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Bemis Cemetery,             Lisle NY

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Located at the corner of Tim Hill Road and Cook Hill Road, near Killawog, Town of Lisle, Broome County, NY

This cemetery is located in the extreme northern end of the town of Lisle. It has been claimed, at various times, by both Broome and neighboring Cortland County. Some family genealogies even refer to the cemetery by its Cortland Co. name - Tarbell or Sessions cemetery of Marathon. Follow this link to a earlier transcript of this cemetery compiled by the Cortland Co. Historical Society.

BARROWS
	AMELIA, daughter of _________ Barrows
	JOHN, son of Enos & Lucy Barrows	Died Feb. 20, 1839	Age 1y 6m 21d
BEMIS
	AARON BEMIS
	JOHN BEMIS		July 18, 18___
	POLLY, wife of John Bemis	12-11-1837	Age 52y 8m 10d
	‘HER MIND WAS TRANQUIL AND SERENE
	NO TERROR IN HER LOOKS WAS SEEN
	HER SAVIOR’S SMILES DISPELLED HER GLOOM
	AND SMOOTHED HER PASSAGE TO THE TOMB.’
	SAMUEL BEMIS	Died 3-26-1814	Age 64y
	SAMUEL BEMIS	Died Nov. 21, 1836	Age 41y 5d
BENEDICT
	DEACON AARON BENEDICT	1-21-1845	Age 89y
	BETSY, wife of Aaron Benedict	3-20-1840	Age 69y
BROWN
	JOHN BROWN	Died Aug. 9, 1852	Age 69y
	NANCEY (WOOD), wife of John Brown	Died May 16, 1862	Age 75y 3m 9d
GRAIN
	FRANKLIN GRAIN	March 22, 1856
JENNINGS
	HANNAH, wife of Seth Jennings	Sept. 9, 1826	Age 61y
	POLLY, daughter of Seth & Hannah Jennings	Died June 11th 1814	Age 15y
	SETH JENNINGS	Sept. 1820
KEYES
	HORACE E. KEYES	1819
MORSE
	MR. BENJAMIN MORSE	4-23-1820	Age 88y
RANDALL
	MARY F. RANDALL
ROYCE
	ANNA, daughter of Nathaniel & Adah Royce	Mar. 5, 1835	Age 22y 2m 13d
	‘WHY THEN SHOULD I FEAR DEATH’S GRIM LOOR [sic]
	SINCE CHRIST FOR ME DID DIE
	FOR KING AND CAESAR, RICH AND POOR,
	THE FORCE OF DEATH MUST TRY.’
	CLARISSA, wife of Porter Royce	Died 3-7-1820	Age 36y
SCOFIELD
	LUCINDA, daughter of David & Nancy Scofield	Died May 12, 1836	Age 15y 9m 7d
SESSIONS
	CYRUS SESSIONS	Died Aug. 13, 1857	Age 60y 5m 3d
	DORINDA, child of Marcus & Celestia Sessions	Died April 29, 1853	Age 24y
	Shared Stone:
	ESTHER, wife of Leonard Sessions	Died Mar. 10, 1856	Age 91y 8m 10d
	LEONARD SESSIONS	Died Aug. 4, 1853	Age 86y
	MRS. LESTER SESSIONS	11-6-1834	Age 25y 9m 27d
	LYDIA SESSIONS	Died July 11, 1853	Age 69y 5m 13d
	MRS. SALLY, wife of Uriel Sessions Esq.	Died Aug. 26th 1820	Age 31y 10m26d
	URIAL SESSIONS
SIMMONDS
	ARIEL, wife of Daniel S. Simmonds	Oct. 29, 1883	Age 28y 3m 29d
	Infant son of Daniel S. & Elizabeth Simmonds	Died 5-5-1840	LAS
	LUCY ANN, daughter of D.S. & A.Simmonds	Died Aug. 18, 1838	Age 6 weeks
TARBLE
	ELEAZER TARBLE	D. 1-8-1850	Age 80y 9m
	MERANNA, wife of John Tarble	Died Mar. 30, 1842	Age 27y 2m 7d
	POLLY, wife of Cyrus Tarble	12-20-1841
	SILENCE WOOD, wife of Eleazer Tarble	Died 1-26-1841	Age 71y 6m
	‘THE LAST DREAD SCENE IS PAST, THE TRIALS O’ER
	AND PAIN AND DEATH SHALL REACH THY FRAME NO MORE
	THY SPIRIT FREED FROM EVERY EARTHLY CARE
	SHALL IN THE LOVE OF THY CREATOR SHARE.’
	SUSYANN, wife of John Tarble	Died 3-30-1847	Age 25y 10m21d
WOOD
	LUCY (JOHNSON), wife of Nathan Wood	Died May 7, 1824	Age 73
	[mother of Nancey (Wood) Brown]
Many stones are unreadable and/or deeply sunken in the ground.
Some stones have only first names or initials:
	A.S.
	A.S.
	C.R.
	F.C.
	H.K.
	J.N.
	M.T.
	P.B.
	P.T.
	JOHN
	POLLY ANN
On three other stones, we were only able to read the poems:
STONE [1]	‘FRIENDS OR PHYSICIANS COULD NOT SAVE
	THIS MORTAL BODY FROM THE GRAVE
	NOR CAN THE GRAVE CONFINE HER HERE
	WHEN CHRIST SHALL CALL HER TO APPEAR.’
STONE [2]	‘YET THOSE NEW RISING FROM THE LAND
	WITH HISTORY BRIGHTER FAR SHALL SHINE
	REVIVE WITH E’ER ENDURING BLOOM
	SAFE FROM DISEASE AND DECLINE.’
STONE [3]	‘WEEP NOT FOR ME MY HUSBAND DEAR
	BECAUSE I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE
	FOR I SHALL LAND ______ HAPPY SHORE
	TO MEET WITH FRIENDS TO PART NO MORE.’

Research donated by Karen (Simpson) Knapp and Joyce (Simpson) Gaven--
[Direct descendants of John & Nancey (Wood) Brown and Lucy (Johnson) Wood].

Date of reading--September 1999

New: 02/15/04     Name: Jan Cortez     Email: jicortez@gmail.com