THAYER, Abel Lewis. b. 1829. d. Aug. 18, 1851. Age 22 years. bd. Lot 28. s/o Nathan and Phlinda (Lewis) Thayer.
THAYER, Nathan. b. 1801. d. Aug. 15, 1844. Age 43 years. bd. Lot 28. 4th child of Nehemiah and Hannah (__________) Thayer. md. 1819 - Philinda Lewis of Dummerston, Vt..
THAYER, Philinda (Lewis) b. 1802. d. Apr. 15, 1841. Age 39. bd. Lot 28. d/o Abel and Azubah H. (Marsh) Lewis. w/o Nathan Thayer.
Children of Nathan and Philinda (Lewis) Thayer included:
1. Emily Thayer. b. 1820. d. Sept. 5, 1851.
2. Mary Thayer. b. 1823.
3. Abel Lewis Thayer. b. 1829. d. Aug. 18, 1851. Age 22 years. bd. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 28.
THUM, Ellen Ruth. b. Dec. 19, 1844 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. Dec. 19, 1844 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d/o Melchert A. and Oretta "Oret" Adella (Clark) Thum.
THUM, Melchert A. NOT BURIED IN LEWIS CEMETERY. b. Dec. 31, 1804 Herkimer County, N.Y. d. Aug. 29, 1872 Wauponsee, Grundy, IL. bd. perhaps Dewittville Cemetery as his name on father’s marker. s/o Johannis "Nicholas" and first wife Margaret Helmer Thum. Johannis "Nicholas" s/o Melchoir and Elizabeth (Hilts) Thum. md. 1st Mar. 7, 1833 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. - Ann Eliza Clark. md. 2nd - Oretta (Oret) Adella Clark, a cousin to his first wife. b. Aug. 16, 1817 Chautauqua County. d. July 10, 1887 at home of son Henry in Morris, Grundy, Ill. bd. July 12, 1887 Sample Cemetery, Morris, Grundy, Ill. d/o Seth and Content Ingham Clark.
THUM, Ann Eliza. b. Aug. 18, 1808 Bedford, Westchester, N.Y. d. May 10, 1841 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Age 32/8/2. d/o Abijah and Martha "Patty" Scofield Clark. Abijah s/o Ichabod and Sarah (Weed) Clark. "Patty" d/o William and Martha "Patty" (Seely) Scofield. 1st w/o - Melchert A. Thum.
Children of Melchert A. and Eliza Ann (Clark) Thum included:
1. Mary Emeline Thum. b. ca. 1834 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. md. - Richard Putt of Grundy, Ill.
2. George W. Thum. b. ca 1836 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. after 1874. md. - Mary E. (__________)
3. William M. Thum. b. ca 1838 Ellery, Chautauqua county, N.Y. d. before 1869.
4. Ozro M. Thum. b. Feb. 8, 1840 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. Mar. 8, 1918 Wheatridge, Jefferson County. bd. Mar. 10, 1918 Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Col. md. Sept. 14, 1864 - Mary Content Brown.
Children of Melchert A. and Oretta "Oret" Adella (Clark) Thum included:
1. Ellen Ruth Thum. b. Dec. 19, 1844 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. Dec. 19, 1844, Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. bd. Lewis Cemetery.
2. Melchert Clark Thum. b. July 11, 1846 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y.
3. Seth "Henry" Thum. b. July 9, 1848 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. md Dec. 27, 1876 - Jennie (Wagner) Miller.
4. Charles Elliott Thum. b. Sept. 17, 1859 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y.
5. Ella Content Thum. b. May 26, 1854 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y.
6. Caroline Johnson (adopted). b. 1836 in Sweden.
TOWNS, Rhoda (Furlow). b. Mar. 5, 1812 Onondaga County, N.Y. d. Apr.
26, 1861. Age 49 Years. d/o Jacob and Mehitable (_________) Furlow. w/o
- Jeremiah Towns. Rhoda was md. 1st to Moses Ploss.
No surnames beginning with U were found in search of burials in Lewis Cemetery.
VAN WERT, Alanson E. b. 1847. d. May 26, 1847. Age 0/3/25. bd. Lot 34) on his Grandfather’s Lot. s/o Thomas and Melissa (Clark) Van Wert.
VAN WERT, Elias S. b. 1850. d. Feb. 11, 1851. Age 1/7/0. bd. Lot 34 on his Grandfather’s Lot. s/o Thomas and Melissa (Clark) Van Wert.
VAN WERT, Seth Oscar. b. 1838. d. Sept. 28, 1918 Bemus Point, Chautauqua County, N.Y. bd. Lot 36. s/o Thomas and Melissa (Clark) Van Wert.
Seth Oscar Van Wert was in the Civil War from 1861 - 1865. He enlisted Oct. 1, 1861 PVT, Ellery, 9th N.Y. Calvary Co. C. He was discharged July 17, 1865 as a Sergeant with Co. E. at Cloud Mills, Va. Seth and mother, Melissa Van Wert were in attendance at the second annual Scofield Reunion in 1887.
VAN WERT, Thomas. d. Mar. 16, 1828 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N. Thomas Van Wert was an early settler in Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Probably the father and mother are buried on the Van Wert Lot also.
VAN WERT, Thomas. b. 1809. d. 1880. Probably on Lot 34 (his father-in-law’s Lot). s/o Thomas and __________ (__________) Van Wert. md. - Melissa Clark,
VAN WERT, Melissa (Clark). b. 1815. d. 1899. bd. Lot 34. d/o Elias and Polly (Scofield) Clark. w/o Thomas Van Wert.
Children of Thomas and Melissa (Clark) Van Wert included:
1. Hiram Van Wert b. 1850. d. 1919.
2. Seth Oscar Van West. b. 1838. d. Sept. 28, 1918 Bemus Point, Chautauqua County, N.Y. bd. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 34.
3. Elias S. Van Wert. b. 1850. d. Feb. 11, 1851, Age 1/7/0. bd. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 34.
4. Alanson E. Van Wert. b. 1847. d. May 26, 1847. Age 0/3/25. bd. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 34.
WATERMAN, Azariah. NOT BURIED IN LEWIS CEMETERY. b. May 20, 1836. d. Sept. 27, 1893. s/o Zodoc Gilbert and Amanda (Putnam) Waterman. md. 1st July 10, 1856 - Mary Jane Lewis. md. 2nd Nov. 16, 1858 - Elizabeth Scofield.
WATERMAN, Mary Jane (Lewis). b. 1838. d. May 12, 1857. Age 19/5/24. bd. Lot 32. d/o Marshall and Sylvesta (Higby) Lewis. 1st w/o Azariah Waterman.
WEEKS, Liscomb Sr. b. July 6, 1806 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. Feb. 16, 1880. bd. Lot 7. md. Margaret "Maggie" Van Buren. s/o Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Supply, Ammiel, George Weeks.
Liscomb Weeks was a farmer.
WEEKS, Margaret "Maggie" Van Buren. b. Dec. 9, 1813. d. Aug. 30, 1877. bd. Lot 7. w/o Liscomb Weeks Sr.
Children of Liscomb and Margaret "Maggie" (Van Buren) Weeks Sr. included:
1. Jared Arphaxad Weeks. b. Feb. 1, 1831. d. Feb. 27, 1857. md. Mar. 31, 1856 - Hannah C. Hare of Schodac, N.Y. She d. Mar. 3, 1873; teacher at Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y.
2. Edson Jared Weeks. b. Jan. 22, 1857. md. June 8, 1880, Tracia Ray, of Buffalo, N.Y.; General passenger agent N.Y., W. Shore and Buffalo Railway, Buffalo, 1885.
3. Hannah Catharine Weeks. b. May 12, 1834. md. Mar. 17, 1857 - James M. Weaver, farmer; both at Fluvanna, Chautauqua County, N.Y. 1885.
4. Liscomb Van Buren Weeks. b. May 11, 1839. md. Jan. 19, 1874 - Carrie Price, of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; lawyer, Ottawa, La Salle Co., Ill., 1885. Child - Mary Corrylin, b. Mar. 9, 1876.
5. Gordon Loudon Weeks. b. Feb. 23, 1841. md. Dec. 27 - Matilda F. Gillis, of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; teacher; flour and grain merchant, Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, N.Y. 1885.
6. Worthy Putnam Weeks. b. Sept. 9, 1845. md. Mar. 13, 1872 - Kate L. Montgomery of Buffalo, N.Y.; removed to Belleville, Republic Co., Kan., 1872; hardware and stove dealer, Belleville, 1885. Children: Annie Maggie, b. Dec. 25, 1872; Edson Jared, b. Feb. 14. d. Feb. 16, 1876; William Montgomery, b. July 30, 1877; Fenton Van Buren, b. Sept. 20, 1881; Walter Ogden, b. Jan. 1, 1884.
8. Liscomb "Nelson" Weeks. b. July 7, 1849. d. Mar. 10, 1854. Age 4/8/3. bd. Lewis Cemetery, Lot 7.
WEEKS, Liscomb "Nelson" Weeks. b. July 7, 1849. d. Mar. 10, 1854. Age 4/8/3. bd. Lot 7. s/o Liscomb and Margaret "Maggie" (Van Buren) Weeks.
WILCOX, Hiram c. b. 1850. d. 1929. s/o Joseph and Malvina (Scofield) Wilcox.
WILCOX, Joseph. b. Apr. 7, 1826 New Berlin, N.Y. d. Sept. 4, 1903. s/o Samuel and Amanda (__________) Wilcox. md. 1848 - Malvina Scofield.
WILCOX, Malvina (Scofield). b. 1821. d. 1903. w/o Joseph Wilcox.
Children of Joseph and Malvina (Scofield)Wilcox included:
1. Hiram C. Wilcox. b. 1850. d. 1929. bd. Lewis Cemetery.
2. Eugene E. Wilcox. b. 1854. d. Jan. 1933 Dewittville, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Age 79 years. bd. Bemus Point Cemetery. bd. Jan. 12, 1933 Lot 276 G - 3. Bemus Point Cemetery. Eugene lived the greater part of his life at Maple Springs. His funeral was held at the Maple Springs Church. PJ: 1/9/1933: Eugene Wilcox died Sunday afternoon at Dewittville, aged 79 years. He is survived by a brother, Ray Wilcox of Gerry. Mr. Wilcox was a native of Ellery, a son of the late Joseph and Malvina Wilcox, pioneer settlers, and had lived the greater part of his life at Maple Springs. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Maple Springs Community Church. Eugene E. Wilcox md. Louise A. (__________). b. 1859. d. Feb. 4, 1931. bd. Feb. 6, 1931 Lot 276 G - 2. Bemus Point Cemetery.
3. Ray S. Wilcox. b. Oct. 1860. md. - Laura Ann Scofield. bd. Pine Hill Cemetery, Falconer. Laura a twin to Mary Jane (Scofield) Little. Ray a farmer of Ellery - three years after marriage moved to Gerry, N.Y.
Joseph Wilcox had settled in the town of Charlotte in 1830. He removed to Ellery in 1845.
WILLIAMS, Frederick T. Sr. b. 1818. d. Apr. 3, 1853 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Age 35 years. md 1841 - Anna H. Aldrich.
WILLIAMS, Anna H. (Aldrich). b. Nov. 5, 1817 Cumberland, R. I. d. Mar. 15, 1882. Age 64. d/o Tillotson and Sarah (__________) Aldrich. w/o Frederick T. Williams Sr. Anna md. 2nd 1859 - Abijah Clark. Abijah Clark was md. 1st to Martha "Patta" Scofield who is bd. at Dewittville Cemetery. Anna has her name on markers both at Lewis and Dewittville Cemeteries, but she is buried in Lewis Cemetery. Abijah Clark is bd. in Dewittville Cemetery and Frederick T. Williams is bd. in Lewis Cemetery.
Children of Frederick T. Sr. and Anna H. (Aldrich) Williams included:
1. Frederick T. Williams Jr. bd. Lewis Cemetery.
2. Sarah M. Williams. b. 1846. d. Dec. 1933 at home of her daughter, Ruth Bentley. She had lived with her daughter for ten years. bd. Although she has a marker at Lewis Cemetery she is bd. at Fluvanna Cemetery. md.- Gustavus A. Bentley 1845-1924. bd. Fluvanna Cemetery.
Child of Anna H. (Adriich) Williams Clark and Abijah Clark.
1. Jefferson D. or S. Clark. b. Oct. 3, 1860. d. June 3, 1887. Age 26 years. bd. Lewis Cemetery.
Jamestown Journal. 4/15/1853. Frederick T. Williams died Ellery, April 3, 1853, age 35.
Newspaper clipping 1882: Clark - in Ellicott, March 15, 1882, of pneumonia, Anna H., relict of Abijah Clark, aged about 65 years. Funeral Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Bemus Point Church, remains to be interred in the Lewis Cemetery.
WILLIAMS, Sarah M. b. 1846. d. Dec. 1933. bd. She has a stone at Lewis Cemetery, but she is bd. at the Fluvanna Cemetery. d/o Frederick T. and Anna H. (Aldrich) Williams. md. - Gustavus Adophus Bentley Jr. b. 1845. d. 1924. bd. Fluvanna Cemetery. s/o Alexander and Lavantia (Norton) Bentley.
Children of Gustavus Adolphus Jr. and Sarah M. (Williams) Bentley included:
1. Infant son. b. 1880. d. Apr. 2, 1889. Age 1 month. bd. Fluvanna Cemetery.
2. Infant. b. 1885. bd. Fluvanna Cemetery.
3. Gustavus E. Bentley. md. Lesbia Andrews. bd. Fluvanna Cemetery.
4. Wilton Bentley. b. Mar. 15, 1877 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y. d. Jan. 14, 1964 Calif. Age 86. md. - Helen Strobridge. In 1964 Wilton of Paslo Alto, Calif. He spent his childhood at Fluvanna, Chautauqua County, N.Y.
5. Ruth Bentley. d. 1962. md. - Richmond Harold Shreve.
Jamestown Journal 12/22/1933 Mrs. Sarah Bentley - Mother of Junior High School Principal Here is Dead.....Mrs. Sarah M. Williams Bentley, widow of Gustavus A. Bentley, former resident of Fluvanna, and the mother of Gustavus E. Bentley principal of Washington Junior High School, died Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richmond Harold Shreve, at Hastings, on the Hudson, after a long illness. Besides Mr. Bentley and Mrs. Shreve she is survived by another child, Wilton Bentley of Hastings, a brother, Frederick T. Williams, 20 Weeks Street, Jamestown; and seven grandchildren, Miss Ruth Bentley and Gustvus A. Bentley of Jamestown, Richmond B. Shreve, Robert and Thomas Shreve, Richard and Margaret Bentley of Hastings. Mrs. Bentley had resided with her daughter for about ten years. Mrs. Bentley had many friends in this community where she resided many years. The remains will be brought to her former home in Fluvanna for funeral services tomorrow.
WILMARTH, Abigail. b. 1860. d. Mar. 10, 1862. Age 2/8/6. bd. Lot 11. s/o Samuel and Mary Jane (__________) Wilmarth.
WILMARTH, Climena. b. 1831. d. July 26 or Aug. 4, 1884. Age 13. bd. Lot 11. d/o Nathan and Phila (__________) Wilmarth.
WILMARTH, Ladora. b/ 1861. d. Mar. 31. 1862. Age 1/8/2. bd. Lot 11. d/o Samuel and Mary Jane (__________) Wilmarth.
WILMARTH, Louisa. b. 1880. d. July 26, 1844. Age 4 years. bd. Lot 11. d/o Nathan and Phila (__________) Wilmarth.
No surnames beginning with X, Y, Z were found in search of burials in Lewis Cemetery.