EIGHTH GENERATION

EIGHTH GENERATION


246. [Daniel WHITMAN] was born on 18 Nov 1783 in New York. He died on 6 Mar 1854 in Erin,Chemung Co,NY. Whitman Cemetery
Read by Doris and Joseph Boyd
Date Read: April 21, 1975
Typed by Debora M. Vanhook Park
Location: Located in the southern part of the town of Erin, Chemung Couny, NY

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The Whitman Cemetery is a long neglected private burial ground located in the southern part of the Town of Erin, Chemung County, New York. In 1957, the Erin town historian, James Smith, wrote that it is on what was once called the Jessup Tract and that the tombstones were piled in a heap with only four standing. In 1975 none were upright. He also stated that on July 19, 1957, the Erin Historical Society officially name the site the "Whitman Cemetery".

The plot is located in a hedge row of old trees, about 275' off the west side of the Jones Road, 2/10's of a mile north of the intersection of the Kronus Road. A nearby farmer stated that some years previous, ghouls were detected digging up what may be the grave of Hannah WHITMAN, and had excavated to a depth of four feet when frightened away. The grave has never been refilled and it was necessary to dig away the dirt pile to uncover other marker stones.

The site is roughly 30' in length and 25' wide and could contain about a dozen graves. Two or three broken stubs of fieldstones were found and three or four sunken spots indicate additional graves. Two lettered footstones were also discovered.

The Stavers apparently had no knowledge of this cemetery in 1932-34 and James Smith copied the markers in 1957, but missed one or two as they were covered with the ghouls' dirt pile.

Doris and Joseph Boyd copied this cemetery on April 21, 1975, at which time the dirt pile was dug away and several "missing" tombstones were found. Data in brackets does not appear on the stones but has been added for interest.

COLEGROVE, Sarah Hannah 5/19/1859-6/8/1865 Ae 6 y 19 d
Daughter of B.F. & S. A. Colegrove (Stone laying face-up on the ground.)
WHITMAN, Daniel 11/18/1783-3/6/1854 Ae 70 y 3m 19d
(Stone on the ground, broken into three pieces.)
WHITMAN, Hannah d. 5 Feb 1870, Wife of Daniel Whitman
(No birthdate; Smith missed this marker; it is broken through the deathdate and the bottom
portion could not be found)
WHITMAN, Mahala 4/4/1806-3/30/1869
(Marker broken into four pieces and crumbling from dampness. Smith assumed she was the
wife of Daniel Whitman, but such data does not appear on the marker.)
WHITMAN, Juda Ann 10/19/1845-6/5/1858 Ae 12y 7m 16d
(Marker dug out of dirt pile. It is the center section of the tombstone with the top and
bottom portions missing. The name is from Smith's 1957 record.)
There is also a footstone with the letters "H.W." and another with the letters "A.J.W."

247. [Hannah ________] (81) was born about 1786 in New York. She died on 5 Feb 1870 in Erin,Chemung Co,NY. Children were:

child123 i. Martha WHITMAN.

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