Briggs Jr. B1830 Aug 16; wife of Daniel Briggs [Daniel Briggs monument] B1864; wife of Charles N. Briggs [Moore/Briggs monument] D ae 83/3/28; Revolutionary War [son of Peleg Briggs Sr.] [Son of Francis Briggs] [first name on small stone between Vaughn & Peleg Briggs, & footstone] |
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| Briggs Gusta E. Best Briggs Hamilton J. Briggs Hannah Briggs Harry Briggs Henry # Briggs Hiram Briggs Isabel [Albro] Briggs James C. # Briggs Laura Briggs Briggs Briggs Martha [ Briggs Mary Briggs Mary W. |
1868 Aug 22 1878 Jun 3 1850 Jun 30 1831 Mar 22 1863 1881 Jul 27 m 1892 Nov 17 1861 Jan 3 1856 Nov 1 1885 Apr 25 1824 May 11 1833 Sep 30 1885 Aug 2 |
D ae 22/6; wife of Robert Briggs D ae 82 [son of Peleg Jr. & Elizabeth Chambers Briggs] D ae 84; wife of Caleb Briggs D ae 31/1/18; son of Abel & Martha Briggs D ae 31 B1809 May 21 [son of Abel & Martha Briggs] [First wife of] Francis Briggs D ae 64/10 days; son of Hamilton J. & Mary Briggs Wife of Henry Briggs D ae 57/8/6; wife of Caleb Briggs [Jr.] D ae 87/9/3; wife of Robert V. Briggs [daughter of William Hall Sr.] D ae 41/6/21; wife of Abel Briggs D ae 67; daughter of Peleg [& Elizabeth] Briggs D ae 91; wife of Hamilton J Briggs [born |
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| Briggs Olive Briggs Olive [ Briggs Peleg Briggs Peleg Briggs Peleg Briggs Peleg [Jr.] B[riggs] P[riscilla Hall] Briggs Robert Briggs Robert V. Briggs Seth B. # Briggs Seward Briggs Stephen Briggs Stephen # Briggs Stephen R. Briggs Tacey A. # Briggs Vaughn Briggs Willett Briggs William H. Brown Elizabeth [Rector] |
m 1841 Nov 26 1837 Jan 17 1840 May 25 1858 Nov 2 1837 Apr 18 m 1886 Mar 30 1834 Sep 20 1894 Nov 13 m m 1905 Apr 6 1848 Jun 3 1900 Dec 25 1834 May 3 [1871 Dec 29] 1861 Mar 20 1847 |
B1857 Nov 4; daughter of
Daniel & Elvira Briggs [Daniel Briggs monument] D ae 55/9/24; [2nd] wife of Francis Briggs D ae 30/9/4 D ae 51/9/19 D ae 16/11/13; son of Edward R. & Ann E. Briggs D ae 71 [born 1765, [Wife of Peleg Briggs 3rd, daughter of William Hall Sr.] [footstone adjacent to Peleg Briggs] D ae 40 [son of Seth B. Briggs] D ae 41/10/28 D ae 76; son of Robert & Lidia Hall Briggs [town record] B1853 Nov 29; son of Daniel & Elvira Briggs [Briggs monument] Son of Edward R & Ann E. Briggs [broken stone] D ae 83/10 PY; son of Philip Briggs [town record] D ae 54 [son of Peleg Briggs Jr.] D ae 62/7/2; born 1838 May 4, daughter of Caleb Jr. & Lydia Briggs D ae 36/10/5 [son of Francis Briggs] [D ae 41; son of H. J. & Mary Briggs] [stone partially buried] D ae 11/9/3; son of Edward R. & Ann E. Briggs B1805; [1st] wife of Martin Brown [daughter of Andrew & Charity Rector] [Brown monument] |
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| Brown Epha [Millspaugh] Brown Martin Brown Mary [Finger] Carey Lemira Tears # Chambers Merrill B. # Christensen ---e Conley Hannah Coons Catherine Coons Celinda |
1885 1885 1859 1918 Apr 29 1894 Apr 10 1876 Oct 23 1863 Jun 8 1890 Sep 19 1837 Feb 24 1881 Dec 25 |
B1810; [3rd] wife
of Martin Brown [Brown monument] B1802 [son of Martin & Sarah Hammond Brown] [Brown monument] B1817; [2nd] wife of Martin Brown [& daughter of Jeremiah & Eva Finger] [Brown monument] B1829 May 14; wife of Alanson Carey [obituary] D ae 2 months 9 days, son of Wilson & Maggie McKeig Chambers D ae -/2 months [stone broken] D ae 60; former wife of Stephen R. Briggs [sic] D ae 57/5/21; wife of James Conley D ae 46/9/29; wife of John G. Coons B1806 Oct 4; wife of Zachariah Coons [Coons/Slocum monument] |
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| Coons John G. Coons Zachariah Cornwell Sarah M. Young # Crittendon Martha Briggs # |
1845 Mar 14 1877 Mar 3 1885 Apr 20 1902 Aug 7 1851 May 28 1851 May 3 1843 May 14 1843 Aug 29 1856 Aug 18? 1843 Aug 18 1856 Jul18 1883 Apr 25 1856 Sep 4 1860 Aug 18 [1855] |
D ae 69/11/8 B1802 Apr 2 [Coons/Slocum monument] D ae 77/5/27; daughter of Russell & Anna Buell Young [town record] D ae 76; wife of Edwin F. Crittendon, who died D ae 2/2/7; son of N. D. & C. A. Davis D ae 1/19 days; son of Ezra F. & Elizabeth B1843 Mar 19, child of J. T. & N. D ae 11 days; daughter of Stephen N. & Hannah R. Davis [Stephen Davis monument] D ae 67/11/17; wife of Noah Davis & daughter of Jeremiah Edwards D ae 25/2/11 [1st] wife of Stephen N. Davis [& daughter of Peleg Briggs] [Stephen Davis monument] Child of C. or B1811 Jul 27 [son of Thomas & Irene Davis] [James Davis monument] D ae 72/8/18; wife of Thomas Davis B1807 Oct 16; wife of James T. Davis [James Davis monument] D ae 63/5/3 [son of Thomas Sr. & Eleanor Davis] [broken stone, same base as Hannah Davis] |
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| Davis Sarah F. [Coons] Decker Decker Robert Edwards Jeremiah Edwards M[artha] Excell William Finger Amelia Ketterer Finger Andrew Finger baby Finger Clark Morton Finger Hannah E. Tears # Finger Helen Finger Jane # Finger John J. Finger Richard Delos Finger Rosa L. Finger Rosetta [Barnes] |
1888 Mar 5 1862 Aug 21 1872 Feb 17 1831 Oct 2 1840 Mar 21 1890 Apr 20 1868 Mar 2 1949 1856 Mar 27 m 1869 Feb 18 1912 1890 Dec 5 1859 1855 Sep 6 1884 Mar 27 1863 1895 Jan 28 1897 Nov 23 1841 Mar 24 1877 Jun 13 1902 Sep 13 |
D ae 65; [2nd] wife of Stephen N.
Daughter of N. D. & C. A. Davis D ae 51/10/18; [son of Thomas & Irene Davis] [Stephen Davis monument] D ae 53/9 [son of Thomas Sr. & Eleanor Davis] B1836 Aug 4; son of J. T. & N. D ae 95; wife of Robert Decker D ae 68 B1875 [Tears monument] D ae 83/7 [B1789] wife of Jeremiah Edwards [broken stone; footstone] D ae 35/9/13 B1854; wife of William Robert Finger B1815 Mar 10 [son of Jeremiah & Eva Finger] [Andrew Finger monument] [Plot with John J. & Sarah Finger] D ae 3/10/7; son of John J & Sally Finger D ae 35/8/21; daughter of Thompson & Eveline Tears Finger [Plot with John J. & Sarah Finger] D ae 22; daughter of Albert & Hannah Tears Finger B1813 Jan 10 [son of Jeremiah & Eva Finger] D ae 2 months 10 days; son of John J. & Sally Finger B1860 Dec 25 [Andrew Finger monument] B1833 Feb 27; wife of Andrew Finger [& daughter of Julius Barnes Jr.] [Andrew Finger monument] |
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| Finger Samuel J. Finger Sarah [Coons] Finger William Robert Hall Esther [Briggs] Hall James D. Jennings William W. Kelsey Alexander G. Kelsey Elsie [ Kelsey Gillet Kelsey Helen M. Kelsey William H. Lavalle Anthony Lavalle Edward Lavalle Loize [Smith] McCann Caroline E. McCann Helen McCann Isaac McCann John McCann Lucretia McCann Margaret Owen C[harles] C. Pederson Thomas P. Pepper Amy Stephenson Pickell Elizabeth C. [Tears] |
1879 Oct 3 1878 May 9 1933 1857 Dec 19 1867 Apr 6 1837 Sep 20 1854 Feb 2 1862 Sep 16 1870 Feb 1867 Apr 30 1865 Jan 26 1890 1857 1879 1909 Jan 7 1843 1908 1912 1894 [Nov 25] 1859 Oct 1852? Feb 14 1887 Jul 8 1862 Dec 19 1888 Oct 2 1849 Jun 22 1913 1925 [1905 May 10] 1885 Jan 2 1881 Sep 17 1884 Aug 28 |
B1856 Mar 27 [Andrew Finger
monument] B1817 May 20; wife of John J. Finger B1854 D ae 67; wife of William Hall [Jr.] [& daughter of Peleg Jr. & Elizabeth Briggs] D ae 17/10/23 D ae 1/9/21; daughter of George & Hannah Hopkins D ae 49/7; wife of James Jennings [& daughter of William & Hannah Rector] D ae 4 months 3 days; son of J N. & B1793 Apr 25, at Milton, Saratoga Co., NY D ae 27/1; wife of J. Nelson Jennings [ D ae 32/4/14 B1834; son of Gillett Kelsey [Kelsey monument] B1791; wife of Gillet Kelsey [& daughter of James & Elizabeth Taylor] [Kelsey monument] B1787 [son of Elijah Kelsey] [Kelsey monument] B1824; daughter of Gillett [& Elsie Taylor] Kelsey [Kelsey monument] B1832; son of Gillett Kelsey [Kelsey monument] B1819 [Lavalle monument] B1858 [Lavalle monument] B1821; wife of Anthony Lavalle [& daughter of Lewis & Mary Hall Smith] [Lavalle monument] D ae 5 [McCann monument] D ae 2/3 [McCann monument] D ae 68/2/11 [McCann monument] D ae 56 D ae 56/5; wife of Isaac McCann [McCann monument] D ae 30/11/17; wife of Isaac McCann [McCann monument; also own stone] B1859; wife of Robert H. Moore [Moore/Briggs monument] B1863 [Moore/Briggs monument] [D ae 73] Civil War Co. F, 179th NY B1848 Aug 3 D ae 34; daughter of D. B. & S. A. Stephenson [Stephenson monument] B1857 Mar 27; wife of Wm H. Pickell [daughter of Jesse & Hannah Jennings Tears] "Lizzie" [Jesse Tears monument] |
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| Pickell William H. Rector Andrew S. Rector Caroline C[oons] Rector Cathaline [Kelsey] Rector Elanor [ Rector Fidelia Rector Hannah [Simmons] Rector Harriet J [Shaw] Rector Margaret A. Rector Nelson Rector William Rector William J. Shaw Charles H Shaw Mercy Jane Sheppard Frances A. [Belknap] Sheppard Robert P. Shoemaker Elizabeth Mrs. Slocum Eliza [Coons] Slocum William T. Soles Maria Spencer Nathan # Spencer Susannah Stephenson Amy A. Stephenson Daniel B. Stephenson Harriet C. Stephenson Lucy A Stephenson Sally Ann Taylor Alva Taylor Ardalissa Genung Taylor [C?] Ralph Taylor Daniel C. Taylor Hannah Taylor Lucy S[tephenson] Taylor Maggie Taylor Margaret [Coleman] Taylor Mary C. Taylor Mary E. Taylor William Tears Angeline Tears Daniel # Tears David |
1888 Nov 7 |
B1856 Sep 10;
"Will" [Jesse Tears monument] B1866 Aug 26; son of Nelson & Harriet J Rector [Nelson Rector monument] D ae 25; wife of Nelson Rector [Nelson Rector monument] D ae 28/2/8; wife of WilliamJ Rector B1823 Aug 12; [2nd wife of William J Rector] [daughter of Thomas & Irene Davis] [Wm Rector monument] D ae 2 months, daughter of Jeremiah & A. Rector D ae 83/11/2; wife of William Rector [Wm Rector monument] B1833 Feb 14; [2nd] wife of Nelson Rector [Rector monument] D ae 1/2; daughter of Jeremiah & A. Rector B1830 Mar 8; Civil War [son of Andrew W. & Elizabeth Rector] [Nelson Rector monument] D ae 93/8/18 [son of Andrew & Charity Rector] [Wm Rector monument] D ae 79/8/18 [son of William & Hannah Rector] [Wm Rector monument] D ae 12/10/21; son of Cisson N. & Sophia Shaw D ae 2/5/16; daughter of Cisson & Sophia Shaw B1814 May 15; wife of Robert P. Sheppard [& daughter of Briggs & Miama Belknap] B1813 Nov 7 D ae 101/3/20 B1832 Feb 16; wife of William T. Slocum & daughter of Zachariah & Celinda Coons [Coons/Slocum monument] B1825 May 6 [Coons/Slocum monument] [B1796] wife of Abram Soles [rest of stone missing] D ae 67 [D ae 86/8/22] wife of Nathan Spencer of D ae 4; daughter of Daniel B. & Sally Ann Stephenson [Stephenson monument] B1807 [Stephenson monument] D ae 10/8 days; daughter of Daniel B. & Sally Ann Stephenson [Stephenson monument] D ae 6; daughter of Daniel B. & Sally Ann Stephenson [Stephenson monument] D ae 56; wife of Daniel Stephenson [Stephenson monument] B1805 [son of James & Elizabeth Taylor] [Alva Taylor monument] B1805; wife of Alva Taylor [d ae 88/4/6 in PY; daughter of William & Eunice A. Genung] [Alva Taylor monument] B1864 son of Charles W. & Frances Taylor [footstone adjacent to Maggie Taylor] D ae 5 months 22 days [Wm Taylor monument] D ae 72/17 days [daughter of James & Elizabeth Taylor] B1843 [Stephenson monument] D ae 6/8 [daughter of Charles W. & Frances Taylor] B1798 May 23; wife of William Taylor [& daughter of John Coleman]; died ae 83/6/15 [Wm Taylor monument] B1800 B1839 [daughter of Alva & Ardalissa Taylor] [Alva Taylor monument] B1793 Dec 2; [son of James & Elizabeth Taylor]; died ae 85/1/20 [Wm Taylor monument] D ae 4/4/6; daughter of H. T. & E. Tears D ae 79/9/6; son of Daniel & Eleanor Tedd Tears D ae 73 [David Tears monument] |
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| Tears Eleanor Tears E[lizur] B. Tears Hannah [ Tears Hugh F. # Tears Jacob # Tears Jesse Tears John Tears Mary Tears Tears Samuel Tears Sarah Tears Solomon Trask Rebecca Wheeler Andrew Wheeler Eva Maria Wheeler James W. Wheeler Laura S. White Maria Wixom Abigail Wixom Caroline Wixom Joel D. Woodard Ardell |
1875 Feb 7 [1899 Apr 7] 1885 Oct 3 1898 Apr 28 1888 Oct 25 1890 Feb 7 1942 1884 Feb 11 1948 1881 Aug 29 1943 1863 Mar 1 1850 Apr 7 m 1888 May 10 1945 1940 1850 Jun 25 1863 Jun 13 1841 Aug 23 1876 Mar 23 1918 |
D ae 93; wife of David Tears; "Our Mother" [born Orange Co. NY] [David
Tears monument] Civil War; Co. L [rest buried] B1822 Mar 9; wife of Jesse Tears [& daughter of James & Elizabeth Jennings] [Jesse Tears monument] D ae 82 PY; son of David Tears [town record] D ae 80/4; son of David & Eleanor Tedd Tears B1811 Jul 20 [Jesse Tears monument] B1858 [John Tears monument] D ae 74/4/15 [David Tears monument] B1899 [John Tears monument] D ae 67/10/15 [David Tears monument] B1869 [John Tears monument] D ae 10/10/4 [David Tears monument] D ae 51/6/11; wife of Abel Trask m B1825 Apr 3; wife of Andrew Wheeler B1860 B1866; wife of James W. Wheeler D ae 23/2 [next to D ae 62; wife of Joel D. Wixom D ae 16/11; daughter of Joel D. & Abigail Wixom D ae 77 B1864 |
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