Smith
and Butler
Cemetery
Located on the Old Schoharie Turnpike just east of intersection with Webber Road. Cemetery is in very poor condition, overgrown with vegetation and with fallen headstones. Surrounded by a stone wall. The cemetery is difficult to locate, even though it is adjacent to the roadway.
Transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf September 15, 1999. Retyped by Annette Campbell.
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Rachel Smith d. 18 Oct 1848 age 90y w/o Elisha, nee Houston
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Isaac H. Smith d. 26 Mar 1853 Age 67y
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Elisha Smith d. 26 Jun 1849 Age 95y
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Catherine A. Bush d. 23 Feb 1858 Age 27y1m5d w/o Peter
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Mary E. Bush d. 12 Sep 1858 Age 12y5m18d d/o Peter & C.A.
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Judah Smith d. 9 Apr 1861 Age 71y w/o Isaac H., nee Winne
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Peter Bush d. 6 Dec 1895 Age 88y
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George Hotchkiss d. 18 Mar 1857 age 11y3m20d s/o Daniel & Eunice
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Able Butler d. 22 Apr 1886 Age 67y12d
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Lydia Butler 29 Sep 1850 Age 37y5m29d w/o Oliver
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Oliver Butler Stone dates illegible
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Clarissa Butler d. 23 Mar 1842 Age 67y w/o Abel
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Abel B. Butler d. 12 Aug 1856 Age 74y3m5d
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Calista Butler 3 Jan 1801-19 Feb 1888 w/o Abel
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Mary Showers d. 24 Jan 1851, aged 35y1m16d, w/o John, Elder of Church
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Oliver _____ Stone dates illegible
Postscript: Transcription and cemetery map grid located at the Durham Center Museum. Cemetery was originally laid out with a circular flower garden in the middle and footpaths radiating outward in the four cardinal directions. None of this original layout is currently visible. In addition, the following clarifications and additional stones were present on October 22, 1935, as transcribed by Mrs. Rossi.
11. Oliver Butler, d. October 22, 1885, aged
76y5m2d
16. Oliver, d. May 5, 1880, aged 8y1m10d, s/o Abel and L.
Lay
Two stones were placed in the woods , but were originally in
the cemetery:
1. Charles W. Hotchkiss, d. August 28, 1880,
aged 26y2m25d
2. Daniel Hotchkiss, b. November 8, 1819, d. May 28, 1871
Eunice Stewart, b. July 1, 1824, w/o Daniel
Hotchkiss (no death date)