Livingston and Ontario Counties Cemetery Information

Oak Ridge Cemetery rows 1-7

Note: Only the old part of the cemetery has been surveyed.

Location: From the intersection of 15A, 20, and 5 (or Main St. and Lake Ave) in the Village of Lima, NY, go west on Hwy 20 (Main St.) for 1.2 miles to County Rd 12 (Livonia Center Rd). Turn left on County Rd 12 and go 0.4 mile to the cemetery on your left.

GPS coordinates: 42° 53' 42" N 77° 38' 07" W
or in degrees only form: 42.8949° N X 77.6352° W
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Date surveyed: Jul 2, 2005
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: White

Other info:

These rows are the ones closest to the street in the old part of the cemetery.
The old section contains approximately 850 graves.
Click here to see a diagram of the cemetery.

At the front of the cemetery is a sign with the contact information: Oak Ridge Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 45-A, Lima, NY 14485. A building at the front of the cemetery was erected 1948 by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Atwell.

Indexer(s) or Contributor(s): Hugh and Susan Harrington

List of Graves

Row	Pers No.	Name	Birth	Death	Inscription and Notes	Service
1	1	James A. Smith	1875	1936
1	2	Cora Bella Springman	1894	1989
1	3	Melitta M. Chase	Mar 19, 1848	Sep 30, 1893
1	4	Lucy A. Chase	Jan 12, 1817	Mar 19, 1894	w/o Levi G. Chase. On same marker as Melitta M. Chase. Nearby is footstone with Mother.
1	5	Grace Hughes		Feb 2, 1825	Aged 78 yrs. w/o James Hughes.
1	6	James Hughes		Jan 21, 1833	Aged 68 yrs.
1	7	George C. Francis		Feb 18, 1876	Aged 22 yrs.
1	8	Alta L. Francis		Jan 23, 1868	Age 8 mos. She and George are c/o F. B. & M. E. Francis.
1	9	Delina B. Terry		Apr 3, 1878	Age 74 yrs, 9 mos. w/o Isaiah Terry. B middle initial appears on footstone.
1	10	Frank T. Francis		Aug 14, 1860	age 4 yrs, 4 mos. s/o F. B. & M. E. Francis
1	11	Sarah Terry		Jan 30, 1819	Age 56 yrs. Mother of Isaiah Terry.
1	12	Mariette E. Terry Francis	Aug 16, 1834	Sep 25, 1909	w/o Franklin B. Francis.
1	13	Franklin B. Francis	Dec 4, 1826	Feb 17, 1895
1	14	Fred Snowden	Mar 25, 1889	Jun 9, 1971		World War I New York CPL HQ Co. 23rd Inf 2nd Div.
1	15	Cyrus A. Watkins	1875	1910
1	16	Louise W. Haydon	1881	1974
1	17	Malintha Watkins	1856	1943
1	18	Edwin D. Watkins	1850	1945
1	19	Cornell Morey	1824	1867
1	20	Ann E. Morey	1831	1902
1	21	Lyman G. Morey	1859	1888
1	22	Mary R. White	1863	1942
1	23	Edwin E. White	1858	1928
1	24	Helen L. Taggart	1908	1972
2	1	Alice Colliton	1855	1924
2	2	Solomon Longyor	1821	1896
2	3	Emily J. Reed Longyor	1824	1912	w/o Solomon Longyor.
2	4	Martha P. Deal	1897	1964
2	5	John P. Deal	1849	1914
2	6	Martha E. Ewer Deal	1852	1884	b. in Friends Cem, Mendon Centre, NY. w/o John P. Deal.
2	7	Mollie E. Reed Deal	1855	1905	w/o John P. Deal.
2	8	Mary B. Fellows	1822	1909	Displaced stone.
2	9				Large marker lying on its face. Footstones read Mother and Father.
2	10	D. M.			Footstone (slate). Broken 7/1/05; repaired 7/2. Picture taken before it was broken. Footstone moved from original position.
2	11	Jane S. Young		Feb 26, 1850	Age 38. w/o Joel N. Young.
2	12	Joseph Young		Jan 12, 1818	Age 21 yrs.
2	13	?aler Young		Oct 26, 1840	Aged 25 yrs.
2	14	Young		Jan 25,	Aged 78 yrs. Names, dates unreadable.
2	15	Hannah Young		Jul 24, 1823	Age 49 yrs. w/o James(?) Young
2	16	E. M.			footstone.
2	17	Sarah	Jul		Broken piece of slate
2	18	?uis Terry		Jan 5,	Broken piece of slate stuck vertically in ground.
2	19	Benjamin Shaddock	1866	1940
2	20	Margaret Shaddock	1866	1933
2	21	John J. Forbes	Jan 4, 1915	Mar 21, 1971		World War II New York PFC Army Air Forces
2	22	Margaretta R. Morgan Forbes	Mar 14, 1917		No death date as of June 29, 2005.
2	23	Minnie B. Reed	1882	1947	on same stone as Jesse S. Reed.
2	24	Jesse S. Reed	1879	1922	on same stone as Minnie B. Reed.
2	25	Betty L. Ross	1921	1990
2	26	Alice W. Ross	1898	1978
2	27	James G. Ross	1898	1982
2	28	Lyman Hawes	1794	1861
2	29	Rachel Hawes	1795	1863
2	30	Sanford Hawes	1836	1857
3	1	Frances C. Hamilton	1865	1945
3	2	Mary Grouse Tenny	1862	1941
3	3	Clarence V. Tenny	1862	1907
3	4	J. LaVere Tenny	1887	19	No death date
3	5	Helen Lee Tenny	1880	1944
3	6	Charles R. Bird	1853	1922
3	7	Edward F. Dibble	1866	1933
3	8	Edward F. Dibble, Jr.	1924		No death date as of June 30, 2005.
3	9	William L. Dibble	1855	1909
3	10	Lena T. Durkee Dibble	1868	1912	w/o William L. Dibble
3	11	Maud E. Dibble	1891	1921	d/o William L. & Lena T. Dibble
3	12	Charles T. Dibble	1830	1901
3	13	Marietta Dibble	1834	1903	w/o Charles T. Dibble
3	14	Herbert S. Lamkin	1866	1936
3	15	Florence B. Lamkin	1866	1936
3	16	Charles Lamkin	1836	1913
3	17	Eliza Jane Lamkin	1831	1907
3	18	Hiram Ganung		Mar 1880	aged 73 yrs (gravestone badly weathered)
3	19	Myron H. Ganung		Dec 19, 1863	Aged 27 yrs 25 days. s/o Jacob & Angeline Ganung.
3	20	E. Ganung
3	21	G. Newman			Footstone in Ganung lot.
3	22	A. Ganung			Footstones in Ganung lot.
3	23	T. Ganung			Footstone in Ganung lot.
3	24	John H. Ganoung		Aug 10, 1827	Age 32 yrs.
3	25	Mary Miller		Mar 30, 1852	Age 56 yrs, 2 mos, 20 days. w/o Jacob Miller
3	26	Hezekiah Dove		Oct 15, 1832	Aged 72 yrs, 9 mos, 9 days. Years of age could be 12 yrs.
3	27	Hannah Dove		Aug 16, 1825	Death yr could be 1815 or end in 3. Aged 64 yrs, 5 mos, 23 days.
3	28	Allen Dove		Aug 1850	death decade unreadable - best guess. Aged 82? yrs. Widower of June S. Dove???????
3	29	Huldah Dove		Oct 11, 1842	Aged 29 yrs, 11 mos, 19 days. d/o Alexander & Lydia
3	30	Alexander Dove		Jun 16, 1848	Aged 68 yrs, 11 mos, 23 days. Difficult to read.
3	31	Jasper Marvin		Jul 9, 1869	Aged 70 yrs.
3	32	Persee Marvin		Apr 24, 1875	Aged 71 yrs. w/o Jasper Marvin
3	33	Gertrude Marvin or Douglass			Footstone between Marvin and Douglass markers which reads only Gertrude.
3	34	James Marvin or Douglass			Footstone with only James.
3	35	Bell Marvin or Douglass			Footstone with only Bell.
3	36	Rev. Alexander Douglass		Dec 4, 1875	Aged 37 yrs.
3	37	Alice Marvin Douglass	1839	1911	w/o Alexander Douglass
3	38	Thomas A. Coykendall	Nov 24, 1820	Sep 3, 1865
3	39	Susana C. Coykendall	Oct 11, 1823	Aug 3, 1890	w/o Thomas A. Coykendall
4	1	Robert Bristol			Last name assumed. Stone contains only Robert.
4	2	Harriet Bristol			Last name assumed. Only Harriett on stone next to Helen L. Bristol.
4	3	Helen L. Bristol	1856	1930
4	4	Martin H. Bristol	1845	1924
4	5	Mary S. Furner	1848	1954	Star with OES (Order of Eastern Star0
4	6	Joshua S. Furner	1845	1932	Shriner
4	7	Mabel F. Jenks	1881	1983	Eastern Star an NSDAR.
4	8				Unmarked grave: Slate stone matchng Col. David Morgan with all writing sloughed off.
4	9	David Morgan	Jan 2, 1744	Jun 13, 1817	Col.
4	10	Abner Morgan		Nov 5, 1837	Aged 96 yrs Stone made by Hicks & Robbins of Avon.	American Revolution "An officer of the Revolution and a member of the Massachusetts Bar"
4	11	Carrie Ohler??	Mar 30, 1869	Mar 23, 1876	Writing under first name worn and unreadable
5	1	Daniel Stanley	1810	1900
5	2	Maryetta Denison Stanley	1814		No death date. w/o Daniel Stanley.
5	3	Eliza Covert	Sep 28, 1836	Apr 19, 1907	Dates hard to read.
5	4	Phill?			Unreadable
5	5	Charles W. Tomlinson	1870	1955	his wife: Ellen Covert
5	6	Ellen Covert Tomlinson	1866	1945	w/o Charles W. Tomlinson
5	7	Baby Keeney		1914
5	8	George F. Keeney	1850	1921
5	9	Lulu Rice Keeney	1878		No death date. w/o George F. Keeney.
5	10	Helen D. Keeney	1846	1931
5	11	John H. Keeney	Dec 11, 1817	Jan 8, 1878	On same stone as Jane D. Keeney
5	12	Jane D. Keeney	Mar 27, 1819	Dec 24, 1911	On same stone as John H. Keeney.
5	13	Tennessee B. Coykendall	1870	1946	On same stone as Mark E. Coykendall
5	14	Mark E. Coykendall	1871	19	No death date.
5	15	Myron T. Backus	Jul 26, 1866	Mar 17, 1878	b. Lima. s/o T. & G. Backus
5	16	Theodore Backus	Jul 26, 1839	Sep 18, 1839	Death date hard to read. b. Lavonia. h/o Gloanah S.
5	17	Gloanah S. Backus	1840	1923	death year hard to read. w/o Theodore Backus.
5	18	Mary Watkins		Jun 13, 1846	Aged 38 yrs, 4 mos, 13 days. w/o Adolphus Watkins.
5	19	A. Watkins		Sep 30, 1876	Aged 93 yrs, 8 mos. On same large monument with Mary, Phebe, Polly, and Myron Watkins
5	20	Polly Watkins		Apr 13, 1819	Aged 27 yrs, 10 mos, 8 days. w/o Adolphus Watkins.
5	21	Phebe Watkins		Jun 22, 1828	Aged 31 yrs, 9 mos, 2 days. w/o Adolphus Watkins.
5	22	Mary Watkins		Mar 1, 1833	Aged 4 yrs, 9 mos, 2 days. d/o Adolphus & Phebe Watkins.
5	23	Myron H. Watkins		Jan 17, 1844	Aged 30 yrs, 3 mos, 5 days. s/o Adolphus & Polly Watkins.
5	24	Alexander Brisbane	1860	1944	h/o Rosetta Brisbane
5	25	Rosetta Brisbane	1862	1930	w/o Alexander Brisbane
5	26	William M. Anthony		Mar 4, 1845	Age 41 yrs.
5	27	Mary Anthony			d/o Wm M. & Louisa Anthony
5	28	Helen L. Anthony		Oct 1834	d/o William M. & Louisa Anthony. Age 14 mos. Death year hard to read.
5	29	Abner Morgan		Apr 29, 1854	Age 71 yrs. Date could be 1864.
5	30	Mary Williams Morgan		Feb 21, 1817	Aged 28 yrs. w/o Abner Morgan.
5	31	Esther B. ? Clark Morgan		Oct 22, 1885	Aged 89 yrs, 7 mos. w/o Abner Morgan. Last 3 graves on same stone.
5	32	Mary J. Morgan		Dec 2, 1890	Age 66 yrs.
5	33				Unmarked graves: 2 broken slate stones.
5	34	Eliza C. Morgan	1828	1915
6	1	Albert G. Ford	1813	1891	on same stone as Angeline Bensley
6	2	Angeline Bensley Ford	1819	1907	on same stone as Albert G. Ford
6	3	Roscoe Ford	1857	1939	Last name assumed. On same stone as Albert G. Ford.
6	4	Lottie G. Ford	1859	1943
6	5	Katharine Ford	1900	1960
6	6	Ruth Gilbert Ford	1890	1977
6	7	Fred E. Ford	1842	1863
6	8	Catherine Ford Morris	1844	1896	w/o D. A. Morris
6	9	D. A. Morris	1837	1906
6	10	Fred E. Morris	1873	1877
6	11	Louise Ford Morris	1877	1977
6	12	Ann E. Landon	1837	1919
6	13	James Kinear		Apr 29, 1845	Aged 42 yrs
6	14	Mary Kinear		Jul 6, 1864	Age 61 yrs. w/o James Kinear.
6	15	David Kinear		Nov 13, 1866	Age 26 yrs.
6	16	James Kinear		May 7, 1904	Age 68 yrs.
6	17	James T. Gordon	1837	1905
6	18	Grace Frost Gordon	1844	1876	On same side as James T. Gordon
6	19	James S. Gordon			No dates.
6	20	Roxana Watkins Gordan	1813	1881	On same side as James S. Gordon.
6	21	Garrett Gordon			on same side as Abigail Gibbs Gordon
6	22	Abigail Gibbs Gordon			no dates. On same side as Garrett Gordon.
6	23	Thomas Clark Morgan		Nov 21, 1885	Aged 65 yrs.
6	24	Mary Bunnell Morgan		Apr 17, 1877	Aged 53 yrs. w/o Thomas Clark Morgan.
6	25	John Clark Morgan	1846	1907
6	26	Child of Abner & Mary Morgan		Apr 30, 18	Slate stone piece. Rest of stone gone. First name gone. Probably adult.
6	27				Piece of slate with April 30, 18--
6	28	Abner Morgan, Jr.	Jun 18, 1819	Aug 13, 1819	s/o Abner and Mary Morgan. Slate stone.
6	29	Harriet? Porter???		Oct 27, 1829	Aged 5 yrs 10 mos. d/o ? & Harriet Turk? of Woodville, Mass. Died at Rush, NY.
6	30	George Dana Briggs	1850	1913
6	31	Ella Rickey Briggs	1852	1935	w/o George Dana Briggs.
6	32	Roy E. Briggs	1880	1919	On same side as George Dana and Ella Rickey Briggs.
6	33	G. Carlton Griffin	1883	1949
6	34	S. Alice Briggs Griffin	1886	1912	w/o G. Carlton Briggs.
6	35	Lola Griffin	1884	1966	On same stone as Carl Griffin. Carl Griffin is on 2 stones in same lot.
7	1	Oliver D. Tenny	1853	1934	Masonic emblem.
7	2	Lucy J. Flansburg Tenny	1864	1907	w/o Oliver D. Tenny
7	3	Sarah B. Tenny	1880	1973	w/o Oliver D. Tenny.
7	4	Jennie M. Gilmore Campbell	1864	19	"His wife" - no Campbell on stone but stone matches William M. Campbell's next to it.
7	5	William M. Campbell	1863	1944
7	6	Edgar J. Youtzy	1875	1941
7	7	Addie E. Youtzy	1882	1968
7	8	Robert J. Youtzy	1915	1962
7	9	Henry Purdy		Jun 19, 1876	Aged 69 years, 3 mos and 6 days
7	10	3 children of Benjamin & Amy Tilus		1826	"deposited in this place"
7	11	Nancy Pease		Jul 8, 1836	Aged 63 yrs. w/o Elijah Pease.
7	12	Elijah Pease			stone reburied. Dates gone.
7	13	Sarah Pease		Apr 17, 1841	Age 44 yrs, 7 mos. d/o Elijah and Nancy Pease.
7	14	Harvey Brown		Sep 8, 1839	Age 17 yrs, 11 mos, 2 days.
7	15	Martin Brown		Feb 8, 1858	Age 19 yrs, 2 mos, 16 days. s/o Harvey & Mary Brown.
7	16	Asabel Bunnell		Jan 1834	34 yrs, 1? mo, 2? days.
7	17	Mary Hyde Bunnell Brown Watkins		Oct 5, 1882	Aged 79 yrs, 3 mos. Widow of Bunnell, Brown & Watkins.
7	18				Unmarked graves: 2 grave markers - unreadable.
7	19	Sarah Terry		Mar 20, 1825	w/o Henry Terry
7	20	Henry Terry	1793	1878		Military Service: War of 1812, 12 NY Lt. Drag.
7	21	Abigail Terry	1804	1884	w/o Henry Terry
7	22	Alvin A. Terry	1826	1900
7	23	Mary Terry	1836	1882	w/o Alvin A. Terry
7	24	Juliet Terry	1836	1901
7	25	Charles Terry	1841	1914
7	26	child of J ? Buckley			slate stone - not much remaining.
7	27	Joseph M. Gilbert		Dec 1, 1812	Departed this life in the 34th year of his age. Slate stone leaning on another stone.
7	28	Edward M. Horner	1868	1943
7	29	Mary B. Horner	1865	1948	w/o Edward M. Horner.
7	30	Levi Southwell		Dec 31, 1841	age 31 yrs.
7	31	Martin Southwell		Aug 22, 1838	age 62 yrs.
7	32				Stone face down - unreadable.
7	33	Jennie Uttley		May 12, 1867	22 yrs, 10 mos, 6 days. w/o Charles Uttley. d/o Justus & Sarah Lyon.
7	34	Helen Lyon		Mar 15, 1868	aged 20 yrs, 10 mos, 15 days. Lyon or Uttley assumed - same stone as Jennie Uttley. d/o Justus and Sarah Lyon.

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