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Thanks to
Fairfield County Volunteer, Alix Brown, digital photographs of the
headstones in this cemetery are available to be sent via email.
Please send you requests to Barbara
Kaye. Refer to the numbers preceding the names below when
requesting photos of your ancestors' headstones. Thanks for all your
hard work, Alix.
These
records
have been contributed by Fairfield County, CT researcher Barbara Kaye.
The
data has been collected from several sources, including the Hale
Cemetery
Collection (see history, below).
We
need
you! If you live near a cemetery in Fairfield County, CT and
wish to
contribute data or add additional information to an existing
cemetery
collection, please email Barbara
Kaye. I will see to it that your information is added. If you are
interested
in volunteering to photograph other cemeteries, please let me know.
The Charles R.
Hale Collection of Headstone Inscriptions resides at the Connecticut
State Library.Charles Hale was a member of the Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War. In 1916, he became involved in locating and
decorating the graves of Revolutionary and Civil War veterans in his
home town of Rocky Hill. In order to make it easier to find these
graves, he decided to record each veteran's name, date of death and
military service. He was persuaded by State Librarian George S. Godard
tosearch also for veterans of other wars.
In 1919, the
General Assembly made an appropriation to carry on this work throughout
the State. In 1933 and 1934, with grants from the F.E.R.A. and the
W.P.A., Mr. Hale began copying and indexing the essential information
from every headstone in the State. Two copies of these listings were
deposited in the State Library. Records for individual towns were made
available to libraries and historical societies throughout Connecticut.
Note:
These records may contain errors in dates or names. Some errors were
made either at the time of the survey of the cemeteries or during the
transcription in 1935. One common error in reading old headstones is
mistaking a four for a one. We have tried very hard to avoid creating
new errors during the retyping of this data for the internet. In
addition, we have attempted to correct some of the original errors,
either by revisiting these cemeteries or by recalculating dates or ages
based on known dates of birth for some of these people. However, some
of the stones that were legible in 1934 are either missing or no longer
legible.
I have also attempted to identify these people, using census and other vital records. Anything added within brackets like these [ ] indicates a suggestion as to the identity of the person. If a wife's name does not include a separate surname, it is not known at this time. Many couples in early Stamford were second or third cousins with the same surname. There are many surnames that have several alternate spellings. (See spellings for a list of common surnames and their alternate spellings.) Some people appear in more than one listing because some graves were moved to newer cemeteries, new stones were carved, and the old stones were left behind. Although much of the data on the various families in early Stamford is accurate, there will always be errors, many of which are found in published genealogies. It is recommended that you write to the Town Clerk's office for death or birth certificates for your ancestors. If you have documentation that supplies any missing information or corrects an error, please email Barbara Kaye. |
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Buxton-Lounsbury - Turn of
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001 Buxton, Elizabeth Gray, wife of Munson, died Feb. 1, 1872, age 84 yrs. 6 mos. [probably daughter of Joseph Gray and Hannah Leeds] 002 Buxton, Rachel, wife of James, died May 16, 1812, age 68 yrs. [Rachel Newman, daughter of John Newman & Mary Hoyt] 003 Buxton, John J.[Jessup], died Jan. 11, 1909, 74 yrs. [son of Edwin Buxton & Sally Jessup] 004 Buxton, Munson, died Aug. 10, 1849, age 76 yrs. 6 mos. [son of Samuel Buxton & Abigail Knapp] 005 Buxton, Polly, wife of Munson, died Nov. 28, 1848, age 66 yrs. 8 mos. [Polly Leeds, daughter of Cary Leeds & Hannah Holly] 006 Unever, R., born Jan. 9, 1909, died Sept. 25, 1815. 007 Lounsbury, John, died July 17, 1828, age 64 yrs. [son of Gideon Lounsbury & Deborah Buxton] 008 Lounsbury, John H.[Henry], son of Samuel & Polly [Buxton], died Oct. 18, 1848, age 29 yrs. 1 mo. 009 Lounsbury, Samuel, died Jan. 16, 1845, age 58 yrs. [son of James Lounsbury & Abigail Lockwood] 010 Lounsbury, Polly, [wife of Samuel Lounsbury] died Apr. 25, 1849, age 58 yrs. [Polly Buxton, possibly daughter of James Buxton & Rachel Newman] 011 Lounsbury, Abigail, wife of James, died Nov. 17, 1832, age 83 yrs. 3 mos. 22 days. [Abigail Lockwood, daughter of John Lockwood & Sarah Scofield] 012 Lounsbury, Betsey, died Dec. 7, 1868, age 85 yrs. 3 mos. 16 days. [daughter of James Lounsbury & Abigail Lockwood] 013 Johnson, Cyrus S., son of Cyrus & Jane, died May 1, 1830, age 2 yrs. 8 mos. 8 days. 014 Buxton, James, died May 19, 1812, age 68 yrs. [son of Samuel Buxton & Hannah Bell] 015 Dayton, Phebe Ellen, wife of George W., born Sept. 7, 1846, died Feb. 11, 1878. [Phebe Ellen Buxton, daughter of George Buxton & Louisa Scofield] 016 Buxton, William H., son of George & Louisa, died May 10, 1865, age 24 yrs. 6 mos. 18 days. 017 Buxton, George, died Nov. 26, 1848, age 45 yrs. 2 mos. 1 day. [son of Munson Buxton & Polly Leeds] 017 Buxton, Louisa, his wife, died Dec. 3, 1874, age 66 yrs. 3 days. [Louisa Scofield, daughter of Abijah Scofield & Hannah Wilmot] 019 Grafing, Ida M., born 1870 [in New York, NY] died 1929. [probably Ida M. Scofield, daughter of William J. Scofield & Jeanette ?] 020 Scofield, William J., born 1824, died 1912. Mexican War (1846) [William Jarvis Scofield, son of Darius S. Scofield & Harriet Lounsbury] 021 Scofield, Janet, wife of William J., born 1835, died 1921. 022 Lounsbury, Deborah, [wife of Gideon Lounsbury]. died Mar. 29, 1804, age 75 yrs. [Deborah Buxton, daughter of Samuel Buxton & Hannah Bell] 023 Lounsbury, Gideon, died June 1, 1792, age 71 yrs. [son of Henry Lounsbury & Mercy Scofield] 024 Scofield, Harriet, wife of Darius, died Dec. 17, 1848, age 50 yrs. 3 mos. 9 days. [Harriet Lounsbury, daughter of John Lounsbury & Jerusha Webb] 025 --------- Our Sister - died Sept. 18, 1868, age 42 yrs. 11 mos. 026 Scofield, Louisa, wife of John, died Nov. 27, 1855, age 31 yrs. 027 Buxton, Ann Amelia, daughter of John H. & Clarissa Ann, born June 1, 1844, died May 13, 1904. 028 Buxton, John Holly, born Aug. 24, 1819, died Jan. 30, 1903. [son of Munson Buxton & Polly Leeds] 029 Buxton, Clarissa Ann, wife of John H., born Oct. 4, 1821, died Jan 20, 1903. 030 Totten, Hiram, Company F., 23rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, died Sept. 9, 1892, age 47 yrs. 031 Lounsbury, Martha, died July 14, 1869, age 69 yrs. 9 mos. 9 days. [daughter of Elijah Lounsbury & Martha June] 032 Cooper, Nancy, died Sept. 29, 1874, age 67 yrs. 3 mos. 033 Lounsbury, Mary Ann, daughter of Rufus & Nancy, died May 13, 1843, age 14 yrs. 1 mo. 13 days. 034 Jones, Emeline, died May 10, 1891, age 83 yrs. 035 Buxton, Mary A., [wife of John Jessup Buxton] died Jan. 7, 1894, age 47 yrs. [Mary Augusta Weed, daughter of Benjamin Weed & Deborah A. Jones] 035 Buxton, Minnie M., daughter of Mary A., died Jan. 9, 1894, age 7 yrs. 037 Lounsbury, Seth, born June 28, 1822, died May 7, 1898. [son of Stephen Lounsbury & Sally I. Waterbury] 037 Lounsbury, Mary Jane, wife of Seth, born Mar. 9, 1828, died Apr. 15, 1868. [Mary Jane Knapp] 039 Lounsbury, Sally I., wife of Stephen, died Mar. 14, 1875, age 78 yrs. 9 mos. 5 days. [Sally Irene Waterbury, daughter of Enos Waterbury & Sarah Waterbury] 040 Lounsbury, Stephen, died Nov. 20, 1873, age 80 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days. [son of John Lounsbury & Jerusha Webb] |
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