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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Epitaphs of New Fairfield Connecticut
Compiled by Joan L. Sudol
Copyright 1982 Joan L. Sudol New Fairfield CT.
Prepared for the Internet by Margaret Coletta, New Fairfield CT, 1997
The following record of epitaphs was carefully transcribed from physical inspection
of the five New Fairfield cemeteries. Most of the Partially illegible inscriptions
were filled in by previously published and private sources. Some tombstones which
were previously recorded are now missing altogether. This book is an attempt to help
reserve part of the history and people of New Fairfield so that they may be
"Gone but not forgotten".
GEROW CEMETERY NEW FAIRFIELD CT.
.PART 1 OF 2
The Gerow Cemetery is located on Quaker Road off Route 37in the northeast section of town. The oldest legible stone in
this burial ground is Anna Elizabeth Gerow who died March 30,
1834.
There are 42 unmarked graves. Same of these being buried
in a former public ground in the late 1800's. Among those
buried in the public ground are six children of George and
Mary Ludlow. Four of whom died within 12 days of each other
in 1887.
Some tombstones and remains were moved here from a Quaker
cemetery one mile to the west just over the New York State line,
when that cemetery was abandoned. That cemetery had only one
tombstone left back in the 1970's being that of Esther Haviland.
Thomas Cullen who died Jan. 21, 1892 has another
version of a popular epitaph;
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now you soon must be
Prepare to die and follow
me.
*G*----------------Gerow cemetery records
Some of the tombstones only have the name of the deceased.
Town Cemetery Listings
AKIN
Charlotte E. Wanzer / wife of / Daniel Akin /
born Oct. 22, 1856 / died Nov 17, 1907 /
ALLEN
Edna M Allen / Jan. 21, 1888 / Oct. 3, 1980 /
Warren C. Allen / Sept. 3, 1857 / Apr. 16, 1937 /
BANKS
Nathan O. Banks, Jr. / 4 of 10th mo. 1849 /
aged 53 ys. 2 dys. /
BARNUM
Buckley Barnum / died / Nov. 6, 1881 / aged 27 yrs. /
Resting in Jesus.
Barnum / George Barnum / July 2, 1882 / aged 64 yrs. /
Jesus loves me.
Susan A. / wife of / George Barnum / died / Apr. 27, 1917 /
aged 95. /
Her children rise up and call her blessed.
An infant son of / George & Susan A. Barnum /died /
Jan. 27, 1861 / aged 4 ds. /
BIRCH
Katie E. / dau. of / Philo E. & Carrie E. Birch /
died Aug. 29, 1876 / ae. 1 yr 9 mos. & 13 dys. /
BOUTON
John P. Bouton / died / Aug. 9, 1884 / aged 78 yrs.
7 mos. /
_________ to love is Christ
And______________
Mary E. Dickins / wife of / John P. Bouton / died
Mar. 31, 1897 / aged 81 years & 5 mos. /
She has done the best she could.
BOWDY
*G* Artemas Bowdy
*G* William Bowdy, son of Artemas Bowdy, died Aug. 1, 1891,
aged 31 years.
BOWEN
Croswell Bowen / 1905 - 1971/
(Feb. 12, 1905 - July 14, 1971)
William D. Bowen / New York / Major U.S. Army /
World War II / March 16, l908 - Sept. 25, 1968 /
BRIGGS
Andrew M. Briggs / Aug. 29, 1849 / May 7, 1899 /
Hattie A. Pearce / wife of / Asa H. Briggs / died /
March 25, 1885 / aged 21 yrs. 6 mos. & 3 days /
Lottie M. / Briggs / Has. of / A.M. & P.A. Briggs /
1871-1888
( daughter of Andrew & Phebe )
Phebe A. / wife of / Andrew M. Briggs / died /
Dec. 6, 1885 / AE 38 yrs. /
Stephen D. Briggs / 1878 - 1942 /
(Sept. 25, 1878 - Jan. 26, 1942)
BRISTOL
Dorothy Osborn Bristol / May 12, 1888 / Aug. 22, 1976 /
Ernest Milford Bristol / Feb. 15, 1884 - June 6, 1966 /
BRUCKNER
*G* Arthur Bruckner, died, Aug. 28, 1937, aged 65 yrs. 5 mos.
*G* Ella F. Bruckner, died Nov. 20, 1940, aged 64 yrs., wife of Arthur
*G* Susan Bruckner, died Sept. 2, 1927, aged 81 yrs. 5 mos.
21 days
BURCH
*G* Gertrude May, dau. of Philo & Caroline E. Burch, May 23,
1886 - March 1887
Philo E. Burch / Apr. 5, 1848 / Aug. 15, 1920 /
Caroline E. Dakin / his wife / June 6, 1854 / Sept. 21, 1907 /
John E. Carroll, 1890 - 1971 (metal marker)
CHASE
Chase / Betsey M. Benedict / wife of / Edwin F. Chase /
Nov. 13, 1855 - Aug. 20, 1920 /
Edwin F. Chase / Nov. 10, 1854 / July 28, 1925 /
*G* Edna Chase, died May 10, 1891, aged 8 mos. 15 days,
child of Edwin & Betsy Chase
*G* Henry George Chase, died May 18, 1891, aged 1 yr. 10 mos.,
child of Edwin & Betsey Chase
Lillie / died Nov. 20, 1884 / aged 1 yr. 3 mos. 15 dys. /
Nellie / died Aug. 16, 1888 / aged 1 yr. 8 dys. /
Asleep in Jesus
children of / Edwin F. & Betsey Chase /
*G* Merwin L. Chase, born May 10, 1899, died Aug. 28, 1966
*G* Robert Chase, May 17, 1967
*G* Theodore Chase, died Jan. 4, 1938, 60th year, son of
Edwin & Betsey Chase
CLOUGH
Ernest Clough / Conn. / Pvt. U.S. Army / World War I /
Sept. 5, 1890 - Jan. 21, 1974 /
Hattie Ett / wife of / John Clough / 1867 - 1910 /
Howard Clough / Sept. 20, 1888 / Nov. 23, 1948 /
John Clough / 1857 - 1917 /
COLSON
Martha Colson / 1925 - 1941 / (Oct. 27, 1941, 16 yrs.)
CONKLIN
Dewitt Clinton Conklin / 1848 - 1896 /
Gone but not forgotten.
George Banks Conklin / 1894 - 1896 / our baby /
Gordon Conklin 1891 - March 26, 1954
James E. Conklin / 1887 - 1922 /
*G* Ruth Ann Conklin, 1862, died Oct. 26, 1941, aged
79 yrs. & 6 mos.
CREELEY
*G* Dagmar Creeley, died March 24, 1944, aged 41 yrs. 13 dys.
CROUSE
Marian Crouse / 1936 - 1979 /
(July 8, 1936 - May 2, 1979)
CULLEN
Arthur W. Cullen / 1882 - 1955 /(May 9, 1955)
Carrie Satterlee / wife of / Thomas Cullen / 1852 - 1931 /
Mother / ( May 2, 1852 - Dec. 26, 1931)
*G* Mrs. James Cullen, 1900 - Feb. 1969
Lewis T. / son of / Thomas & Carrie Cullen / died Mar.3,
1896 / age 4 yrs. /
A smile was on my babies
face, the night he passed
away. The Angels helped him up to God,
and changed his night to day
Thomas Cullen / died / Jan. 21, 1892 / aged 46 yrs.
5 mos./ (Aug. 1, 1845)
Papa's Gone
Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I.
As I am now you soon must be
Prepare to die and follow me.
William H. Cullen / 1866 - 1942 / ( March 18, 1942)
DAKIN
Ebenezer Dakin / died / July 10, 1876 / aged 17 yrs. /
DAVENPORT
Anna R. Davenport / died / Dec. 30, 1900 / aged 38 yrs.
8 mos. /
Davenport / George N. / Davenport / died Jan. 11, 1932 /
aged 62 yrs. 5 mos. 11 dys. /
Carrie J. / wife of / George N. Davenport / died June 6,
1904 / aged 28 yrs. & 21 dys. /(Carrie Jennings)
Wood / Mattie Wood Davenport / 1866 - 1945 /
(Second wife of George, dau. of Wm. & Phebe Wood)
Nicholas W. Davenport / April 1, 1838 / Mar. 1, 1915 /
DAWSON
Dawson / Walter / Oct. 1, 1887 / Dec. 13, 1965 /
Harriet T. / June 22, 1895 / June 22, 1963 / (Harriet Turner)
DEAN
Alonzo W. / son of / Charles & Semantha Dean /died
Oct. 4, 1851 / age 17 yrs. 9 mos. 26 dys. /
In memory of / Charles Dean / who departed / this life /
April 9, 1849 age 55 yrs. 8 mos. & 4 dys /
DELOHERY
*G* Andrew W. Delohery, Feb. 18, 1898 - Jan. 27, 1971
DILLY
Monument
Anderson Dilly Jr. / 1902 - 962 /
(Nov. 8, 1962 age 60 yrs. )
David Lange Dilly / New York / Pvt. U.S. Army /
World War II / may 5, 1904 - Nov.
27, 1964 / (age 60 yrs.)
*G* Kenneth Anderson Dilly, Sept. 19, 1935 - Feb. 12, 1970
DINGEE
*G* James Edward Dingee, 5/10/1872 - 5/10/1935
*G* Infant child of Edward & Mary Dingee, Jr.,
Liberty May Dingee died July 12,
1918
*G* Mary Dingee, wife of James E. Dingee died Jan. 11, 1921
aged 42 yrs.
DIRIGOLI
James / Dirigoli / 1907 - 1972 /
(Nov. 10, 1907 - Feb. 5, 1972)
DUNHAM
Sally Teresa Mullen / Dunham / Sept. 7, 1905
Jan. 31, 1966 /
DURGA
James L. Durga / 1833 - 1909 /
Mary E. Smith / his wife / 1838 - 1913 /
Lucina Lee / son of / James L. & Mary E. Durga /
/ died / Apr. 9, 1882 / age 10 yrs. /
Gone but not forgotten.
Durga / Otis W. / 1865 - 1947 /
Nov. 5, 1865 - Apr. 18, 1947 )
Minne Barnum / his wife / 1861 - 1943 /
DURGY
Francis Durgy / died / Aug. 9, 1867 / Ae 83 yrs. /
Joel Durgy / died / Feb. 11, 1864 / aged 73 & 11 mos. /
Joel J. Durgy / born Oct. 9, 824 / died Dec. 27, 1901 /
John Durgy / born Jan. 23, 1823 / died June 5, 1897 /
Our Sister / Julis A / dau. of / E.W. & Betsey A. Durgy /
died / Nov. 7, 1868 / Ae 21 yrs. & 22 dys. /
Come home.
Olive / wife of / Joel Durgy / died / July 15 1865 /
Ae 72 yrs. /
Wanzer Durgy / died / Aug. 16, 1851 / Ae 26 yrs. /
ELWELL
*G* Dewitt C. Elwell, June 12, 1912, aged 82 years.
Elizabeth Elwell / 1883 -1968 /
(Feb. 19, 1883 Jan. 23, 1968)
*G* Mary W. Elwell, wife of Dewitt C Elwell, Jan 24,
1885, aged 48 yrs.
ERHARDT
*G* Luke Erhardt, born Aug. 20, 1980 - Sept 12, 1980
FORD
Frank W. Ford III / 1952 - 1971 /
FOSTER
Foster / Byron F. / 1859 - 1938 /
Ida Jane / his wife/ 1868 -1891 /
(Ida J. Durgy, died Oct. 10, 1891 age 23)
FRASIER
Ephraim Frasier /1823 - 1896 /
Eliza Ann / his wife / 1822 -1904 /
FULLER
Betsey Fuller / died / April 28, 1866 / aged 81 yrs. /
GANTT
Robert Anderson / Gantt / 1881 - 1968 /(June 23, 1968)
GARDNER
Mary H. Gardner / eldsest dau. of / Dewitt E. & Mary A.
Elwell / died Jan. 20, 1879 / age 23 yrs. /
GEROW
*G* Anna Gerow, wife of Daniel J. Gerow, died June 14, 1922,
aged 78 yrs.
Anna Elizabeth / dau. of / Daniel E. & Lucy H. Gerow /
died 3rd mo. 30th 1834 / age 1 yr. & 14 dys. /
*G* Infant dau. of charles Gerow, died Sept. 5, 1917
Gerow / Charles C. F. / Aug. 30 1867 / Apr. 27, 1951 /
(age 83 yrs. 7 mo. & 28 days. Charles Clarence Fitzgerald)
Clara B. / Wright / his wife / Sept. 14, 1877 /
Nov. 18, 1928 / (age 51 yrs. 2 mos. & 4 dys.)
Nellie G. / Judson / his wife / June 24, 1876 /
Nov. 2, 1956 /
Daniel E. Gerow / departed this life / 10th mo. 19, 1873 /
aged / 82 yrs. 3 mos. & 26 dys./
Sarah Elizabeth / wife of / Eleazer B. Gerow / who
quietly passed from works / to her reward the 29th of /
3rd mo.1870 / aged 53 yrs. 7 mos & 15 dys. /
Although she is gone, her consistent
and Christian example
still lives in
sweet
remembrance.
My husband / William P. / son of / Daniel E, & Lucy H. Gerow /
who departed / this life / 6th
mo. 14th 1859 / ae 38 yrs. & 7 mos. /
William P. James / son of / Samuel H. & Phebe H. Gerow / 4th mo. 18th 1860 /
4th mo. 21st / 1883 /
GLOVER
Glover / Papa / William E. Glover / born July 18, 1848 /
died Feb. 8, 1900 /
Mama / Jane A. Haviland / his wife / 1852 - 1930 /
GUTHRIE
Guthrie / William B. Guthrie / Iowa Sept. 8, 1869 /
N.Y. Nov. 6, 1940 / (age 71 yrs. 1 mos. 24 dys.)
Jennie Kelso Guthrie / Iowa 1877 / N.Y. 1963 /
(June 29, 1963, age 85 yrs.)
HAIGHT
William Haight / 1821 - 1839 /
HALL
Hall /1908 James A. 1980 /( May 18, 1980 age 72 yrs.)
HALS
Ragnar Hals / 1901 - 1981 / (Feb. 20, 1901 - May 25, 1981)
Dagny Hals / 1906 - ______/
HART
Sarah Wanzer / Gerow Hart / 6 month 7th 1827/
9th month 20th 1907 /
HAUSEN
Jonathan Hausen / 1980 - 1980 / (Apr. 15 - Apr. 23)
HAUSENFLUCK
*G* Martin C. Hausenfluck, died in Colorado, moved here
on June 4, 1980
HAVILAND
Abbey Lane / wife of / Benjamin Haviland /born June 14, 1807 /
deceased April 19, 1872 /
*G* Anna Howland Haviland, 1754 - 1823, 1st mo. 27th day.
In memory of / Ann Maria / wife of / Thorp Haviland /
who died / April 23, 1857 / ae 51 yrs. / (Ann M. Bradshaw)
Dear Mother,
She wits but is not
Suns rise and set, earth puts on her bloom
but she submits in to the
common lot Descended to the tomb.
Benjamin Haviland / born Feb. 18, 1808 / deceased March 29, 1888 /
Daniel Haviland / died / Aug. 25, 1864 / ae 83 yrs, 7 mos. & 7 dys. /
David Haviland / died / Dec. 26, 1849 / ae 32 yrs. / 5 mos. & 23 dys. /
Egbert T. Haviland / 1862 - 1937 /
Mary C. Vincent / his wife / 1848 - 1937 /
died / Dec. 20th 1845 / Eghert T. / son of /
C. & Jane Ann / Haviland / ae 2 yrs. 8 most 28 ds. /
died / March 1, 1851 / Eliza M. / dau. of / Wm. C.
& Jane Ann / Haviland / ae 4 yrs. 4 mos. 20 dys. /
Eunice / wife of / Daniel Haviland /died / Feb. 1, 1864 /
ae 82 yrs. 5 mos. & 15 dys. /
Hannah Haviland / born 8th mo. 5th 1789 / died 4th mo
. 7th 1876 /
*G* Isaac Haviland, 1750 - Dec. 8, 1835, Isaac & Anna
Howland Haviland, parents of Lucy
Haviland Geraw,
originally buried in Valley Meeting Cem. remains
moved near Anna
Elizabeth Gerow.
James M. Haviland / 1827 - 1880 / (James McCord)
Ann E. Wood / his wife / 1832 - 1926 /
In memory of / Jane Ann / wife of / Wm. C Haviland /
who died / Feb. 10, 1877 / ae 60 yrs.
& 22 dys. / ( Jane Ann Townsend)
John Haviland / born Apr. 20, 1772 / died Nov. 22, 1850 /
Judith Haviland / deceased 22nd of 2 mo. 1847 /
age 78 yrs. & 10 mos. / (Judith Purdy)
Milocentt Haviland / died the 2nd of 12 month /
1848 / age 47 yrs. & 4 mos. / (dau. of Samuel Haviland)
Norris HaviLand / died / July 25, 1852 / ae 57 yrs.
10 mos. & 19 dys. /
(son of David & Anna
(Ferris) Haviland)
Samuel Haviland / died the 4th of 4th month, 1848 /
aged 78 yrs. & 8 mos. /
Sarah Elizabeth / wife of / Gilbert L. Haviland /
died / Oct. 10, 1865 / age 33 yrs. 9 most & 21 ds. /
(Sarah E. Stevens) (Gilbert, son of Benjamin Haviland)
In memory of / Thorp Haviland / who died /
Jan. 29, 1865 / ae 57 yrs. /(son of Daniel & Eunice)
Earth has his dust
Friends his memory
And the Redeemer his spirit.
In memory of / Wm. C. Haviland / who died /
May 20, 1889 / ae 76 yrs. 9 mos. & 8 dys. /
(son of John & H. Haviland, brother of James McEarl Haviland)
HANKS
Hawks / Clarence L. / 1897 - /
(Oct. 24, 1896 - Dec. 26, 1981)
Lillian N. / 1904 - 1980 / (Jan. 1, 1904 - May 17, 1980)
HAYS
Lillian Broaddus / wife of / Edward R. Hays, M.D. /
1902 - 1958 / (Jan. 15, 1902 - Sept. 23, 1958)
HINMAN
Henrietta / wife of / David Hinman / died 25th of 5th mo.
1849 / age 32 yrs. 10 mos. & 25 dys. /
HOLTON
Anna Lund / wife of / Herbert M. Holton /
Sept. 13, 1870 - July 3, 1954 /
Herbert M. Holton / New York / 1st Lt. 55 Artillery CAC /
World War I / July 1, 1873 - May 4, 1951 /
HOPE
Jane Hope / died / Nov. 19, 1904 / aged 75 yrs. /
HOWES
Minnie White Howes, died 1920, aged 46 yrs.
HOYT
Mother / Edith C. Hoyt / dau. of / Thomas & Carrie
Cullen / Sept. 22, 1871 / Dec. 21, 1950 /
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my strength.
Hoyt / Clayton E. / son of / Enoch & Edith Hoyt /
Apr. 15, 1902 / Feb. 14, 1974 /
Enoch A. Hoyt / 1876 - 1954 / buried in R.I. /
Hoyt / Marion A. dau. of / Enoch & Edith C. Hoyt /
May 18, 1904 - 1974 /
IRISH
Lydia / wife of / Jedidiah Irish / died / Oct. 14, 1865 /
aged 82 yrs. 9 mos. & 16 dys. /
Phebe H. Jennings / wife of / Elias Irish /
born Apr. 15, 1837 / died Feb. 19, 1914 /
Willis Irish / died / 17th of 4 mo. 1845 / aged 27 yrs.
5 mos. & 8 dys. /
JENNINGS
A. Augusta Jennings / 1851 - 1916 /
(dau. of Gilbert & Rebecca)
Burr Jennings / born 8th of 9th mo. 1802 /
died 4th of 2 mo. 1873 /
Caroline E. / dau. of / Gilbert & Rebecca Jennings /
died / May 22, 1841 / aged 4 yr. & 25 ds. /
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