CEMETERY: Baptist Union Burying Ground; Ripley, Chautauqua Co., NY submitted Oct 2002 by Dee Davidson ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb *********************************************************************** BAPTIST UNION BURYING GROUND RIPLEY, NY SOURCE: Compiled and submitted, July 2000, by Dolores Davidson from misc. records at the Ripley Library. Sold July 7, 1843 for $20 part of lot 65, 3rd Township, 15th range same deeded and designed for a public burying ground. Sold by John GAGE and Sybil his wife. to; Nicholas COMBS Alfred PALMER James BACON Hezekiah MASON Recorded in County Clerk's office, liber 72, page 149 Records here commencing with the first burial, in order; 1.Joseph SELDEN, age 34 Carpenter, married, died March 3, 1847 Bilious colic 2. Mercy REMINGTON, ae 61 female, married, farmer ae 61 died June 16, 1847 Consumption 3. Peter RINEHART ae 53 farmer married, died August 7, 1847 dropsy in the chest, his wife is buried in South Ripley 4. Adelia NICHOLS, ae 16, unmarried, suicide by taking laudanum, August 20, 1847 5. Selden TENNANT ae 22 unmarried, died August 27, 1847 falling sickness fits 6. George BAKER, age 3 died October 13, 1847 measles 7. J.W. SELDEN no data 8. Mary E. CHAMPLIN ae 5 mos, Died November 25, 1847 measles 9. Sophia PALMER ae 37-11-15 married, died March 25, 1848 Influenza. She was the first of 4 wives of Alfred PALMER 10. George MILES, ae 9 died April 27, 1848 inflammation of the brain 11.Hezekiah MASON 1800-1848 wife Rosanna R. Hezekiah was town of Ripley Supervisor, 1841-42 (family history is on record Ripley) 12. Louisa M BACON ae 12, dau of James and Eliza, died July 31, 1848 malignant sore throat 13 Jane WATTLES, dau of Chandler and Diana WATTLES died January 17, 1849 age 31 14 Ralph ATKINSON, ae 39, "Foreigner" farmer, married, died July 31, 1849 horses running away 15. John ATKINSON, ae 14-0-18 died 1853 or 63 16, Osmer D. JENKINS d March 4, 1852 17 Mrs. ABBEY April 1st 1852 18, Mrs. Lucy ALLEN 19 Levi REYNOLDS died Jan 21, 1853 ae 76-0-11 20. Esther HARDINGER daughter of Michael and Amanda died Feb. 21 1853 age 1-8-15 21 Gamaliel PARKER died October 1856 age 56-6-6 (* original settler, purchased lot 53 Ripley, in 1831) 22 Israel PALMER died December 13, 1857 aged 74-4-0 2nd wife, 23. Dimmis HILLIARD PALMER died January 30, 1859 aged 66 years 24 William SPRAGUE'S child, 25 Uriah BENTLEY 26 Frederick OLINGER 27 Mrs. DARLING (* Notes in the handwriting of Miss Viola JONES indicate that is 1935 she copied the inscriptions of stones found at that time, ##'s 12, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23 she notes these inscriptions in addition) ADAMS, Amanda, died Jan 15, 1837 age 27 ) ABBEY, Allen, son of Robert and Almira Abbey, died December 10, 1863 age 3 yrs 24 days PALMER, Lorenzo 1836, Sylvester, 1837 children of Alfred and Sophia PALMER stone found propped against a tree several miles from the cemetery, (found 1981 by Virginia H. BARDEN) PHILLIPS William Henry, son of Bevis And Elizabeth PHILLIPS, died 1843 age 17 WATTLES, Wallace, son of William and Sarah Wattles, died April 25, 1840 SPENCER, Betsey Ann, dau of Daniel and Catherine Spencer, died Jan 23, 1855 ae 15-8-3 in 1964 there were stones remaining for # 12, 14, 15, 19, 22. in 1980 there were stones remaining for # 19, 22 and Spencer, (VHB) Additional information about the burials in this cemetery and sources where they may be found; a. Incomplete vital records file, Ripley Town Clerk; b. Family charts compiled from research done by the Ripley Town of Ripley Historian, Marie B. McCUTCHEON c. Markers placed later on family plots at Quincy Cemetery d. Inscriptions read 1935, 1964.( listed here)