Essex Common Burial Ground, Essex, Vermont

Essex Common Burial Ground
Essex, Vermont
This cemetery was transcribed by James Cutler in 1982.
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This cemetery is located in the heart of the Village of Essex Center at the junction of Vermont routes 15 and 128.. Plot numbers were assigned as recorded and are for reference only. They do not correspond to any plot plan or map. My comments are in (blue).

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PLOT #	NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE	COMMENTS
1	Bates, Calvin M.		May (2), (1867)	Æ 59 yrs
2	Bates, Lorin C.	Sep 20,1842	May 29, 1867	Masonic Emblem
3	Reynolds, Elizabeth C.	1811	1883	wife of Calvin M. Bates
4	Perry, Mary		Feb 7,1872	wife of John R. Reynolds, in her 52nd yr
5	Place, Edward S.		Aug 2, 1873	son of Seneca & Janett Place, Æ 5 m 4 d
6	Cilley, Walter H.	1821	1883
	Choate, Caroline E.	1820	1886	his wife
	Cilley, Alice	1849	1852	their children
	Cilley, Albina M.	1859	1867	their children
7	Pray, Elnathan K.	1836	1905
	Johnson, Chloe A.	1848	1916	his wife
8	Butler, Henry Edward	Feb 21, 1835	Apr 26, 1915
	Rankin, Caroline S.	Jan 26, 1840	Dec 12, 1897	his wife
	Butler, Agnes Eames	Jul 15, 1870	Sep 9, 1883	dau of H. E. & C. R. Butler
9	Johnson, Mattie E.		Mar 6, 1874	youngest dau of James & Mary Ann Johnson, Æ 16 yr 6 mo
10	Johnson, James		Mar 16,1864	Æ 47 yr
11	Story, Mary Ann	Oct 25, 1824	May 19, 1892	wife of James Johnson
12	Osgood, Amasa	1813	1893
	Holmes, Maria	1814	1890	his wife
	Osgood, Sarah M.	1843	1883
	Osgood, Lucy B.	1848	1875	children of Amasa & Maria Osgood
13	Piersons, Philo	Mar 24, 1822	Aug 9, 1900
	Bellows, Charlott Z.	Aug 20, 1828	Sep 12, 1883	his wife
	Atherton, Olive	Nov 1, 1798	Apr 7, 1870
14	Bates, Job		Feb 4, 1863	Æ 93 y 2 m 13 d (GAR FH misplaced?)
15	Bates, Sarah C.		Aug 19, 1851	wife of Job Bates, Æ 88 yrs
16	Bates, Sophiah		Oct 17, 1812	Æ 13 yrs
17	Bates, Little Simpson		Sep 22, 1866	son of N. W. & L. R. Bates, Æ 6 yrs 2 mo
18	Bates, Seth		Sep 21, 1877	Æ 81 yr 11 mo 10 da, War 1812 FH
19	Hobart, Sarah		May 14, 1857	wife of Seth Bates, Æ 57 yrs (engraver s/A. F. Hackett, Westford, VT)
20	Bates, Alzina A.		Sep 23, 1862	dau of Seth & Sarah Bates, Æ 37 yr
21	Buel, Orange	Mar 2, 1792	Feb 2, 1878	born in Essex, VT., died in his 86 yr, (Masonic Emblem) (War 1812 FH missing)
	Freeman, Fanny	Nov 23, 1786	Sep 12, 1873	his wife, born in Charlton, MA, died in her 87th yr
22	Buel, Royal		Jun 27, 1855	Æ 42 yr 9 mo
23	Brigham, Warren		Jun 15, 1887	Æ 84 yr 5 mo
24	Slater, Mary		Apr 13, 1874	wife of Warren Brigham, in her 65th yr
25	Tyler, Fannie L.		Jun 20, 1884	wife of Warren Brigham, in her 66 yr
26	Brigham, Anna		Oct 3, 1875	adopted dau of Warren & Mary Brigham, in her 29 yr
27	Warner, Willie		Jul 10, 1862	son of J. K. & H. A. Warner, Æ 4 wks
28	Brigham, Asa		Oct 22, 1884	in the 76 yr of his age
	Butler, Polly		Mar 21, 1905	his wife, in her 92 yr
	Brigham, Harrison W.		Nov 26, 1857	in the 18 yr of his age
	Brigham, Clara L.		Dec 6, 1874	wife of M. W. Thompson, in the 33 yr of her age
	Brigham, Edwin H.		Jan 21, 1869	in the 22 yr of his age
	Brigham, Henry A.		Feb 12, 1852	Æ 7 mo & 3 da
29	Brigham, Calvin	1805	1892
	Baker, Hannah	1805	1872	his wife
	Brigham, Hiram B.	1838	1902
	Wheeler, Aleatha P.	1838	1898	his wife
30	Brigham, Rufus		Aug 11, 1886	Æ 71 yrs
31	Brigham, Martha		Oct 9, 1842	wife of R. Brigham, Æ 23
	Davis, Sally	1817	1894	wife of Rufus Brigham
32	Brigham, Lyman	Jan 31, 1818	Oct 16, 1896
	Parker, Adelia	Apr 4, 1825	Mar 28, 1874	his wife
33	Tyler, E. H.		Jun 28, 1888	Æ 55 yr GAR FH
	Farrand, Jennie H.		Feb 8, 1916	his wife, Æ 76 yrs
34	Parker, Benj	Jan 2, 1812	Nov 26, 1881	born Swanzey, NH
	Tubbs, Sarah R.	Jan 16, 1816	Oct 9, 1892	his wife, born in Essex, VT
35	Butler, Lucius Castle, MD	Mar 17, 1820	May 25, 1888	born in Essex, VT
	Page, Hannah Drury	Feb 23, 1826	Jan 30, 1889	his wife, born in Essex, VT
36	Kellog, Nelson	Dec 29, 1805	May 18, 1880
	Fellows, Eveline G.	Jan 24, 1808	Aug 29, 1897	his wife, buried at Whittier, CA
	Kyle, Fannie Cornelia	Feb 4, 1839	May 15, 1881	wife of Oscoela Hardy Kyle, of Westerly, Rhode Island
	Kellog, Abiel Faxon	Jun 15, 1846	May 5, 1870
	Kellog, Louise Gertrude	May 2, 1841	Feb 18, 1854
37	Faxon, Luie	Jan 20, 1794	Sep (27), 18(73)
38	Faxon, Francis		Feb 5, 1843	Æ 83 yr (War 1812 FH missing)
	Faxon, Dorcas		Oct 17, 1857	his wife, Æ 94 yr 4 mo
	Faxon, George K.		Sep 9, 1848	son of John & Eliza Faxon, Æ 2 yrs
39	Blood, Peter	Aug 19, 1806	Oct 10, 1881
	Bates, Sylvia	Nov 19, 1813	Sep 19, 1889	his wife
40	Metcalf, Morrill E.	1857	1910
	Castle, Ida G.	1866	1939	his wife
41	Joslin, Benjamin	Feb 17, 1788	Mar 19, 1874	born in Thompson, CT
42	Morton, Clarrissa	Aug 21, 1788	Feb 11, 1872	wife of Benjamin Joslin, born in Amherst, MA
43	Alexander, G. S.		Dec 2, 1855	adopted son of Benjamin & Clara Joslin, Æ 15 yr 4 mo
44	Morton, Gilbert	Jan 1, 1819	Jun 26, 1890
	Joslin, Mary	Aug 30, 1819	Aug 30, 1899	his wife
45	Hunt, Eleazer	Apr 15, 1809	Sep 19, 1908
	Griffin, Rosette L.	Mar 20, 1818	Feb 23, 1898	his wife
	Richardson, Willie B.		Feb 16, 1877	son of B. C. & Lucy J. Richardson, Æ 5 yr 1 da
	Richardson, Winnie L.		Aug 15, 1871	dau of B. C. & Lucy J. Richardson, died at Ft Edward, NY, Æ 1 yr
	Richardson, Nellie M.		Aug 16, 1868	twin dau of B. C. & L. J. Richardson, Æ 5 mos
46	Shaw, Russell		Apr 8, 1865	in his 37 yr
	Shaw, son		Feb 21, 1865	also his son (of Russell Shaw)
47	Shaw, Sidney		Jan 6, 1863	Æ 37 yrs
48	Shaw, Gilbert		Oct 9, 1882	Æ 85 yrs
49	Shaw, Mary		Apr 19, 1882	wife of Gilbert Shaw, Æ 83 yrs
50	Bellows, Norman A.	1833	1900
	Marrs, Julia A.	1843	1925	his wife
	Bellows, Lillie H.	1878	1878
51	Parsons, Jed E.	Jul 26, 1863	May 21, 1892
	Parsons, Ruby C.	Jun 15, 1891	Dec 19, 1891
	Parsons, Heman L.	1826	1902
	Thompson, Susan L.	1824	1904	his wife
	Parsons, Fred E.	1852	1874
52	Moseley, Joseph E.	Oct 19, 1811	Feb 9, 1883
	Burnes, Betsey B.	Nov 12, 1819	Nov 29, 1859	his wife
	Moseley, Henry T.	Feb 3, 1844	May 12, 1864	Killed in battle of Spottsylvania C. H. GAR FH
	Moseley, Mary A. B.	Jan 26, 1858	Jan 9, 1878
53	Moseley, Theodocia M.	1827	Dec 19, 1879	dau of T. & M. Moseley, born London, England, died Essex, VT
54	Shaw, Guy E.	1881	1912
55	Shaw, Martha J.	1854	1893	Mattie
56	Mc Clellan, Wm.	1815	1894
	Bedell, Louisa	1810	1903	his wife
57	Atherton, G. Estella		Feb 11, 1874	dau of C. S. & H. A. Atherton, Æ 4 y 1 m 22 d
58	Warner, J. Keeler	Dec 2, 1833	Dec 7, 1901
	Warner, Harriet A.	Sep 8, 1841	Jan 1, 1928	his wife
59	Nichols, James	Jan 28, 1818	Dec 23, 1884
	Chipman, Laura	Aug 6, 1823	Jan 31, 1874	his wife
	Nichols, James B.	Jun 11, 1845	May 5, 1864
	Nichols, Annette M.	Aug 19, 1851	Apr 29, 1868	children of James & Laura Nichols
	Nichols, B. J.	Jul 11, 1864	Apr 28, 1886
60	Mc Lallen, Silas		Sep 25, 1882	Æ 93 yrs War 1812 FH
	Mc Lallen, Sarah		Apr 5, 1864	his wife, Æ 73 yrs
61	Burns, Dennis	1861	1938
	Castle, May A.	1871	1949	his wife
	Burns, Fred M.	1891	1961	their son
62	Bellows, Luella		Jan 29, 1874	dau of D. E. & R. F. Bellows, Æ 8 y 4 m 6 d
63	Shaw, George	1820	1861
	Mellen, Loraine	1819	1895
64	Shaw, Julius		Apr 19, 1891	Æ 83 yrs Loyal to his convictions of truth and duty
65	Colbey, Caroline		Feb 4, 1865	wife of Julius Shaw, Æ 57 yrs Virtuous in life, Lamented in death
66	Booth, Samuel C.		Sep 21, 1888	Æ 70 y 6 mo
	Woodworth, Eunice C.		Oct 24, 1906	wife of Samuel C. Booth, Æ 85 yr 9 mo
	Booth, David		Feb 12, 1864	Æ 86 yr
	Booth, Flora S.		Nov 27, 1872	dau of S. C. & E. C. Booth, Æ 19 yr 4 mo
	Booth, Cora E.		Jun 14, 1880	dau of S. C. & E. C. Booth, Æ 23 yr 5 mo
	Skeels, Polly		Oct 28, 1857	wife of David Booth, Æ 74 yr
	Castle, Josie L.		May 23, 1888	In memory of - wife of D. H. Castle and dau of S. C. & E. C. Booth, Æ 42 yr 5 mo, buried in Redlands, CA
67	Carpenter, Dorcas	Jul 2, 1838	Apr 2, 1908	wife of Melvin W. Freeman, our mother
68	Freeman, Melvin W.	Mar 13, 1828	Mar 13, 1878	Asleep in Jesus
69	Freeman, Walter		Sep 4, 1868	son of M. W. & D. E. Freeman, Æ 2 mos, Our Wattie
70	Freeman, Sarah Amelia		Sep 10, 1861	wife of M. W. Freeman, Æ 24 yr, Loved and lamented
71	Freeman, Luther C.		Feb 25, 1860	infant son of M. W. & S. A. Freeman, Æ 14 wks
72	Tuttle, Oscar F.	1815	1874
	Smith, Jane A.	1816	1892	his wife
	Lawrence, Huldah	1780	1863
73	Allen, George W.	Jun 9, 1805	Feb 10, 1865
	Smith, Huldah L.	Apr 7, 1809	Nov 28, 1902	his wife
74	Huntley, William E.	Jul 16, 1827	May 14, 1909
	Huntley, Eunice R.	Jun 8, 1829	Jan 22, 1877	his wife
	Huntley, Adell A.			wife of W. E. Huntley
	Huntley, Eva A.	Mar 10, 1857	Jan 25, 1929
	Huntley, Ella M.	Oct 8, 1863
	Huntley, Gratia		Aug 16, 1890	Æ 68
75	Bellows, Joel		Mar 17, 1872	Æ 73 yr
76	Sinclair, Sally		Jun 6, 1882	wife of Joel Bellows, Æ 74 yr
77	Bellows, Lorin E.		Nov 22, 1846	son of Joel & Sally Bellows, Æ 1 y 9 m 18 d
78	Booth, Albert	1806	1890
	Chipman, Belinda	1802	1887	his wife
	Booth, William L.	1832	1863
	Booth, Mary M.	1836	1916
	Booth, Sophonia A.	1838	1894
	Booth, Priscilla H.	1840	1866
79	Whitten, John L.	Jul 11, 1823	Aug 16, 1876
80	Holmes, Sabrina C.		Dec 30, 1865	wife of J. L. Whitten, Æ 37 yr 8 mo
81	Whitten, Emma			Gone Home
82	Whitten, Charles Willie		Nov 21, 1865	son of J. L. & S. C. Whitten, Æ 6 yr 8 mo
83	Whitten, Mary			dau of J. L. & S. C. Whitten, Æ ( ) & 9 mos (stone broken)
84	Whitten, Charles H.		Oct 8, 1858	son of J. L. & S. C. Whitten, Æ 5 yr 1 mo
85	Lister, Robert	Apr 1, 1808	Dec 22, 1894	born in Wyberton, Eng., Æ 86 yrs 8 mos
	Yemans, Eliza	July 31, 1809	Jan 28, 1890	his wife, born in Essex, VT, Æ 80 yrs 6 mos
	Lister, Mortimer		Dec 11, 1864	died at Salisbury, NC, Æ 28 yrs, A prisoner of war Member Co I 6 Regt VT Vol GAR FH
	Lister, Mary Elizabeth		Aug 22, 1854	Æ 12 yrs, children of Robert & Eliza Lister
86	Page, John		Jul 20, 1860	Æ 69, Gone but not forgotten
87	Page, Jane		Jan 29, 1861	wife of John Page, Æ 61
88	Page, Diantha C.	1840	1887	wife of L. B. Page, Mother
89	Page, Wilbur L.	1868	1910
90	Williams, Edmund	Apr 4, 1803	Apr 18, 1880
	Castle, Abby	Aug 6, 1805	Feb 17, 1883	his wife
	Williams, Castle E.	1858	1927
	Page, Sarah C.	1857	1913	his wife
91	Slater, A.	1802	1864
	Slater, L. D.	1809	1904	his wife
	Slater, A. A.	1840	1908
	Slater, E. L.	1838	19__	his wife
	Slater, Abigail			dau of Augustus & Mary Slater
	Slater, M. C.	1853	1890
92	Slater, James D.		Feb 20, 1878	Æ 31 yrs.
93	Mansfield, Clara A.		Jul 10, 1885	wife of James D. Slater, Æ 39 yrs
94	Perrigo, Truman	Jul 8, 1806	Apr 27, 1887
	Perrigo, Eunice	May 15, 1838	Jul 5, 1860
95	Perrigo, Eunice M.		Jul 5, 1860	dau of T. & E. Perrigo, Æ 22 yrs
96	Castle, Pearl L.	Nov 12, 1807	Dec 15, 1858
	Cilley, Eliza	Nov 30, 1807	Dec 24, 1872	wife of Pearl L. Castle
	Castle, Herman Francke	May 23, 1839	Sep 6, 1844
	Weed, Harold Castle	Aug 1, 1900	Apr 26, 1901
97	Dike, Abbie E.	1864	1909	wife of E. B. Dike
98	Sinclair, George B.	3-23-1823	7-22-1888
	Sinclair, Elizabeth K.	12-13-1828	8-13-1911	his wife
	Sinclair, James W.	8-19-1848	12-22-1858	Sinclair Children
	Sinclair, Edward F.	6-28-1850	12-21-1858
	Sinclair, John K.	10-20-1853	12-20-1858
	Sinclair, Clinton J.	3-10-1857	10-29-1925
99	Wool, Michael	1813	1889
	Page, Caroline	1820	1904	his wife
	Wool, Birney P.	1844	1859	their sons
	Wool, Luther D.	1846	1868
100	Castle, Hawley A.	1827	1916
	Bellows, Cordelia E.	1828	1902	his wife
	Castle, Freddie M.	1864	1865
101	Sanderson, Ammi		Nov 6,1863	Æ65 yrs 6 mo
102	Phillips, Omer F.		Nov 1, 1878	Æ 55 yrs
103	Bradley, Edna Louisa		Jan 20, 1859	dau of L. S. & S. A. Bradley, Æ 2 yrs 1 mo
104	Bradley, Sylvia E.		Feb 21, 1901	wife of Wm. H. Curtis, Æ 42 yrs
105	Carey, Abraham		Feb 2, 1874	son of A. W. & H. M. Carey, Æ 3 yrs 3 mos
106	Buttolph, John P.		Aug 16, 1856	Æ 55 yrs
107	Jewett, Abbie N.		Jan 5, 1874	wife of J. P. Buttolph, died at Buffalo, NY, Æ 71 yrs
108	Buttolph, Othniel		Feb 17, 18(71)	son of J. P. & A. N. Buttolph, died at Buffalo, NY
109	Jewett, Charlie		Aug 9, 1865	son of E. J. & M. E. Buttolph, Æ 5 yrs 7 mos 17 d
110	Buttolph, Abbie Hulda		Jul 24, 1865	dau of E. J. & M. E. Buttolph, Æ 14 mos
111	Buttolph, Calvin		Jan 24, 1876	Æ 78 yrs
112	Sprague, Jerusia		Nov 8, 1868	wife of Calvin Buttolph, Æ 69 yrs
113	Brew, Calvin Wm.		Oct 23, 1864	1st son of Wm. & A. M. Brew, Æ 6 yr 1 mo & 19 da
114	Brew, George A.		Sep 15, 1864	son of Wm. & A. M. Brew, Æ 2 yrs 9 mo 15 da
115	Chipman, Homes		Jun 5, 1863	Æ 58 yrs, a native of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
116	Ingraham, Maria L.		Sep 21, 1853	dau of A. A. & L. S. Ingraham, Æ 3 mos
117	Ingraham, Rev. Chester		Jun 10, 1862	Æ 68 yrs (Stonecutter Phelps & Co.)
118	Castle, Esther		Dec 28, 18__	wife of Rev. Chester Ingraham, died at Wheaton, IL Æ ( ) yrs 11 mo. (stone broken)
119	Ingraham, Melissa L.		Aug 24, 1851	wife of E. D. Bliss, Æ 32 yrs
120	Dean, Eliza M.		Feb 9, 18(5)9	Æ 23 yrs
121	Greenwood, Anthony	Oct 22, 1820	Jul 1, 1895
	Booth, Minerva A.	Jan 19, 1834	Dec 4, 1904	his wife
	End of narrow section near church
122	Andrews, Dea. John		May 24, 1872	in his 81 yr
123	Barber, Lydia		Nov 8, 1869	wife of Dea. John Andrews, in her 79 yr
124	Nichols, Rufus I.		Mar 21, 1851	son of I. & S. S. Nichols, Æ 2 yrs 10 mo 9 da
125	Moody, Sarah		Sept 27, 1853	wife of Oliver Moody, Æ 62 yrs
126	Chates, John J.		May 19, 1857	son of J. E. & J. A. Chates, Æ 7 yrs
127	Chates, John E.		Jan 16, 1858	Æ 27 yrs & 9 mos
	First full row
128	Brush, Hiram C.	1805	1851
	Brush, Fanny C.	1810	1875
	Brush, Infant Son	Jun 1851	Sept 1851
129	Farrar, Franklin		May 31, 1872	in the 67th yr of his age
130	Hurllbut, Lucretia		Jul 9, 1866	wife of F. Farrar, Æ 47 yrs
131	Farrar, Mary Ann		Jul 17, 1862	wife of F. Farrar, Æ 56 yrs
132	Cummings, Horace	Sep 25, 1837	Nov 13, 1853	son of F. & M. A. Farrar
133	Cady, Erastus		Apr 4, 1853	Æ 54 yrs 2 mos
134	Cady, Mary		May 20, 1848	wife of Erastus Cady, Æ 45 yrs & 2 mo
135	Fairfield, Hannah		Apr 30, 1854	wife of Joseph Fairfield, Æ 76 yrs
136	Fairfield, Horace P.		May 8, 1896	Æ 66 yrs
	Keeler, Mary		Sep 3, 1911	his wife, Æ 81 yrs 3 d
137	Keeler, Elijah		Apr 26, 1850	Æ 61 yrs
138	Crane, Esther		Jul 23, 1871	wife of Elijah Keeler, Æ 81 yrs
139	Keeler, Ann M.		Dec 17, 1888	wife of John Ferson, Æ 70 yrs
140	Bates, Luther M.	Mar 20, 1811	Nov 26, 1889
	Hobart, Elvira	Jul 24, 1816	Sep 26, 1901	his wife
	Bates, Jerome B.	Mar 11, 1839	Aug 11, 1845
	Bates, Mary E.	Jul 4, 1848	Apr 27, 1853
	Bates, Elizabeth E.	Nov 6, 1856	Feb 13, 1859
141	Day, Albert C.		Jan 8, 1853	son of Charles E. & Harriet A. Day, Æ 4 yrs 9 mos
142	Day, George S.		Sep 22, 1865	son of C. E. & H. A. Day, Æ 14 yrs 4 mos
143	Day, Frank B.		Oct 6,1865	son of C. E. & H. A. Day, Æ 5 yrs 10 mos
144	Southard, Charlotte		Aug 22, 1882	wife of H. H. Garvin, Æ 66 yrs
145	Garvin, Ann Elizabeth		Feb 19, 1875	dau of H. H. & C. S. Garvin, Æ 23 yrs
146	Garvin, Ann Rosalie		Jul 9, 1849	dau of H. H. & C. S. Garvin, Æ 10 yrs 3 da
	Garvin, Carlos H. L.		Oct 24, 18(40)	son of H. H. & C. S. Garvin, Æ 19 mos
147	Doheny, George Willey		Jan 9, 1859	son of E. & L. J. Doheny, Æ 3 yrs
148	Bixby, Leonard James		Jan 2, 1859	son of H. & C. Bixby, Æ 1 yr 10 mos
149	Bixby, Henry M.	1835	1900
	McCannon, Catherine	1836	1916	his wife
	Bixby, Leanord J.	1857