West Woods cemetery

The West Woods Cemetery is named for the whole southwestern quadrant of the town, the part that was settled last, by a group of families from Columbia County beginning about 1816.

The cemetery is abandoned and at this writing unmaintained. It is located on a wooded knoll adjacent to the road. Many of the stones have fallen but most of the ones that remain are quite legible. It is obvious however that there are a great many now-unmarked graves. Many graves were originally marked only with single uninscribed fieldstones or perhaps a pair at the head and foot.

The West Woods Cemetery is often called the Cronk or Crank Cemetery after one of the families represented in it; or sometimes the Carroll Cemetery because it was on the Carroll farm.

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West Woods Cemetery: Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEST WOODS CEMETERY: Burials

 

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B--- A—­
B--- E—
B--- S—­
Bell Maria
C--- E---­
C— E---
C--- E---­
Carroll Elizabeth A.
Carroll Mary J. [Simmons]
Chrysler Dewitt Clinton # Chrysler Elizabeth Simmons # Crank Amy M.
Crank Amy Maria
Crank Andrew Madison
Crank Andrew W.
Crank Charity
Crank Christania E.
Crank Christina [Rector]
Crank Garret
Crank Garrett E.
Crank John
Crank John M.
Crank Maria C.
Crank Mary Ann
F--- C--- T—­
Finger Catherine
Finger Charity #
Finger Eve
Finger James L. #
Finger Jeremiah
Hoose Charles #
Hoose Mary #
Miller Hannah Hoose #
Miller Helen E.
Moon Peter P.
Niver Elizabeth
R--- A---­
Rector Andrew #
Rector Andrew [Jr.]
Rector Andrew M. #
Rector Charity [Rockefeller] Rector Dorothea
Rector Edgar L. #
Rector Elizabeth #
Simmons Andrew [R.]
Simmons Charlie

Simmons Hannah
Simmons Henry
Simmons infant
Simmons Reuben
Simmons Willie
Watkins Mary Elizabeth # Wheeler William B.

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m
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1840 Sep 28

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1862 Apr 4
1858 Apr 29

1864 Ju18
1885 Mar 28
1850 Sep 12
1843 Jun 4
1849 Jun 17
1816

1842 Aug 13
1870 Oct 7
1883 Apr 1
1873 Oct 3
1852 Jul 21
1854 Apr 3
1847 Oct 5
1871 Nov 8
1885 Apr 4

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1865 Apr 7
1892 Jan 4

1852 Dec 20
1897 Apr 14

1859 Sep 13
1846 Jun 12
1840 Oct 9
1885 Feb 17
1902 Dec 4
1864 Jan 19
1831 Jul 6

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1890 Dec 2
1863 Nov 2
1849 Oct

1838 Jan 27
1836 Mar 17
1896 Mar 12

1903 Dec 7
1843 Aug 6
1862 May 14

[1865]
1858
1853 Nov 22
1868 Oct 13
1865 Mar 27
1907 Apr 10
1834 Aug 30

[13 uninscribed single fieldstones]
[19 unmarked graves]
[2 broken marble stones]
[7 pair of uninscribed fieldstones]
[Footstone]
[Footstone]
[Fieldstone with scratched initials]
D ae 10; daughter of William & Rebecca Bell
[Footstone]
[Footstone]
[Footstone]
D ae 3 months 5 days; daughter of James & Hannah J. Carroll
D ae 33/3/15; wife of James Carroll & daughter of H. & H. Simmons
D ae 71 [mortality schedule]
D ae 71/10/24; daughter of Henry & Hannah Rector Simmons
D ae 81; wife of John Crank
D ae 27/5/23; daughter of Garret & Christania Crank
D ae 6/4/--; son of Andrew & Mary Ann Crank
B1782; son of Garrett & Christina Crank
D ae 23/4/7; daughter of Garret & Christina Crank [broken stone]
D ae 25/5/3; daughter of John M. & Samantha Crank
D ae 86/9/12; wife of Garret Crank
D ae 80/6/15
D ae 11 [same stone as Mary Ann Crank]
D ae 88
D ae 21; son of Garret & Christania Crank
D ae 24/10/8; granddaughter of Garret & Christania Crank
D ae 72; wife of Andrew Crank
[Footstone]
D ae 42/9/2; daughter of Jeremiah & Eve Finger
D ae 67 in PY; daughter of Jeremiah & Eve Rector Finger [town record]
D ae 78/7/5; wife of Jeremiah Finger
D ae 78 in PY; son of John & Christina Rector Finger [town record]
D ae 71/2/25
D ae 30; son of J. & M. Hoose
D ae 56; wife of John Hoose
D ae 86/1/26; daughter of Jasper & Hannah Hoose
B1844 Mar 29; wife of W. H. Miller
D ae 67
D ae 23; wife of Andrew J. Niver
[Fieldstone with scratched initials]
D ae 74 [town record]
D ae 71/8/8
D ae 10 [mortality schedule]
D ae 71; wife of Andrew Rector
D ae 43; wife of Andrew Rector [Jr.] [stone partially buried]
D ae 23/1/25; son of Alfred S. & Kate L. Best Rector [town record]
D ae 87 [town record]
D ae 33/6/27; son of Henry & Hannah Simmons
D ae 1/6/10; "Little Charlie," son of John H. & Hannah Simmons [Simmons Children monument]
D ae ?/?/13 [born 1784; wife of Henry Simmons] [broken stone]
D ae 79/6/6
Son of John H. & Hannah Simmons [Simmons Children monument]
D ae 1/6/10 [Simmons Children monument]
D ae 6 months 16 days [Simmons Children monument]
D ae 70; daughter of Richard & Betsy Finger Rector [town record]
D ae 26/7/24

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