St Johnsbury, Vermont Cemeteries - Goss Hollow Cemetery, Coles Corner District, town of St Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Index  to  the Goss   Hollow   Cemetery
aka   Coles   Corner   Cemetery
Saint   Johnsbury,   Caledonia   County,
Vermont,   USA


earliest birth & oldest inscription recorded in this cemetery: Samuel Ayer; b. 1737a - d. May 14 1807
oldest person here: Gemima, wife of Hezekiah Ayer, who d. Dec 13 1863 AE 99y 2m
total burials still recorded in this cemetery: 114
Transcribed Oct. 12, 2008
Updated Sept. 2010
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          Of the six cemeteries in the town of St. Johnsbury, this is one of only two currently owned by the town and lies nearly three miles above Alright Spring, a mile above Goss Hollow, and a mile below Hawkins Corner, now called Coles Corner, from whence it gets its names. It is, however, officially called the "Goss Hollow Cemetery".
     This cemetery was originally part of the adjoining farms of Jeriah Hawkins and Samuel Ayer and given by them to the town for a burial ground. They, and Nathaniel Brown, make up three of the four revolutionary veterans said to be buried here, the fourth is unknown and/or unmarked or removed.
     As the earliest graves are in the southeast corner, and the stones get newer as they spread out to the northeast and the road, it is believed that the west & north parts of the cemetery without stones are vacant rather than containing unmarked graves. Lots have recently been sold in these areas.
     TERMS: a "tympanum" is the semi-circular bump on top of slate and soapstone gravestones; "shoulders" are the ledges to the sides of the tympanum, all are "square" in this cemetery. A "monolith" is a plain, rectangular stone. A "coped" stone is a stone with a low angular top, similar to the gable on a house.
         

NOTE:  blue Stone #s indicate gs sketched or photographed - click to view.
       DOBs followed by an "a" are calculated from the DOD on the stone minus the AGE on the stone.
       See Cemetery Transcript or PDF version for full dates and additional explanatory datum.
      

Row-Stone# LName FName Born Died
5-1 Ayer Alberta J (Sargent) 1889 1951
5-1 Ayer Eliza P 1813a 1880
5-1 Ayer Emma S 1847a 1895
10-2a Ayer Gemima 1764a 1863
5-1 Ayer George 1802a 1876
5-1 Ayer Harlie L 1870 1928
10-2b Ayer Hezekiah 1770a 1849
5-1 Ayer Horace W 1840 1926
6-1 Ayer Joanna F (Gray) 1814a 1895
5-1 Ayer Mariam P 1840a 1864
10-2c Ayer Mary 1741a 1828
10-2d Ayer Samuel 1737a 1807
6-1 Ayer Simeon 1810a 1880
10-1 Barton Gavin H 1949 1999
1-1 Bourtelle Calvin H 1924 1982
2-1 Bourtelle Calvin H 1924 1982
2-2 Bourtelle Carrie C 1929  
2-1 Bourtelle Esther B 1932  
2-2 Bourtelle Walter T 1923 1981
1-2 Bradley Freeman 1899 1974
1-2 Bradley George P 1897 1914
4-1 Bradshaw Giles 1816 1896
4-1 Bradshaw Maryann (Joury) 1804a 1905
11-7-L Brown Edson 1823a 1868
11-7-L Brown Freeman J 1856 1871
11-7-B Brown Fremont E 1856 1887
11-7-B Brown Fremont W 1877 1889
11-7-F Brown Hannah 1800a 1889
11-7-F Brown Jessie 1796a 1837
11-7-L Brown Julia A 1826a 1874
11-7-B Brown Mary C 1852 1882
11-7-R Brown Nathaniel 1762a 1843
11-7-R Brown Rebecca 1760a 1840
9-1 Colony Charles 1918 1994
9-1 Colony Jacqueline S 1925 1998
9-9 Goss Almira B 1831a 1850
3-1 Goss Barbara B 1925 2005
9-12 Goss Cynthia 1770a 1850
9-13 Goss David 1770 1861
9-7 Goss David Jr 1795 1880
9-8 Goss Esther 1840 1861
9-6 Goss Esther (Butler) 1801a 1854
3-1 Goss Henry C 1927  
12-2 Goss Seth W 1801a 1799
9-11 Goss Seth Willard 1801a 1799
9-10 Goss Truman 1826a 1849
7-8 Hawkins Abel S 1823/32 1840/49
6-4 Hawkins Elsie Eva 1878 1879
6-6 Hawkins Emily 1839 1924
6-6 Hawkins Ezra F 1830 1899
8-3 Hawkins George 1841 1842
7-9 Hawkins Jeriah 1742 1840
8-4 Hawkins Lewis K 1810a 1855
8-2 Hawkins Mary Jane 1852 1859
6-3 Hawkins Theron A 1908 1908
6-5 Hawkins Truman C 1820 1904
9-4c Higgins Allen 1803 1881
9-4d Higgins Allen W 1843 1909
9-4a Higgins Arminella A 1849a 1862
10-8 Higgins Edwin R 1840 1904
10-9 Higgins Elizabeth (Ross) 1811a 1845
10-12 Higgins John 1775a 1847
10-10 Higgins Leonard 1809a 1859
10-11 Higgins Mary 1781 1845
11-2 Higgins Mary Ann 1820 1842
9-4b Higgins Mary S 1820 1899
  Hockins - see Hawkins      
11-3 Hoit Lucinda 1795 1815
11-4 Hoit William H 1814 1872
10-7 Houghton Abner 1776a 1824
5-2 Houghton Isabelle H 1850 1908
11-1 Houghton Loesa G 1849a 1851
5-2 Houghton Maria 1803 1887
5-2 Houghton Selim N 1838 1906
10-6 Houghton Susanna 1787a 1861
5-2 Houghton William C 1805 1887
  Hoyt - see also Hoit      
8-1 MacKay Derek C 1987 2008
10-15 Mansfield Alexey A 1853 1860
9-20 Mansfield Artimus 1794a 1867
10-16 Mansfield Ellen F 1846a 1861
11-12 Mansfield Ira T 1854 1876
11-10 Mansfield Jerome E 1841 1892
11-13 Mansfield Marsillon 1850 1873
9-19 Mansfield Olive 1802a 1838
11-14 Mansfield Royal G 1844a 1864
11-11 Mansfield Sophrona (Ayer) 1822 1886
11-15 Mansfield Sophronia E 1848a 1915
6-2 Parker Clarabelle A 1920 1920
9-2a Roderick Charles Edward 1934 2010
2-5 Simpson C E 1849 1923
4-2 Simpson Wm Ralph 1887 1887
7-4 Stearns Celia 1789a 1869
7-5 Stearns Clark 1785a 1869
7-7 Stearns G    
7-6 Stearns Hannah 1752a 1827
7-3 Stearns Harriet 1810a 1862
7-6 Stearns John 1743a 1826

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