Columbia County
Tombstone Inscriptions

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Mellenville Union Cemetery
Rte. 217, Mellenville
(Near Philmont)

COONS
Charles L. Coons
Co. H. 91st Regt NY Vol
1847 - 1932
His Wife
Mary F.
1848 - 1923
Their daughter
Bessie Scott
1878-1882

MILLER
Side 1
Frederick D. Miller
1847 - 1940
His Wife
Emma A. Pulver
1851 - 1945
Peter S. Miller
1874 - 1926
His Wife
Eva A. Jones
1873-1938
Side 2
Frederick Duncan Miller
1899 - 1969
His Wife
Marian Dickinson
1903 - blank
Daughter
Myra E. Miller
1937 - 2001
Bruce W. Bunt Jr.
1957 - 1998

ELLSWORTH
Side 1
Charles B. Ellsworth
1864 - 1915
His Wife
Edith M. Smith
1873 - 1948
Side 2
Carl R. Ellsworth
1913 - 1969
Footstones:
Wife
Mildred C. Ellsworth
1913-1995
Husband
Carl R. Ellsworth
1913 - 1969

ELLSWORTH / RESUE
George A. Ellsworth 1841- 1917
Jessie Ellsworth 1879 - 1897
Ida Ellsworth Resue 1861 - blank
George M. Ellsworth 1884 - blank
Wesley Resue 1871- blank

ELLSWORTH / RICE
Side 1 (Ellsworth)
Charles F. Ellsworth
1831-1914
His Wife
Mary L. Wakelee
1844 - blank
Side 2
Mother
Orilla M. Whiting
Wife of Lezeron Wakelee
1834 - 1891
Side 3 (Rice)
George P. Rice
Co. M 5th Reg Cav NYSV
Sept. 4, 1839 - June 9, 1898

ELLSWORTH
George F. Ellsworth
1823 - 1877
His Wife
Hannah Siddell
1828-1899

HAMM
(Large Stone with Footstones)

Florence E. VanBuren
Wife of Harry C. Hamm
1892-1991

Harry C. Hamm
1889-1948

Charles W. Hamm
1865 - 1935

Anna L. Conklin
His Wife
1867 -1954

Robert H. Hamm
1920 - 1992

Helen Radewitz
Wife of
Robert H. Hamm
1926 - blank

HAMM
Husband
Burton Hamm
1872 - 1954
Wife
Grace Dunspaugh
1874 - 1971

HAMM
Husband
Percy S. Hamm
1900 - 1958
Wife
Margaret Mulhuron
1901 - 1981

HAMM
Side 1
Sylvenus Hamm
No dates
His Wife
Hattie E. Wagner
Feb. 22, 1871 - Mar. 23, 1900
Side 2
Daisy N. Risely

Wife of Sylvenus Hamm
1877 - 1930
John Lester Hamm
1914 - 1921

VanDYCK
William H. VanDyck
1845 - 1900
His Wife
Elizabeth Smith
1844 - 1934

VINCENT
(Large Stone with Footstones)

Katherine Leggieri
Wife of Curtis R. Vincent Sr.
1916 - blank

Husband
Curtis R. Vincent Sr.
1915 - 1994

Margaret Mary
March 5, 1944
Infant Daughter of
Curtis R. & Katherine L. Vincent

Maude Niver
Wife of
Matt B. Vincent
1889-1972

Matt B. Vincent
1881 - 1960

THIELMAN
Henry Thielman
1859-1939
His Wife
Susanna Spanier
1860-1933

ESSELSTYN
bias Esselstyn
Died Sept. 2, 1898
His Wife
Lucia Mary Shufelt
Died Dec. 30, 1915

ESSELSTYN
(Footstones)
Delia A. Shufelt
Wife of
John Esselstyn
1826 - 1892

John Esselstyn
Died July 3, 1899

Caroline
Daughter of
Jacob and Mary
Died July 19, 1897
Florence C.
Daughter of
John and Delia Esselstyn
Died 1953

Infant Sons
(rest of stone blank)

Elsie I. (?)
Daughter of
John & Delia A.
Died (date sunk in ground)

Mary F.
Daughter of
John & Delia A.
Died (date sunk in ground)

VanHOESEN
LeRoy VanHoesen
1844 - 1917
Sarah F. Shufelt
1840-1916

TenBROECK
(Larger Main Stone w/ several foot/small stones)

John Bain Miller
1874-1944

Pauline E. TenBroeck
Wife of
John Bain Miller
1875-1946

Beloved Son J
ohn TenBroeck Miller
1905-1947

Stanton J.
Son of W. D. & A. M.
1899 - 1900

Alton R.
Son of W. D. & A. M.
1908 -1908

Wife
Anna M. Hogeboom
1870-1949
Husband W
illis D. TenBroeck
1868 - 1933
Anna M.
1850 - 1930

Edward A.
1846 - 1928

WOLVEN / HAGADORN
Side 1 (Wolven)
Joseph C. Wolven
1860 - 1929
His Wife
Della
1876 - 1916
Herbert Wolven
1912 - 1914
Side 2 (Hagadorn)
1826 - 1904
His Wife
Amelia
1837 - 1906
Samuel M. Hagadorn
1873 - 1908

WOLVEN / STONE
Agnes Smith Wolven
1865 - 1899
Edith Wolven Stone
1891 - 1978

WALLACE / NIXON / HOLSAPPLE
Side 1
John Wallace
1830 - blank
His Wife
Sarah J. Nixon
1831 - 1903
Samuel J. 1857 - 1860
John W. 1862 -1875
James D. 1861 - 1926
Side 2
Emma Holsapple
Wife of Abraham L. Wallace
1862-1895
Blanche 1887 - 1893
Kittie 1889- 1893

The following inscriptions by Margaret Mullen were provided me for posting here
with Margaret's Permission
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Warfield’s
Union Cemetery
Mellenville, NY

Plot 1 –
James Warfield (1832-1923),
Mary J. Kellerhouse his wife (1833-1908),
Arthur C. their son (1866-1907)

William C.Harder (1869-1899),
Sarah Warfield his wife (1870-1952),
Ida May (1892-1894),

In memory of
Albert Brink (1888-1940)
And wife
Leona Harder (1895-1940),
Ferdinand Hodge (1887-1949),
And his wife
Hattie Jane Harder (1891-1972)

Plot 2 –
John C Warfield (1862-1944),
Lucinda Young Warfield his wife(1862-1917),

Husband Thomas C Kelley (1881-1952),
Wife Bertha E. Warfield( -1978),

Husband William H Banks (-1969),
Wife Mary W Banks (-1958)

Plot 3 –
Father Lloyd Warfield (1873-1940),
Mother Minnie Hanover Warfield (1882-1959),
Daughter Minnie Warfield (1904-1974),
Lloyd W, son of Lloyd and Minnie (1914-1995) USAF WWII

Plot 4 –
Wife Carrie E Hanor (1885-1957),
Husband Frank W. Warfield (1875-1952),
 

Wife Beatrice Warfield (Nov 5,1906-Jan 16, 1977),
Husband John Augustus Mesick (May 9, 1902-Oct 2, 1970)

Plot 5 –
Alida Browning  wife of Orville A. (1870-1900),
And their son Leroy Warfield (1889-1904),
Orville A (1868-1941),
And his wife Elizabeth Herwig (1877-1924),

Agnes Browning  wife of Warren Dunbar (1871-1908)

The following 2004 information from Karen Keeler Brown was provided me for posting here
with Karen's Permission
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Please contact  Karen

Charles H. Keeler [Lodge Marker]
1851-1923
Sarah Keeler Dallas
1812-1876
Edward Dallas
1806-1866

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To Keep a Family Close in Thought Together or Apart

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