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First Gayhead Cemetery

Located southeast of Gayhead, on Ira Vail Road in the Town of Cairo. The cemetery is surrounded by a stone wall and is in good condition.

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Transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf September 17, 1999.

 

  1. Jonathan HUSTED, d. August 15, 1820, aged 59y
  2. Fieldstone - J.H.
  3. Fieldstone - H.V.
  4. Fieldstone - H.M.H. 1831 F15
  5. Fieldstone - J.P.
  6. Martha WILBER, d. January 10, 1881, aged 67y23d
    Deborah WILBER, d. January 4, 1881, aged 75y6m5d
  7. Abiel WILBER, d. April 3, 1835, aged 67y2m14d
  8. Mary, d. December 18, 1857, aged 84y3m13d, wife of Abiel WILBER (nee LENNON – SH)
  9. Kinner N WILBER, d. April 13, 1878, aged 79y_m26d
  10. Eseck WILBER, d. December 5, 1821, aged 27y1m24d
  11. Esther VINING, d. March 23, 1832
  12. Fieldstone - 9th 1789 - no initials
  13. Fieldstone - J.T.
  14. Fieldstone - H.T. 1835
  15. William junior, d. May 25, 1843, aged 28y4m4d, son of William and Hannah BROWNELL
  16. Miles, d. July 9, 1831, aged 14y2m4d, son of William and Hannah BROWNELL (In memory of)
  17. Hannah, d. January 19, 1856, aged 73y4m6d, wife of William BROWNELL
  18. William BROWNELL, d. March 24, 1858, aged 82y10m2d
  19. Phebe, d. March 2, 1834, aged 25y11m12d, wife of Wilber EARL
  20. Wilber EARL, d. February 20, 1846, aged 95y10m
  21. Hannah, d. December 1, 1839, aged 51y27d, wife of Wilber EARL
    Jane EARL, d. April 1, 1822,
  22. Maria, d. September 2, 1843, aged 21y6m23d, daughter of Wilber and Hannah EARL
  23. Richard WALTERS, d. January 24, 1825, aged 63yr
  24. Susannah BELLOSS, d. January 19, 1872, aged 72y8m18d, wife of David VERMILYEA
  25. David VERMILYEA, d. December 30, 1869, aged 72y7m19d
  26. Jemime TRAVIS, d. December 19, 1863, aged 91y8m19d, wife of Abraham VERMILYEA
  27. Abraham VERMILYEA, d. December 18, 1831, aged 63y9m2d
  28. Phebe ROE, d. April 1, 1805 (Fieldstone)
  29. Betsey EARL, d. March 25, 1817, aged 31y11m23d
  30. Polly BU______, d. May 9, 1811, wife of James EARL
    Mary Ann, d. June 2, 1811, aged 1m15d, daughter of James and Polly EARL
  31. Lydia STORY, d. March 5, 1808, aged 22y5m16d, wife of James EARL
  32. Matthias, d. July 2, 1815, aged 17y, son of Amos and Catharine STORY
  33. Amos STORY, d. April 2, 1826, aged 59y
  34. Catharine, d. July 18, 1839, aged 69y, wife of Amos STORY
  35. Mary SPAWN, d. January 30, 1879, aged 86y4m, wife of Amos STORY
  36. Amos STORY, d. December 6, 1871, aged 81y1m20d
  37. Benjamin STORY, d. April 28, 1844, aged 76y11m26d (In memory of)
  38. Elizabeth, d. January 22, 1846, aged 79y12d, wife of Benjamin STORY (In memory of)
  39. Eunice HELMS, d. April 15, 1853, aged 93y, wife William DRAKE
  40. William DRAKE, d. June 18, 1828, aged 70y1m14d
  41. Joseph DRAKE, d. August 27, 1841, aged 39y4m10d
  42. P X R, d. April 1, 1805 (Fieldstone)
  43. ?, d. February 7, 1859 (Illegible, footstone has initials PR)
  44. Anne, d. July 12, 1842, aged 8m21d, daughter of Abel and Caroline VERMILYEA
  45. Louise, d. September 2, 1848, aged 2y7m, daughter of Abel and Caroline VERMILYEA
  46. Abel VERMILYEA, d. August 20, 1879, aged 65y9m4d
  47. Caroline COOK, d. May 15, 1894, aged 74y10m, wife of Abel VERMILYEA
  48. Lucinda, d. September 21, 1849, daughter of A & B.A. WHITBECK
  49. Fieldstone - M.W.

Footnote: Previous transcription located at the Vedder Museum. Date of transcription unknown, however additional information for the following burials is noted:

22.    Polly BUTLER
35.    Polly Reeves, b. May 4, 1788, d. February 7, 1857, w/o Richard Perry

Transcriptions for markers, no longer visible at the cemetery:

  1. Horace Cook, b. March 24, 1817, d. April 19, 1903 (transcription notes that he is buried in Wisconsin according to the family bible)
  2. Matilda, b. April 25, 1820, d. February 15, 1859, w/o Horace Cook
  3. Peter Vermigli (Vermiyea), b. July 2, 1725, d. 1805
  4. Polly Pinkney, b. 1730, d. 1823, w/o Peter Vermigli
  5. H.X.S. , d. April 6, 1806
  6. Mary Story, b. March 2, 1838, d. August 11, 1841, d/o John T. and Elizabeth Roe Story
  7. Phebe Ann Earl, b. March 1, 1819, d. September 22, 1857
  8. Polly, b. September 20, 1802, d. July 13, 1839, w/o Robert Vining
  9. Dwight Brownell, d. January 9, 1852, aged 18m, s/o John H and Rachel Brownell 
  10. A.X. Warto, d. February 10, 1843

Other notes on the transcription:
1.  Matilda Cook has a marker in the Old Gayhead Cemetery, however the transcriber notes that she is buried in Gayhead Cemetery. The transcriber also notes that the seven children of Horace and Matilda Cook are buried in Old Gayhead Cemetery according to the family bible. They are:
Moses Williams Cook, b. April 1, 1843, d. July 19, 1844
Eunice Ann Cook, b. July 9, 1845, d. September 1, 1848
James Abel Cook, b. August 31, 1847, d. November 24, 1847
Caroline Leavers Cook, b. October 6, 1849, d. February 4, 1851 - New Gayhead
Henry Horace Cook, b. November 31, 1851, d. September 7, 1852
Horace Amos Cook, Jr, b. January 10, 1853, d. May 6, 1853
Hiram J. Cook, b. December 20, 1854, d. December 30, 1855
Susan Drake Cook, b. April 17, 1856, d. July 10, 1857
Lucy Eunice Cook, b. October 9, 1858, d. July 25, 1859 - New Gayhead
2.   James Earl is buried with his 3rd wife in Sandy Plains Cemetery
3.   Leavers is french (Le Vears) and the names was later changed to Travis.
4. During this transcription, the transcriber noted that two markers were removed from the cemetery and had not had an opportunity to copy them.

NOTE: This transcriber appears to have calculated birth dates from the year and age at death.  It is unlikely that all these markers had the birth year inscribed upon them - Sylvia Hasenkopf.

Dwight Brownell's marker, has been found at a private residence in the Town of Cairo, as noted on this site. Efforts will be made to return it to its rightful location in the Old Gayhead Cemetery.

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