There are sixteen (16) known
burying places within the borders of the Township of Fenner, only one of
which (Perryville)
is still active (Wyss
has had only a hand full of burials in the past few decades, the
latest at the time of my survey was in 1990). Most of these are in
the category of neighborhood burial grounds, such as the Munger,
Wyss,
Chittenango
Falls, Dougherty,
Needham,
and Wilson
cemeteries, but there are also a number of small family plots such as the
Ballou,
Faulkner,
Haight,
and Inman,
plots, and a few single graves scattered here and there. The Perryville
Cemetery is the only cemetery that is still very active in the township.
Because Fenner has very poor documentary record, in comparison to the neighboring
towns of Cazenovia and even Nelson, there are surely many burial plots
which have disappeared entirely except for the bones which still remain
underground. While this town has a great many of their early burying
grounds very much intact there are two cemeteries, the McEvers
and Ballou
cemeteries, which have had their stones moved and the valuable spatial
data has been destroyed.
It is estimated that there are at least 1,694 burials in the cemeteries of the Town of Fenner. Since Fenner's population in 1990 was 1,694 that means that there were at least 150 more dead folks than live folks!!!!!
Ballou
Cemetery
(aka Little Ballou, Ballou South Plot, Munger, North of Fenner Corners, [perhaps Gamlin farm?])
(DHW made field check April 26, 1994 and map October 3, 1994)
(old lists include: DAR undated,
Gallup 1948, Meyer et al. c.1960 [with unsourced notations], and an anonymous and undated [Tuttle 1940?])
Chittenango Falls Cemetery
(aka Chittenango)
(DHW made field check and map October 6 & 7, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer, et al.)
Dougherty
Cemetery
(aka Dougherty farm, Mile Strip, Dwyer Farm, Covey)
(DHW made field check April 10, 1994 and a map in Summer 1994)
(old lists include: Tuttle c.1940, Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer et al., another anonymous and undated)
Faulkner
Cemetery
(aka Aiden Grant Farm)
(DHW made field check Fall 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer et al.)
Gamlin
Cemetery
(aka "Gamlin farm, north of Fenner Corners")
(DHW did not find this cemetery - may be stray stones from Ballou
Cemetery?)
(old lists include: Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer et al.)
Haight
Cemetery
(aka Bingley Road, foot of Bingley Hill, Delano Bacon Farm, Hughes,
Cemetery 17?)
(DHW made field check and map April 26, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer et al., Hendrix c.1970?)
Inman
Cemetery
(DHW made field check and map April 19, 1994)
(no old lists of this cemetery, never before recorded)
McEvers
Cemetery
(Whipple, Cody Road, Cody Hill)
(DHW made field check May 18, 1994)
(old lists include: Meyer
et al. c.1960)
Munger
Cemetery
(aka Big Ballou, Ballou North Plot, North of Fenner Corners, on Peterboro
Cazenovia Road)
(DHW made field check and map May 3 & 4, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup 1948, modified by Meyer et al.)
Needham Cemetery
(aka Fenner Corners, Bingley, Cemetery 17?, "1 mile west of Cody Corners")
(DHW made field check September 27, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup 1948, modified by Meyer et al. c.1960)
Perryville Cemetery
(aka Perryville Episcopal Church)
(DHW made field check September 2 to 4, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup c.1933)
Ransom Cemetery
(aka Hector Pickard farm, Mile Strip, east of Perryville)
(DHW made field check and map April 21, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup
1948, copied by Meyer et al. c.1960)
Roberts Cemetery
(aka Roberts Corner, Roy Cary farm, Mile Strip, Mile Strip-Sager, Sager farm)
(DHW made field check and map Spring 1994)
(old lists include: Skenendoah Chapter DAR undated ; Gallup 1948; Meyer
et al. c.1960; Robert
V. Moyer April 28 and May 4, 1963)
Robertson Cemetery
(aka Robertson farm, Welsh farm, northeast of Fenner Corners near Mile Strip)
(DHW made field check May 29, 1994)
(old lists include: Tuttle c.1940, Gallup
1948, modified by Meyer et al.)
Wilson Cemetery
(aka Fenner Road, Fenner Corners, Cody Hill, west of Fenner Corners)
(DHW made field check September 28 & 30, 1994)
(old lists include: Gallup 1948, Meyer
et al. c.1960, Hendrix c.1970)
Wyss Cemetery
(aka Lyons, Wyss District, Mutton Hill)
(DHW made field check October 2, 1994)
(old lists include: Skenandoah Chapter DAR undated; Tuttle c.1940, Gallup 1948, Meyer
et al. c.1960)
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