The Wyss cemetery is one of the few exceptions to the pattern.
It is an old cemetery, the oldest known burial here dated 1827, and
it is unusual in that the graves are not aligned with the heads
to the west. I this case the graves are parallel with the road
that runs at a bearing of North 65 East, the heads to the south
and the stones facing south, so that at least the body is almost
aligned with the head to the west.
The cemetery looks well
kept but it has been much abused in the past. Many of the stones
had been vandalised and have been repaired and the repairs have been
such that some of the data has been covered by large gobs of mortar.
In one case, the stone of Prudence Latimer, is so incompetently
"restored" that not only is a large section covered by successive
layers of mortar, but one section of the stone is placed in upside
down and backwards!
The cemetery is 150 feet
square being bounded on the northwest by Wyss Road and on the southwest
by an abandoned road which once ran toward Nelson.
The old list of the cemetery
had been made in 1948 by Clezzie Gallup and only four stones from her list
were not found in 1994: Cyrus Doolittle, Oscar Doolittle, Seymour Judd,
and William C. Smith. I located 37 additional stones in 1994: John
F. Bennett, Maude Bennett (?), Claude L. Billings, Daisey P. Billings,
Lemuel S. Billings, Adelbert E.U. Blowers, Maria S.M. Blowers, Merchant
B. Bumpus, William Bumpus, Elizabeth R. Doolittle (2), Francis Doolittle
Jr., Isaac Doolittle, Charles Gillson, Ellen C. Gordon, Henry L. Gordon,
Rosetta M. Hutchinson, Clara L. Hyatt, Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt, Frank W.
Hyatt, John Hyatt, Mary Hyatt, Eddy Jewett, Flora R. Jewett, Wallace E.
Jewett, Blanche M. Judd, Edward M. Judd, Leon E. Judd, John F. Knox, Susan
Laird, Rebecca M. Lombard, Wesley M. Pangborn, Isaac Pierson, Beatrice
B. Roberts, Henry M. Roberts, Betsey Putney Taylor, and William Taylor.
Of these 37 additional names only 6 are burials made since the old list
was compiled. Seven others of this list may not be buried here (have
incomplete data on the stones): Henry M. Bennett, Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt,
John Hyatt, Edmond Jewett, Leon E. Judd, Rozeltha M. Ritter Taylor, and
Thomas S.O. Taylor.
A number of footstones are
found on the southern edge of the cemetery and in checking these I found
three stones that could not be accounted for in the existing collection
of headstones: "F.L.D." (Federal L. Dana?), "L.S.H." (is not Lovina S.
Hutchinson), and "S.M."
The base of a small monument
between the graves of Betsey Taylor and Sophia Gordon also indicates that
other unmarked graves are present and that other stones are missing.
Ballou, (maiden name), see Elpha Ballou Taylor.
Bennett, Carrie E. Jones, wife of Frank Bennett, born 1885,
died 1938, (age not given).
Bennett, Cutler, born 1833, died 1906, (age not given), Co.
E, 5 Michigan Inf.,
Bennett, Frank, born 1875, died 1921, (age not given).
Bennett, Henry M., born 1858, died 19__, (age not given), (not
buried here?).
Bennett, John F., born 1880, died 1966, (age not given).
Bennett, Mary I., wife of C. Bennett, born 1839, died 1924,
(age not given).
Bennett (?), Maude, (grave marker only, no other data, with
other Bennetts).
Bennett, Mattie L., wife of Henry Bennett, born 1858, died 1921,
(age not given).
Bennett, Ray, "Little Ray," only child of Henry and Mattie Bennett,
died October 19, 1836, age 11 months 1 day.
Billings, Claude L., born June 24, 1915, died April 19, 1954,
(age not given), NY, T.Sgt., Co. K, 106 Inf., WWII, BSM-PH.
Billings, Daisey P., born 1902, died 1971, (age not given).
Billings, Lemuel S., born 1854, died 1914, (age not given).
Billings, Maude, (wife of Lemuel S. Billings), born 1873, died
1948, (age not given).
Blowers, Adelbert E.U., son of Clark and Elmira Blowers, died
May 21, 1854, age 1 year 15 days.
Blowers, Clark, born July 1, 1801, died October 23, 1877, (age
not given).
Blowers, Elmira, wife of Clark Blowers, born November 18, 1807,
died June 9, 1879, (age not given).
Blowers, Maria S.M., daughter of Clark and Almira Blowers, died
November 13, 1861, age 11 years __, (rest of age covered by mortar).
Bowers, Ethy, no data legible, (does not look like a date or
an age), (on back of Fayette C. Bowers' stone).
Bowers, Fayette C., son of Daniel and Mary Bowers, died August
18, 1863, age 3 years 5 months.
Bumpus, Charles W., son of James and Eliza Ann Bumpus, died
August 28, 1848, age 1 year 5 months 14 days.
Bumpus, Eliza A., wife of James Bumpus, born October 27, 1801,
died December 27, 1876, (age not given).
Bumpus, James, born February 29, 1796, died July 5, 1871, (age
not given).
Bumpus, Merchant B., died April 4, 1859, age 23 years 8 months
25 days.
Bumpus, William, died November 1, 1855, age 31 years 1 month
8 days.
Buyea, (maiden name), see Jane S. Buyea Hyatt.
D_____, F______ L______, (footstone only, marked "F.L.D."
may be Federal L. Dana?)
Dana, Asa, died October 12, 1845, age 94 years, Revolutionary
War soldier.
Dana, Erastus, died October 16, 1856, age 69 years.
Dana, Eunice, consort of Asa Dana, died October 2, 1827, age
72 years 6 months 20 days.
Dana, Lury, wife of Erastus Dana, died March 26, 1878, age 84
years.
Davis, (maiden name), see Caroline Davis Gordon.
Davis, Eli H., died February 4, 1866, age 28 years.
Doolittle, Cyrus, son of Francis and Mary Doolittle, died May
22, 1857, age 15 years, (stone not found in 1994).
Doolittle, Elizabeth R. (1), daughter of Francis and Mary Doolittle,
died June 5, 1844, age 11 years 1 month.
Doolittle, Elizabeth R. (2), daughter of Isaac and Hope Doolittle,
died December 22, 1836, age 26 years.
Doolittle, Francis, Jr., son of Francis and Mary Doolittle,
died June 1, 1844, age 7 years 5 months.
Doolittle, Hannah Morgan, wife of Isaac P. Doolittle, died September
13, 1889, age 62 years.
Doolittle, Hope R. (1), daughter of Isaac and Hope Doolittle,
died August 26, 1847, age 29 years.
Doolittle, Hope R. (2), wife of Isaac Doolittle, died May 1,
1861, age 82 years.
Doolittle, Isaac, died September 22, 1846, age 68 years.
Doolittle, Isaac P., died June 9, 1889, age 74 years.
Doolittle, Lucretia P., died June 2, 1869, age 60 years.
Doolittle, Oscar, son of Francis and Mary Doolittle, died October
12, 1854, age 16 years, (stone not found in 1994).
Doolittle, Sarah J., daughter of Isaac and Hope Doolittle, died
May 20, 1833, age 30 years.
Doolittle, Sophronia, died November 22, 1873, age 54 years.
Dutton, Asa, died September 12, 1859, age 45 years, (on monument
and stone).
Dutton, Ella J., daughter of Asa and Susannah Dutton, born 1848,
died July __, 1848, age (11?) months 11 days, (on monument and stone, stone
says she died July, 1848).
Dutton, Susannah, wife of Asa Dutton, died January 12, 1851,
age 44 years, (on monument and stone).
Freeborn, George A., son of Albert and Mary Freeborn, died May
6, 1851, age 3 years 2 months.
Gillson, Charles, died August 26, 1862, age 38 years 8 months,
(stone found in pile of footstones on southwest side of cemetery).
Gordon, Caroline Davis, wife of Gilbert Gordon, born 1835, died
1875, (age not given).
Gordon, Ellen C., daughter of Lorenzo and Mary Gordon, died
in Fenner, (NY,) November 4, 1857, age 3 years.
Gordon, Gilbert, born 1825, died 1903, (age not given).
Gordon, Henry L., son of Lorenzo and Mary Gordon, died in Fenner,
(NY,) October 30, 1857, age 14 months.
Gordon, Sophia, wife of Nathan Gordon, died October 19, 1850,
age 60 years.
Gregg, (maiden name), see Marian Gregg Hyatt.
H_____, L______ S______, (footstone only, marked "L.S.H.", could
not be Lovina S. Hutchinson).
Howard, Celia, born 1849, died 1920, (age not given), (on Smith
monument).
Howard, Claude, born 1883, died 1920, (age not given), (on Smith
monument).
Howard, Edwin L., born 1846, died 1892, (age not given), (on
Smith monument).
Hutchinson, (maiden name), see Rozena C. Hutchinson Jewett.
Hutchinson, Amy B., wife of David Hutchinson, died February
2, 1868, age 54 years.
Hutchinson, Charles, died in Fenner, (NY,) February 10, 1888,
age 72 years 4 months.
Hutchinson, Clarissa M., wife of Charles Hutchinson, died in
Klockville (Madison Co., NY,) December 30, 1876, age 53 years 5 months.
Hutchinson, David, eldest son of Col. Loring Hutchinson, died
November 22, 1898, age 82 years.
Hutchinson, Eddie L., son of A.P. and P.P. Hutchinson, died
December 25, 1862, age 2 years 10 months.
Hutchinson, George M., son of David and Amy Hutchinson, died
August 30, 1847, age 1 year 4 months.
Hutchinson, Henrietta M., daughter of David and Amy Hutchinson,
died February 14, 1844, age 2 years 6 months.
Hutchinson, Loren, died November 28, 1879, age 29 years 8 months
27 days.
Hutchinson, Loring, Col., died August 26, 1860, age 72 years.
Hutchinson, Lovina S., daughter of David and Amy Hutchinson,
died January 7, 1841, age 4 years 5 months.
Hutchinson, Nancy, wife of Col. L. Hutchinson, died May 27,
1857, age 68 years 5 months 27 days.
Hutchinson, Nancy L., daughter of David and Amy Hutchinson,
died October 17, 1863, age 22 years 3 months 12 days.
Hutchinson, Rosetta M., daughter of Charles and Clarissa Hutchinson,
died November 29, 1847, age 3 years 6 months 2 days.
Hyatt, (maiden name), see Ada M. Hyatt Knox.
Hyatt, Ada M., born 1869, died 1893, (age not given).
Hyatt, Clara L., daughter of John and Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt,
born 1872, died 1878, (age not given).
Hyatt, Deborah, wife of Dr. Hezekiah Hyatt, died March 22, 1853,
age 85 years.
Hyatt, Edwin R., born died 1887, (age not given).
Hyatt, Ellen L. Jewett, born 1848, (date of death not given),
(not buried here?).
Hyatt, Frank W., son of John and Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt, born
1882, died 1901, (age not given).
Hyatt, Hezekiah, Dr., died April 10, 1844, age 79 years 3 months.
Hyatt, Jane S. Buyea, born 1842, died 1898, (age not given).
Hyatt, Jefferson, born 1836, died 1898, (age not given).
Hyatt, John, born 1841, (date of death not given), (not buried
here?).
Hyatt, Marian Gregg, wife of Stephen R. Hyatt, died March 21,
1891, age 80 years.
Hyatt, Mary, daughter of John and Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt, born
1873, died 1881, (age not given).
Hyatt, Roscoe, born 1876, died 1917, (age not given).
Hyatt, Stephen R., died September 5, 1866, age 81 years.
Inman, (maiden name), see Eliza Inman Knapp.
Jewett, (maiden name), see Ellen L. Jewett Hyatt.
Jewett, Eddy, son of E. and R.C. Jewett, died September 10,
1860, age 5 months.
Jewett, Edmond, born October 18, 1830, (date of death not given),
(not buried here?).
Jewett, Flora R., daughter of E. and R. Jewett, born December
3, 1856, died July 1, 1862, (age not given).
Jewett, Lydia A., died January 1, 1882, age 68 years 4 months.
Jewett, Record, wife of Reuben Jewett, died September 18, 1847,
age 45 years 5 days.
Jewett, Reuben, died December 23, 1872, age 75 years.
Jewett, Rozena C. Hutchinson, wife of Edmond Jewett, daughter
of David and Amy Hutchinson, born July 26, 1835, died September 20, 1869,
(age not given).
Jewett, Wallace E., son of E. and R. Jewett, born June 12, 1854,
died March 22, 1859, (age not given).
Jones, (maiden name), see Elizabeth D. Jones Taylor.
Jones, (maiden name), see Carrie E. Jones Bennett.
Jones, Elizabeth Morris, wife of David Jones, born 1876, died
1914, (age not given).
Judd, Blanche M., born 1884, died 1967, (age not given).
Judd, Charles M., born October 18, 1851, died January 18, 1892,
(age not given).
Judd, Chauncey M., son of Charles M. and Flora M. Judd, died
July 10, 1878, age 1 year 9 months 6 days.
Judd, Clarence W., born 1910, died 1912, (age not given).
Judd, Edward M., born 1886, died 1965, (age not given).
Judd, James L, Jimmie L., son of S.N. and M.A. Judd, born 1874,
died June 24, 1879, age 5 years 20 days, (on monument and stone).
Judd, Leon E., born 1905, (date of death not given), (not buried
here?).
Judd, Matilda A., born 1852, died 1944, (age not given).
Judd, Nellie L., born 1870, died 1879, (age not given).
Judd, Rosa M., daughter of Charles M. and Flora M. Judd, died
September 19, 1879, age 5 months 21 days.
Judd, Rosette N., born January 21, 1861, (no death date or age
given).
Judd, Seymour, born 1847, died 1917, (stone not found in 1994)
Keyes, Betsey, wife of Ephraim Keyes, died August 6, 1847, age
26 years.
Knapp, Bradley, born 1832, died 1915, (age not given).
Knapp, Eliza Inman, wife of Bradley Knapp, born 1832, died 1913,
(age not given).
Knox, Ada M. Hyatt, wife of John Knox, died March 8, 1893, age
24 years.
Knox, John F., (no other data).
Laird, John, died August 25, 1854, age 75 years.
Laird, Susan, wife of John Laird, died September 5, 1864, age
79 years 8 months.
Latimer, Dolly A., wife (2) of Elisha Latimer, died April 29,
1876, age 58 years 11 months.
Latimer, Prudence, wife (1) of Elisha Latimer, died (May 24,
1868, age 77 years,) (stone broken and horribly mended covering up date
and age).
Lawton, George W., died February 1, 1859, age 74 years 4 months.
Lawton, Martha, wife of George Lawton, died October 2, 1855,
age 66 years 3 months.
Lawton, Wealthy A., daughter of Ambrose and Lucy Lawton, died
May 20, 1849, age 8 months 25 days.
Lombard, Rebecca M., died July 31, 1885, age 64 years.
Lyon, (maiden name), see Caroline Lyon Mowry.
M_____, S______, (footstone only, marked "S.M.")
Morgan, (maiden name), see Hannah Morgan Doolittle.
Morris, (maiden name), see Elizabeth Morris Jones.
Mowry, Augustus, died May 13, 1845, age 60 years.
Mowry, Caroline Lyon, wife of William Mowry, died May 6, 1852,
age 23 years.
Mowry, Celina M., daughter of Augustus and Polly Mowry, died
August 22, 1839, age 25 years.
Mowry, Charles H., son of Allen and Emma E. Mowry, died April
13, 1844, age 2 years 5 months 8 years.
Mowry, Hannah, died March 7, 1864, age 65 years.
Mowry, Henry, son of A. and P. Mowry, died October 6, 1838,
age 7 years.
Mowry, Polly, died May 4, 1866, age 86 years.
Mowry, William, died June 26, 1853, age 25 years.
Norton, D.M., son of T.B. and P. Norton, died February 24, 1840,
age 2 years 4 months.
Norton, Dwight M., son of Orville and Lucinda Norton, died December
25, 1858, age 3 years 7 months 7 days.
Norton, George H., son of Theodore and Polly Norton, died May
16, 1847, age 23 years 6 months.
Norton, Polly S. Seward, wife of Theodore Norton, died January
6, 1884, age 88 years.
Norton, Theodore B., died July 30, 1857, age 64 years.
Pangborn, Wesley M., son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Pangborn, died
September 10, 1851, age 9 years 10 months 17 days.
Pierson, Isaac, died May 11, 1848, age 81 years.
Pierson, Lucretia, wife of Isaac Pierson, died June 25, 1843,
age 75 years.
Putney, (maiden name), see Betsey Putney Taylor.
Putney, Alpha, died July 12, 1888, age 86 years.
Ritter, (maiden name), see Rozeltha M. Ritter Taylor.
Roberts, Beatrice B., born 1903, died 1990, (age not given).
Roberts, Henry M., born 1882, died 1962, (age not given).
Seward, (maiden name), see Polly S. Seward Norton.
Smith, Henry J., born 1834, died 1863, (age not given).
Smith, Mary, born 1804, died 1894, (age not given).
Smith, Mary S. Judd, born 1835, died 1865, (age not given).
Smith, Maryett, born 1813, died 1891, (age not given).
Smith, Robert, born 1810, died 1889, (age not given).
Smith, William C., born 1835, died 1863, Civil War Veteran,
(stone not found in 1994)
Taylor, Amaziah B., died February 8, 1843, age 34 years 1 month.
Taylor, Betsey Putney, wife of William Taylor, born 1811, died
November 20, 1894, (age not given).
Taylor, Cornelia R., born 1850, died 1854, (age not given).
Taylor, Elizabeth D. Jones, wife of Orin Taylor, born 1821,
died 1905, (age not given).
Taylor, Elpha Ballou, wife of Thomas Taylor, died September
13, 1873, age 82 years.
Taylor, Orin, born 1814, died 1889, (age not given).
Taylor, Otis, died October 19, 1854, age 31 years.
Taylor, Rozeltha M. Ritter, born 1861, (date of death not given),
(not buried here?).
Taylor, Seward, son of Otis Taylor, died November 29, 1853,
age 3 months.
Taylor, Thomas S.O., born 1851, (date of death not given), (not
buried here?).
Taylor, William, died June 19, 1869, age 58 years.
Youngs, Arthur A., son of L. and L.C.Youngs, died October 10,
1865, age 2 years.
Youngs, Louisa C., wife of Luman Youngs, died November 1, 1865,
age 38 years.
Youngs, Luman, died December 6, 1888, age 68 years.