SOME SMALL CEMETERIES

Town of German Flatts
Herkimer County, New York

Below are eight family cemeteries that were in still existence and in more or less readable condition 70 years ago. The site coordinators would appreciate hearing from researchers who have seen or visited these cemeteries in recent years.



This reading of the Garlock, or Yule Farm, Cemetery was made in September 1928 by Miss Inez Paine of Henderson, Town of Warren, Herkimer County. This cemetery was situated "in the south part of the town of German Flatts, located on the farm formerly owned by Seely and Charles Yule". Miss Paine, a member of the Henderson Chapter N.S.D.A.R., visited this cemetery twice. A later unidentified reader noted that this cemetery is "on Hallenback Road, off Rte. 135, on hill top". Inez Paine's reading has been combined with one provided by the Herkimer County Historical Society. Information from the H.C.H.S. list is in brackets.

GARLOCK/ YULE FARM CEMETERY
TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
GARLOCK, Christian
d. Apr. 27, 1853 [April 17, 1851]
ae 81 yr 2 mo 12 da

GARLOCK, Mary Elizabeth
d. Dec. 2, 1864
ae 90 yr 6 mo 27 da
wife of Christian Garlock
[this burial not noted on H.C.H.S. reading]
GARLOCK, John
d. Nov. 10, 1860
ae 63 yr

GARLOCK, Julia A. [Julian]
d. Feb. 21/24, 1865 or 60 [Feb. 21, 1865]
ae 14 yr 6 mo 3 da
daughter of John and Mary Garlock
[GARLOCK, Lucinda]
[1826 - 1850]

[this burial not noted on Inez Paine's reading]



This reading of the Paine Cemetery was made at an unknown date by Inez Paine after she became became Inez Paine Henderson. This cemetery was situated "at Paine's Hollow in the town of German Flatts". Paine's Hollow is right on the border of German Flatts and the Town of Little Falls, a little further into Little Falls. Another reading was made by Helen Lyon Wikoff and Pernal Copley. The early readings have been combined with another reading [information in brackets] provided to us by the Herkimer County Historical Society. The H.C.H.S. list, reader not stated, notes that this cemetery was "back of Kubeck Farm" on Route 168. Can any descendants confirm the birth or death dates?

PAINE CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
PAINE, Chester
d. Sept. 10, 1850
58 yr 21da

PAINE, Jerusha
d. Dec. 17, 1822
ae 73yr 7mo
[wife Clarissa]
[PAINE, Clarissa]
[d. Mar. 11, 1820]
[ae 32yr 5mo 20da]
[husband Jerusha]
PAINE, Seth
d. Oct. 24 [?], 1797
ae 85 years [ae 45yr]

[PAINE, Seth]
[d. Feb. 5, 1845]
[ae 21yr]

PAINE, Jedediah
d. Sept. 30, 1810


PAINE, Angeline
d. Sept. 5, 1822
ae 30yr 7mo [20 da]

PAINE, Julia Ann
d. Mar. 20, 1843
ae 1mo 23da [ae 1yr 23da]
dau. of Harmon and Clarinda Paine

Source: Tombstone readings made by Inez Paine Henderson, and later Helen Lyon Wikoff (Mrs. H.E.) of Cherry Valley, NY, and ex-regent of the Fort Washington Chapter, N.S.D.A.R. Helen Wikoff was assisted by Pernal Copley (Mrs. H.M.) of Cherry Valley, NY. These early readings have been combined with the H.C.H.S. list, exact date unknown.
Early Readings Submitted by: Robert Lorick, Contributing Editor, Herkimer County NYGenWeb. Later Reading Submitted by: Susan Perkins, Herkimer County Historical Society.

This tiny Paine Cemetery is a short drive from the above Paine Cemetery, located on Swift Road southeast of Vrooman Road, near the eastern border of German Flatts.

PAINE CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
PAINE, Caroline
d. 1832
ae 25yr 1mo 26da
husband Thomas
PAINE, Charlotte
d. Sept. ?, 1825
ae 6mo 23da




On the next list, the small Bellinger Cemetery, it's noted that this particular Bellinger graveyard was "on Route 5S on the right, after crossing bridge; fenced in on a knoll opposite barn". A map of German Flatts shows that if you were driving in a southeasterly direction from the bridge, the cemetery would be near the southeast corner of the intersection of Miller Road and Route 5S. This list was provided by the Herkimer County Historical Society.

BELLINGER CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
BELLINGER, Frederick
d. Jul. 11, 1833
ae 79yr 4mo 22da
wife Lany
BELLINGER, Lany
d. June 18, 1829
ae 76yr 5mo 11da
husband Frederick
BELLINGER, Mary
d. May 17, 1828
ae 22 yr
dau. of Frederick Jr.
BELLINGER, Nicholas
d. Jul. 28, 1825
ae 3yr 8mo 6da
son of Elizabeth and Frederick Jr.
BELLINGER, Thomas
d. Sept. 8, 1825
ae 1yr 10mo 5da
son of Elizabeth and Frederick Jr.
PALMER, Philo
d. Nov. 29, 1859
ae 32yr

GETMAN, George P.
d. Aug.10, 1875
ae 4yr 4mo 22da
son of O. and M.
GETMAN, Oren L.
d. Aug. 22, 1876
2 yr
son of O. and M.
STAURING, John
1848 - 1913

#1 wife Margaret
#2 wife Gertrude
STAURING, Margaret
1848 - 1885

wife #1; husband John
STAURING, Gertrude
1848 - 1914

#2 wife; husband John
STAURING, John P.
1881 - 1881


EYSMAN, Andrew J.
1835 - 1916

Veteran of Civil War
HOUSE, Mathew
d. Mar. 9, 1880
ae 31yr 4mo 15da

CASLER, John A.
1812 - 1884

wife Caty
CASLER, Caty
1820 - 1884

husband John A.
CASLER, Adam
1840 - 1877


STAURING, Michael
d. May 4, 1902
84 yrs
wife Margaret
STAURING, Margaret
d. May 20, 1875
ae 50yr 3mo
husband Michael
BELLINGER, Benjamin
1818 - 1886

wife Clarissa
BELLINGER, Clarissa
1819 - 1903

husband Benjamin
TUTTLE, Daniel H.
d. Jul. 11, 1885
ae 29yr 2mo 13da

TUTTLE, Clara M.
d. Jan. 27, 1886
ae 8yr 4mo 15da

TUTTLE, Whiten
d. Feb. 19, 1882
ae 3yr 2mo 15da

EYSMAN, Margaret
1834 - 1908


LEWIS, Leona
d. Mar. 28, 1873
ae 1yr 3mo 21da

GUIWITS, William
d. Aug. 8, 1883
ae 56yr 8mo 14da
wife Caroline
GUIWITS, Caroline
1828 - 1901

husband William
GUIWITS, Henry
1850 - 1904


GUIWITS, Jacob
d. May 6, 1880
ae 78 yrs
wife Mary
GUIWITS, Mary
d. Apr. 25, 1843
ae 32yr 6mo 13da
husband Jacob
GUIWITS, Francis
d. Oct. 13, 1877
ae 40yr 23da

SNELL, Daniel L.
d. Aug. 17, 1868
ae 39yr 2mo 25da
son of Jacob
TRASK, Adelbert L.
d. Jul. 16, 1883
ae 26 yrs

CHAPMAN, Nellie
d. Jun. 29, 1885
ae 21yr 6mo 10da
dau. of John and Fannie
PETRIE, Chauncey
d. Aug. 16, 1872
ae 32yr 9mo

SNELL, Jacob
d. Feb. 11, 1878
ae 76 yrs
wife Mary
SNELL, Mary
d. Apr. 30, 1884
ae 78yr 3mo 17da
husband Jacob
SNELL, Caroline
d. Sept. 9, 1897
ae 64yr 7mo 20 da
husband John J.
SNELL, John J.
d. Dec. 4 1868
ae 41yr 11mo 13da
son of Mary and Jacob
SNELL, H. Wellington
d. Aug. 4, 1873
ae 19yr 4mo 27da
son of John and Caroline
LEWIS, Adrian
d. Apr. 1, 1881
ae 36yr 8mo

HOUSE, Isaac N.
d. Dec. 25, 1883
ae 82yr 5mo 28da
wife Sarah
HOUSE, Sarah
d. Apr. 27, 1885
ae 78yr
husband Isaac
SNELL, Henry
d. Sept. 10, 1893
ae 63yr 7mo 16da
wife Maria E.
SNELL, Maria E.
d. Apr. 22, 1885
ae 51yr 5mo 4da
husband Henry
GRIFFIN, Benoni
d. June. 4, 1889
ae 78yr 8mo 9da
wife Mary
GRIFFIN, Emerette
d. Dec. 10, 1876
ae 19yr 18da
dau. of Mary and Benoni
GRIFFIN, Mary S.
d. Sept. 19, 1879
ae 65yr
husband Benoni
GRIFFIN, Nancy
d. Nov. 29, 1867
27yr
husband Morris
BELLINGER, Christopher F.
d. Sept. 12, 1863
ae 53yr
Veteran; wife Eva NELLIS
BELLINGER, Eva NELLIS
1815 - 1878

husband Christopher F.
BELLINGER, Frederick Jr.
d. Nov. 14, 1863
ae 84yr
wife Elizabeth SHOEMAKER
BELLINGER, Elizabeth SHOEMAKER
d. Feb. 7, 1866
85yr
husband Frederick Jr.
BELLINGER, Benjamin J.
1818 - 1886





This second Bellinger family cemetery was "on the dirt road left of Shoemaker Road on Quinn Road". Shoemaker Road is Route 68. The reading was probably made in the 1970s. This list was provided by the Herkimer County Historical Society.

>BELLINGER CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
BELLINGER, David
1805 - 1886

wife Elizabeth
BELLINGER, Elizabeth
1807 - 1876

husband David
BELLINGER, Horace
d. Jun. 28, 1864
ae 1yr 4mo 20da
son of Amos and Amelia
BELLINGER, Peter
d. May 30, 1844
ae 86yr 4mo 8da
wife Dorothy
BELLINGER, Dorothy
d. Jan. 9, 1850
ae 77yr 10mo 225da
husband Peter
BELLINGER, Menio
d. Feb. 5, 1860
ae 7yr 5mo 10da
son of Adam and Lucinda
BELLINGER, David
d. Mar. 10, 1868
ae 1mo 24da
son of Adam and Lucinda
BELLINGER, Lucinda
d. Feb. 17, 1868
ae 36yr 21da
husband Adam



The following list of the Benedict family cemetery notes that it was "back of the pond where Vrooman Road and Shoemaker meet". Shoemaker Road is Route 68. This list was provided by the Herkimer County Historical Society.


BENEDICT CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
ZOLLER, Mary Ann
d. May 11, 1860
ae 42yr
husband Solomon
BENEDICT, B. F.
1824 - 1897


BENEDICT, John
1835 - 1871


BENEDICT, Maria L.
1831 - 1907


BENEDICT, William
d. Oct. 7, 1838
ae 9mo 26da
son of Christiana and Obedajah
HARPER, Dr. Henry S.
d. Mar. 13, 1842
ae 40yr 4mo 7da

BENEDICT, Catharine HARPER
1811 - 1887

wife #2 of Obedijah
BENEDICT, Christiana
d. Mar. 16, 1843
ae 39yr 1mo 8da
wife #1 of Obedijah
BENEDICT, Obidiah
1801 - 1881


BENEDICT, Rebecca
d. Apr. 8, 1837
ae 71yr
husband Elias
BENEDICT, Elias
d. Mar. 12, 1821
ae 69yr 3mo
wife Rebecca
AMBLER, Samuel
d. Oct. 4, 1808
84yr 4mo 6da




This next small family cemetery on what was the Gilbert Farm was "on the north side of Robinson Road, on a hill in stone quarry; abandoned". Robinson Road is Route 46 at the southernmost border of the Town of German Flatts, to the west of Flat Creek. I think there was a transposition in numbers in typing up the dates of death for Hannah and Christopher Calkins. Does anyone recognize the couple? Does anyone know who may have done the reading? The seasoned genealogist knows that typed cemetery lists are not always accurate, whether this is due to the subjectivity of interpreting old, weathered stones (apparent on some of the lists on this page) or "clerical error" after returning from the field. If you see any burial lists on our site with people who you have accurate information about, please contact the coordinator or notify the appropriate historical societies for Herkimer or Montgomery County.

GILBERT CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
BALDWIN, Lura
d. July 7, 1850
67yr 5mo
husband James
CALKINS, Hannah
d. July 28, 1829
ae 80yr
husband Christopher
GOODRICH, Olive
d. Apr. 5, 1816
ae 39yr
husband George
CALKINS, Christopher
d. Oct. 22, 1892
85yr
wife Hannah



The readers of the Piper cemetery noted that it was "on Rock Hill Road, Route 135". A map shows that it was on the north side of the road, due west of where Rock Hill Road meets McCready Road. This list was provided by the Herkimer County Historical Society.

PIPER CEMETERY - TOWN OF GERMAN FLATTS, HERKIMER COUNTY
WARNER, Armena M.
d. Aug. 6, 1864
ae 1yr 2da
child of Levi and Mary
WARNER, Byron
d. Oct. 8, 1859
ae 1mo 9da
child of Levi and Mary
SHOEMAKER, David Henry
d. Jan. 2, 1844
ae 2yr 8mo 5da
child of John and Lany
SHOEMAKER, Elizabeth
d. Mar. 19, 1849
ae 17yr 10mo 1da
child of John and Lany
SHOEMAKER, Lany
d. May 11, 1866
ae 62yr 4mo 4da
husband John
SHOEMAKER, John S.
d. Feb. 22, 1890
ae 86 yrs
wife Lany
DEVOE, Edward
1869 - 1914

wife Minnie Sharp
HURDIC, Golda
1890 - 1904


JONES, Daniel
d. Jan. 21, 1842
ae 11mo 1da

JONES, Nicholas
d. Apr. 2, 1846
ae 19da

JONES, Livingston M.
d. Feb. 12, 1855
ae 1yr 3da

JONES, Robert H.
d. Jan. 15, 1858
ae 7yr 11mo 29da

EDICK, Catherine
d. Feb. 18, 1854
ae 2mo 26da

PIPER, Alida E.
d. May 20, 1838
ae 1yr 2mo 13da
dau. of A. and C.
PIPER, Elizabeth
d. Jan. 8, 1847
ae 72yr 7m 15da
husband Andrew
PIPER, Catharine
d. Jan. 6, 1850
ae 31 yr 8mo 16da
dau. Elizabeth and Andrew
PIPER, Jacob H.
d. Mar. 6, 1894
ae 71yr 3mo 6da
wife Charlotte
PIPER, Charlotte
no data

husband Jacob H.
SHARP, Joseph W.
1842 - 1915

wife Helen M. PIPER
SHARP, Helen M. PIPER
1844 - 1916

husband Joseph W.
PIPER, Andrew
1799 - 1888

wife Catherine
PIPER, Catharine
1803 - 1856

husband Andrew
MORTS, Harriet A. PIPER
1835 - 1913


PIPER, Andrew Jr.
d. Jan. 26, 1876
ae 37yr 7mo 22da
wife Almira
PIPER, Almira
d. Oct. 23, 1878
ae 58yr 9mo 5da
wife #2; husband Andrew
PIPER, Catharine
d. Dec. 29, 1856
ae 53yr 6mo 27da
wife #1; husband Andrew
JONES, Cathy Mariah PIPER
d. Sept. 6, 1850
ae 29yr 8mo 3da

PIPER, Wm. Alexander
d. Oct. 28, 1842
ae 21yr 7mo 5da

WALDROM, George
d. Feb. 15, 1839
ae 4yr 2mo

DAY, Daniel D.
d. Sept. 11, 1848
ae 2yr 11mo 22da
child of Sally and ?
DAY, Orilla Ann
d. Sept. 13, 1848
ae 11mo 13da
child of Sally and ?
MOYER, Esther O' DAY
1822 - 1858

husband Peter
MOYER, George A.
1851 - 1855

son of Esther and Peter
MOYER, Peter L.
1819 - 1891

wife Esther O.



IMPORTANT! For further information about persons interred, direct ALL questions to the appropriate local historical societies and libraries, not to the site coordinators or the transcriber!

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Created: 11/7/97
Last Updated: 8/26/09
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