CEMETERY: Gibbs Cemetery; Pittstown Twp, Rensselaer co., NY

submitted by Phil Gibbs (phill.gibbs @ comcast.net)
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PITTSTOWN TOWNSHIP, RENSALLAER COUNTY, NY
CEMETERY CENSUS BY BOY SCOUTS 1950's


                 Gibbs Cemetery, Pittstown, NY
           On Groveside Road, the Farm of Ruth Olson

Job Gibbs  			1771  May 4, 1842  71 yrs.  
	(my Great-great-great grandfather born in Swansea, Ma according to Swansea VR.)
Louisa Eddy  			May 13, 1772 Aug. 25, 1843  71 yrs. 
	(my Great-great-great grandmother born in Swansea, Ma according to Swansea VR.)
Lydia Gibbs    			1803-Aug. 25, 1822  19 yrs.
Henry Gibbs- 			1802-Nov. 26 1856
David B. Gibbs 			June 10, 1810 June 26, 1878
Lucy A. Gibbs 			Jan. 25, 1810 wife of David B. Gibbs
Eugene Gibbs  			1843  Aug. 24, 1874  31 yrs. Son of David & Lucy A. Gibbs
Preserved Gibbs     		1797 Dec. 2, 1869  72 yrs.
Polly Gibbs  			1795 July 20, 1860  65 yrs.
Infant son of David B. & Lucy A Gibbs no date
Gilbert E. Williams 		Nov. 6, 1801  June 1, 1852

Comments:
The Gibbs cemetery is in relatively good condition.  I have visited it several
times to clear away the brush.  I last visited it in 2002 with my four
grandchildren.  According to NY state law, cemeteries on private property
belong to the descendents, not to the property owner.  Several cemeteries have
been bulldozed.  One farmer used the gravestones for the foundation of his barn.

Ms. Ellen Wiley who lives in Valley Falls, NY was the town historian.  I
believe she may have passed away.