Rockland Cemetery; Madison, New Haven, Connecticut ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm ************************************************ Submitted and copyrighted by Frederick Raudat on October 28, 2001 and updated on October 10, 2003. This census includes Rockland Cemetery, located in Connecticut, New Haven County, in the town of Madison. It is located on County Road near the intersection of State Route 79 in North Madison, Connecticut in the Rockland section. The cemetery was established and laid out as the North Burying yard in 1793. The first known corpse to be buried here was Jacob Richmond in 1793. It is currently owned and maintained by the town of Madison. The burials include 4 Revolutionary War veterans, 3 Civil War veterans and 3 World War 2 Veterans as well as 19th century murder victim Mary E. Stannard, the subject of two books, Noose and Collar and Arsenic Under the Elms. There are many unmarked but recorded burials here which have been included and verified through town burial records. The minimum number of burials is approximately 330. --Rockland Cemetery New Section Row 1 Joseph Stefanec 2/14/1877-10/10/1920 Joseph Vulk 1890-1973 Annastazie Vulk 1891-1947 Joseph R. Vulk 10/5/1919-9/7/1925 Joseph Vlk 1865-1924 Aloisie Vlk 1864-1940 his wife August Rucker 1885-1960 Anna Rucker, wife of August, 1888-1919 Mother, Maxine Stevens 1877-1940 Joseph Tichy 1850-1919 Fransiska Wainer, wife of Joseph Tichy, 1852-1919 John H. King 11/19/1890-9/3/1962 Max Rucker 1913 Frederica Urban Rucker, wife of Max, 1916-1966 Ernest Albin Muller 1899-1970 Estella Swanson Muller, wife of Ernest, 1892-1978 Bertha B. Little 1904-2002 Norman E. Little 1900-1967 --Rockland Cemetery New Section Row 2 Karl Sachenbacher 1910-1996 Louise V. Sachenbacher, wife of Karl, 1918- Carrie K. Vulk 1890-1970 2nd wife of Joseph Vulk Gordon L. King 12/16/1919-8/20/1997 Warren Powers Laird Myers, Jr 9/20/1948-11/23/1987 Eileen Frances King, wife of Warren Myers, 6/24/1944 --Rockland Cemetery New Section Row 3 William Stannard 1875-1957 Ida B. Stannard, wife of William, 1879-1936 Dwight W. Beach 1899-1979 Edna Stannard Beach 1902-1952 Anna B. Lupinek 1883-1959 Helen Lupinek Blatchley 1905-2002 Leon G. Blatchley 1906-9/27/1987 Joseph A. Harbut 1885-1981 Catherine E. Harbut 1889-1979 Robert Harbut, son 1921-1993 Marie Renc 1866-1933 Joseph Renc 1862-1943 Carl E. Raudat 1906-1965 Margaret G. Raudat, wife of Carl 1907-1958 Frank Raudat 1853-1933 Pauline Raudat 1865-1944 Lillian D. Raudat 2/17/1902-10/11/1983 Barbara E. Friedrich 1888-1976 John L. Friedrich 1876-1954 Rose V. Raudat 1899-8/22/1971 Frederick W. Raudat 1900-1983 Justine B Walker 1875-1958 John King 1915-2003 --Rockland Cemetery New Section Row 4 Isabella Haskins Hartman 5/30/1915-12/10/1968 Helen F. Raudat 1927 Robert W. Raudat 1926-2001 Frances A. Hilgert 5/20/1932-6/14/2000 Henry M. Hilgert 12/6/1921-8/5/1982 Caroline C. Dold Dorman 1864-4/30/1947 Janet Gemmell Jainschigg Nov. 20, 1908-Dec. 30, 2002 Cynthia L. Beaumont 1959- Danielle Beaumont 1993-1993 David P. Beaumont 1959 Unmarked Michael Robert Pastet 3/12/1996 --Rockland Cemetery New Section Row 5 Marion H. Oslander 1916 Joseph A. Oslander 1908-8/11/1990 Arcady Smolensky 11/17/1920-10/28/1995 Helen E. Smolensky 3/29/1926-5/30/1986 Emilia C. Grabowski Faulkner 10/11/1921-12/6/1998 === === --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 1 Emil Schellbach 1903-1984 Lydia Poudim Schellbach 1910-2001 Wilhemina Straus 1858-1942 Max Straus 1886-1963 Ella Myers Straus 1886-1977 Johanna Coleman Ackerman 1883-1974 Frederick A. Ackerman 1883-1960 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 2 Unknown John Pandiani ? Webster C. Chapman 1899-1978 Anne C. Chapman 1897-1984 Webster C. Chapman, Jr 1927-2000 Ralph N. Tyler 1835-1914 Other Tylers? Ann, infant of Monroe and Ann Burr 11/10/1871 Monroe Burr 1838-1900 Annie M. Richmond, wife of Monroe Burr, 1841-1919 Flora A. Myers Baldwin 1890-1927 Edwin O. Meyer 5/24/1888-2/19/1918 Frederick P. Meyer 1/10/1850-2/17/1936 Bertha M. Meyer 3/1/1855-1/12/1923 unknown Adolph E. Ackerman 1844-1918 Emma C. Ackerman 1856-1926 Wallace Ackerman, their son 1902-1920 Several Unknown --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 3 Kuver Family George Morgan Davis 1840-1915 Catherine Davis, his wife, 1844-1883 Willie P. Burr, son of Nehemiah and Fannie 8/26/1871 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 4 Maggie C. Stevens, wife of Duell W. Stevens, 7/6/1890, 21 years, 11 months, 18 days. Aletha V. Green, wife of Walter Green, 3/10/1895, aged 39 Fannie J. Burr, wife of Nehemiah Burr, 4/11/1883, aged 32 Caroline W. Davis, wife of Peter, 1842-1883 Peter Davis 1842-1889 Willie Newman Hill, son of James and Catherine Hill, 8/11/1883 aged five years, seven months Alice M. Stevens, their daughter, 1877-1884 Elma A. Doolittle, wife of Wilbur Stevens, 1852-1892 Wilbur B. Stevens 1848-1917 Asa Stevens 8/18/1815-8/23/1899 Catherine A. Lynn Stevens, wife of Asa Stevens, 6/9/1824-11/16/1902 Leland B. Stevens 1865-1942 Peter Fippinger, 9/29/1900, aged 72 Sabina Gotzian, wife of Peter Fippinger, 12/24/1917 aged 68 Lena D. Policar, wife of Joseph T., 1892-1952 Joseph T. Policar 1889-1929 Dorothy Bowen, daughter 1910-1962 Mary E. Smith, wife of John Bowen 1877-1962 John I. Bowen 1874-1945 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 5 George N. Davis 6/13/1879 aged 68 Mary M. Davis, 9/21/1896, wife of George N. Davis, aged 81 Anna M. Stevens, wife of Austin O. Stevens, 11/8/1880, aged 34 Christopher C. Davis, 11/16/1872, aged 30 Jennie L. Davis, daughter of George and Mary Davis, 11/22/1867, aged 19 Irene Burr, 3/2/1873, aged 60 years, 6 mos Joseph Burr, 3rd, 6/7/1875, aged 67 years, 8 mos. Hibbert Francis, 3/24/1898, aged 89 years, 6 mos. Amelia B. Doane, wife of Hibbert Francis, 11/20/1891, aged 80 years Mary A. Stevens, wife of Jeremiah Stevens, 4/28/1901, aged 83 Jeremiah Stevens, 7/7/1870, aged 57 Asa Stevens, 9/1/1870, aged 94 years Rachel Stevens, his wife, 1/9/1884, aged 82 Helen Lucina, grandaughter of Asa and Rachel Stevens, 6/20/1879, aged 22 Marcus A. Young, 11/9/1870, aged 54 Henrietta E. Young, wife of Marcus A. Young, 7/6/1897, aged 72 John Stone, 4/26/1876, aged 59 Julia A. Stone, 6/5/1879, aged 59 Henry L. Frair, infant son of Rawson and Mary Frair, 7/4/1873, 4 mos, 2days Mary A. Frair 8/7/1877, aged 34 years 2 months infant daughter of Fred S. and Mary Stone9/4/1883 Truman Stone, 11/18/1869, aged 40 Submit Scranton, wife of Truman Stone, 9/13/1916, aged 77 Asahel Stone, 4/12/1878, aged 70 Siba Stone, 3/4/1877, aged 75 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 6 Lewis H. Scranton, 3/4/1859, son of H.E. and Sarah A. Scranton Carrie A. Scranton, 1/10/1865, daughter of H.E. and Sarah A. Scranton David Scranton died 4/25/1876, aged 80 years, 9 mos Fieldstone, unknown Jacob Harrison, 10/24/1825 Revolutionary War, Capt. Foot's CO Lois Harrison, wife of Jacob, 10/5/1843, aged 86 Jerusha Simmons, wife of Elisha, 2/15/1831, aged 42 Irene Harrison, 11/28/1846, aged 50 years broken stone marker James Pardee/3/5/1831, aged 78 Sarah Pardee, wife of James Pardee, 1760-1844 James R. Pardee, 6/15/1843, aged 47 Almy Pardee, wife of James R. Pardee 10/31/1825,aged 25 broken stone, illegible inscription. Amos Stevens, 10/22/1830, aged 67 Rachel Stevens, wife of Amos, 8/3/1859, aged 90 fieldstone Illegible marble marker Anna wife of Orrin Leach died 12/16/1825, aged 55 Martha Norton, Our Mother 4/17/1860, aged 78 Captain William Hale,8/29/1812, aged 32 illegible brownstone marker Mrs Rachel Hale, wife of Zebulon, 6/17/1817, aged 65 illegible brownstone marker Zebulon Hale, 3/22/1821, aged 73 fieldstone Saiba Scranton, 9/24/1851 aged 79 Simeon Scranton 3/19/1831, aged 67 years --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 7 Nathan E. Dowd, 9/16/1867, aged 48 Mary C. Riggs, His wife, 1822-1905 Selina P. Dowd, wife of William R. Rose, 8/10/1876, aged 64 years, 4 mos. John M. Harrison, died 11/26/1853, aged 31, O Death where is thy sting! In memory of Sybil, wife of Truman Harrison, who died 10/5/1843, aged 42 Charlotte, wife of Truman Harrison, illegible 4/14/1842, aged 42 In memory of Truman Harrison, who died 2/9/1856, aged 63 Marvin Davis, died 11/5/1835, aged 31 years 5 Field stones --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 8 Julius Kapitzke, died 3/14/1885, aged 55 years Andrew Hazlett, Co F 15 Regt Conn Vols. died 7/30/1900 Edeitha, widow of Christian Arnold of Haddam, died 11/12/1830, aged 81 Rev. Samuel West died 11/18/1836, aged 70 years Mrs. Anna, widow of Rev. S West died June 1, 1837, aged 53 Mary, wife of Samuel West who died 4/6/1830, aged 66 On the 22nd of June 1815, departed this life much lamented Rev. Eliphalet Lester in his 87th year. Forty years a Baptist Minister. He was a good husband... Fieldstone In memory of Mr. Asher Fowler, who departed this life,...1804 in the 70th year of his age. 3 fieldstones. Deborah Davis died 12/29/1820, aged 19 years Roxanna Davis who died 1/13/1822, aged 16 years. They are gone but not forgotten Jeremiah Davis, died 12/5/1820, aged 45 His Wife,Our Mother who died 2/19/1857, aged 80 Hezekiah Hubbard, died 6/1/1837, aged 46 In memory of Catherine, wife of Josiah Coan who died 8/29/1827, aged 63. This languished head is at rest. Its thinking and ...ing are...This quiet immovable breast is heaved by affliction no more. In memory of Josiah Coan, who died 2/2/1836, aged 76 In memory of Peter Coan who died 12/8/1836, aged 37 years In memory of Susannah Coan who died 3/19/1852, aged 59 Josiah Coan died 6/21/1874, aged 86 blank space, possible unknowns Susan A., wife of Joseph A. Scranton, who died 3/15/1897, age 82 Asleep in Jesus Joseph A. Scranton, who died 5/15/1874, aged 61 Blesses are the dead who die in the Lord JHH Footstone Malachi Rogers, who died 11/16/1820, aged 64 Lucretia, his widow, who died 7/24/1842, aged 75 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 9 Corp. James D. Hawley Co B 6 Inf Conn. Vols. died 12/18/1879 fieldstone, possible others Nathan Fowler, died 11/25/1821, aged 72 fieldstone Sarah Stannard died 10/18/1841, aged 61 6 fieldstones William M., son of Horace and Charlotte A. Gardner, died 2/23/1844, aged 13 mos A blighted flower a bud of purest promise nipt in early morning hour 2 fieldstones Mrs. Harriet, wife of Samuel Stevens, died 8/16/1839, aged 32 fieldstone In memory of Joseph H. Hill, who died 9/29/840 aged 75 I know that my redeemer liveth Hester, wife of Joseph Hill, died 3/21/1865, aged 87 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord Anna, wife of Danford Stevens, died 3/15/1827, aged 21 Danford Stevens died 3/25/1862, aged 61 In memory of Mr. Joseph Hill, who died 8/29/1836, aged 35 Footstone. Revolutionary Sargeant David Thompson, 7/28/1828, aged 78 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 10 fieldstone James C. Scranton, died 6/1/1882 aged 65 Rachel, E. wife of James C. Scranton, died 4/21/1899,aged 77 She who was noblest brightest and best our mother has left us to find perfect rest Eliza Ann, wife of Curtis Stone, died 4/25/1887, aged 68. I would not live alway Curtis Stone died 7/15/1877, aged 62 broken stone Luman Stone, died 3/15/1855 Blessed are they who die in the Lord. aged 76 Rhoda, wife of Luman Stone, died 12/16/1862. aged 82 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall know God Ann L., daughter of Horace and Charlotte A. Gardner died 5/31/1858 12 years, 8 mos Charlotte A., wife of Asa Stevens, died 1/6/1854, aged 37 Horace Gardner died 6/25/1847 aged 29 years 4 mos fieldstone unmarked Hester, wife of Samuel Butler of Essex, died 4/4/1819 aged 73 In memory of Mr. Obadiah Tyler, who died 9/30/1819, aged 80 Hannah wife of Obadiah Tyler, died 4/5/1830, age 88 In memory of Nancy Stevens, wife of Amos Stevens, who died 3/22/1840, aged 28 Revolutionary War Soldier, David Thompson, who died 7/28/1828, aged 78 Jane Wright, his wife/ 1/13/1828, aged 55 Melora Lynn, died 4/26/1833, aged 60 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section 11 In memory of Julia, wife of John C. Buell, who died 2/29/1840, aged 41 In memory of Rebecca Stevens, widow of Nathaniel who died 2/21/1833, aged 78 years In memory of Nathaniel Stevens who died 10/3/1825 aged 83 Edward L. Stevens, who died 9/24/1893, aged 74 Dinah, wife of Edward L., who died 5/23/1873, aged 53 Emogene H, daughter of Edward L and Dinah Stevens died 3/5/1853, aged 6 years Ere sin caught blight or sorrow fade Death came with friendly care The opening buds to Heaven conveyed and had them blossom there illegible Stevens who died 9/1/1817 A flower has pass'd from earth away Sweet was thy life though yet a day John L., son of Edward L. and Dinah Stevens, died 1/24/1853 aged 3 years 11 mos William H., son of Willis and Betsey Stephens who died 6/21/1822 aged 6 mos 14 days In memory of Betsey, wife of Wyllis Stevens, who died 10/18/1837, aged 39 Also an infant child In memory of Wyllys Stevens, who died 2/2/1839, aged 42 --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 12 5 fieldstones, possibly more Alpha, wife of William Coan, who died 11/20/1875, aged 88 years 5 mos Jesus can make a dying bed as soft as a downy pillow William Coan, died 6/12/1857, aged 76 Polly, wife of Thorit David, died 1/22/1879, aged 75 I know that my redeemer liveth Thorit Davis, died 3/19/1863, aged 68 Julius P. Stevens, broken stone, died 8/24/1859 aged 38 Loren Stevens, who died 8/13 1863, aged 78 broken stone Dinah, wife of Benjamen M. Stevens, died 10/12/1851, aged 31 How much we loved how much we miss and mourn thee God knows alone-and blessed be his name Benjamen M. Stevens, died 3/26/1881, aged 64 Mr. Alanson Field died 4/21/1814 in his 29th year Enos A. Stevens, died 3/20/1898, aged 76 broken stone Sarah J. wife of Enos A. Stevnes who died 5/8/1884 aged 61 We miss her yes we miss her more than the tongue can tell but we know she is with Jesus whom she loved so well. Nancy A. wife of Simeon P. Stevens, 8/9/1878 aged 78 years 7 mos Simeon P. Stevens, died 6/6/1863, aged 69 Leonard Scranton born1807 died 5/16/1844, aged 37 Husband and Father RIP Electa, wife of Leonard Scranton, died 7/31/1900, aged 88 years, 11 months John L. son of John and Sarah ives who died 9/22/1851 aged 1 year 4 mos In memory of Sarah L., wife of John L. Ives, daughter of Abner and Rachel Stevens, died 6/9/1850, aged 20 Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Lord cometh to take us to himself. George Edgar, son of Abner and Rachel Stevens, died 11/19/1843, aged 7 years, 7 mos fieldstones? Edgar J. Stevens, died 1/24/1892, aged 46 years --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 13 5 fieldstones? Cornelia A. Stevens, died 3/27/1900, broken stone Loren B. Stevens, died 4/23/1879, aged 59 Julius T. son of L.B. and C.A. Stevens, who died 10/31/1861, aged 2 years Arnold A. son of L.B. and C.A. Stevens, who died 10/6/1861, aged 6 mos 18 d's Alfred C. , son of L.B. and C.A. Stevens, who died3/8/1854, aged 4 mos 8 d's Wealthy A. Stevens, 1857, aged 20, illegible Lewis Stevens, illegible son of Jeremiah and Mary L. Stevens 3/12/1854 9 mos Henry L. son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann who died 5/25/1862, aged 2 years 11 mos Martha E. daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Ann Stevens who died 1/1/1862, aged 9 years several unmarked Lucy A. Richmond died 4/27/1889, aged 80 Dwight F. Richmond 7/9/1866, aged 67 fieldstone --Rockland Cemetery Old Section Row 14 Dwight and Annie Richmond, broken brownstone 6 fieldstones? Lillian E. Spencer 1862-1920 George Spencer 1858- 1932 Baby Myron 1879 Francis B. Mills broken stone 8/1880 aged 70 Betsy A. wife of Noah Lane, who died 4/15/1890, aged 84 Noah Lane who died 7/31/1875, aged 69 Eliza Scranton, died 9/11/1877, aged 77 fieldstone Ella E. , daughter of Gilbert S. and Sabrina Stone, died 1/19/1862, aged 7 mos 16 d's === === --Potter's Field Section at least four fieldstone marked graves === === --Known unmarked burials 5/14/1880 a child of Henry Priest, 2 years 5/10/1882 Helen Ives 1/30/1883 Mrs. Maria Cooper 1/5/1883 Charlotte A. Tyler 2/27/1904 Dau. Melissa Stannard Evelyn Scranton, 8/25/1886, 88 years 10/2/1887 Charles Alton Green, aged 24 1/2/1888 Amanda S. Scranton, aged 89 10/3/1888 Charles Sylvester Stannard 5/13/1889 Mary Cunningham, aged 62 10/19/1889 Joseph Stannard, aged 78 7/8/1890 Margaret Stevens, aged 23 10/16/1891 Bessie Elnora Hill 1 mo 10/30/1891 Lottie S. Tyler, aged 20 2/10/1892 Eunice Jones 4/16/1893 Raymond C. Davis 1793 Jacob Richmond 1878 Mary Elizabeth Stannard 12/27/1896 Mabel Myers 2/3/1898 Charles Scheibler 4/24/1899 Rachel Scranton 11/20/1899 John Jaske 3/30/1901 Matilda Ameranger 12/25/1901 Olive Anna Meyer 3/18/1902 John J. Davis 5/20/1902 Louis Kuhn 5/11/1903 James Hill 1/11/1904 Austin O. Stevens --Known unmarked burials 4/26/1904 Frank Backhaus 5/29/1908 Wilhelmina Poehvert, later disinterred 3/30/1909 Catherine D. Kuver 5/5/1910 Jacob N. Kuever 5/12/1924 Anna M. Kuever 11/3/1923 Thankful E. Stevens 4/23/1924 Nancy Ann Rose 9/23 1928 Annie Hannabary 10/31/1928 Helen Hannabary 9/5/1929 Frances Screen 4/271930 Edwin Bruce Stannard 5/30/1932 Unidentified white male 4/9/1933 Leroy Ellis Oslander 4/20/1933 Olivia Green 12/31/1937 William E. Rose 9/25/1939 Mrs. Theresa Bessinger 11/2/1940 Elizabeth Jane Duke 2/15/1941 William Nicholas Kuever 6/19/1941 Albert Chase 5/14/1942 John Pandiani 5/8/1943 John Hauman 1/28/1949 Marie Tichy 7/3/1952 Lena Drumm 5/6/1956 Delbert H. Razey 11/16/1936 Kate Razey 1/1/1959 Gus Curtis, aged 85 9/5/1974 Ethel Curtis, aged 86 === ===