Extracted From
The Old Shortsville Cemetery
Also Known As
"The Theopilus Short Cemetery
and
"Evergreen Cemetery"

Located at the Corner of
Main Street & Maple Avenue
Shortsville, Ontario Co., New York

Burials from 1828 to 1907

Typescript, No Copyright Statement

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]




MONUMENTS IN THE CEMETERY:
  • Mary Larnerd, wife of Proctor NEWTON, d. 13 Jul 1884, ae 83 yrs

  • Mary J., wife of S.J. DEWEY, d. 23 Mar 1880, ae 45 y, 10 m, 23 d

  • Albert, son of Proctor & Mary NEWTON, d. 21 Dec 1852, ae 20 yrs

  • Hiram, son of Proctor & Mary NEWTON, d. 9 Mar 1874, ae 38 yrs

  • Proctor NEWTON, b. 15 Jun 1799, d. 15 May 1878, ae 79

  • DeWitt Clinton, son of Seymour & Mary ALDRICH, d. 9 Nov 1874, ae 21 yrs

  • Seymour ALDRICH, d. 20 Jan 1888, ae 77 yrs

  • Adelbert C. (WALKER) (no other information)

  • Father. (Artemus WALKER)


WALKER FAMILY MONUMENT

South Side
  • Adelbert C., son of Artemus & Cordelia M. WALKER, d. 12 May 1851, ae 3 yrs

East Side
  • Artemus WALKER, d. 3 Mar 1872, ae 59 yrs

  • Cordelia M. SHORT, his wife, d. 23 May 1898

West Side
  • Albert B. WALKER, 1839-1907

  • Albert B. WALKER, Co. C., 24th Iowa Inf., ae 73 yrs

  • Mortimer C.C., son of A. C. & Mary A. BUCK, b. 16 Dec 1851, d. 24 Mar 1858

[Apparent end of Family Monument Section]

  • A.C. BUCK, b. 25 Jun 1819, d. 5 Jan 1906

  • Mary A. MILLS, wife of A.C. BUCK, b. 16 Aug 1818, d. 2 Nov 1884

  • Clara, wife of M. M. BUCK, d. in St. Louis, 12 Dec 1872, ae 30 yrs

  • Theophilus SHORT, 1771-1842, Founder of Shortsville, New York [Theophilus SHORT d. 14 Dec 1842, in his 72nd year]

  • Lydia PECK, his wife, 1770-1831 [Lydia, consort of Theophilus SHORT, d. 10 Mar 1831 (might be 1837), ae 61 yrs.]

  • Wm. A. BARLOW, b. 20 Jan 1825, d. 31 Oct 1863

  • Harriet, consort of Abner BARLOW, Jr., d. 13 Apr 1828, ae 30 yrs

  • Abner BARLOW, b. 16 Jul 1794, d. 19 Nov 1862

  • Lydia S. BARLOW, b. 31 Jan 1827, d. 11 Jun 1846

  • Mother. Harriet S. HANNA, 10 Sep 1821 - 30 Apr 1896

  • Addison N. BUCK, d. 17 Nov 1843, ae 48 y, 3 m, 18 d

  • Sabrina E. SHORT, wife of A.N. BUCK, d. 27 Dec 1874, ae 73 yrs

  • Leonard BUCK d. 27 Feb 1847 in his 23rd year

  • Caroline Eliza, daughter of A.N. & S.E. BUCK, d. 29 Apr 1832, ae 6 yrs. Also an infant babe, d. Sep 1832, ae 3 mo.

  • Clarisa C., wife of J.A. MOORE, d. 10 Dec 1846, ae 25 yrs

  • Jennet A., daughter of J. A. & C. C. MOORE, d. 18 Jan 1847, ae 10 m, 9 d.

  • John A. MOORE, d. 17 Jun 1847, ae 28 yrs

  • Willie S., son of Franklin & Harriet CLOYES, d. 1 Sep 1864, ae 9 y, 5 m

  • Franklin B. CLOYES, b. 15 Jul 1829, d. 1 May 1878, "Member of Co. C., N.Y.V. Cav."

  • Harriet S. BUCK, his wife, b. 5 Jan 1830, d. 7 Apr 1888

  • Mother. Zylpha TOPLIFF, 1780-1879

  • Elmina TOPLIFF, 1803-1872

  • A. J. T. WARNER, 1821-1904

  • Emily A., # Eliab & Diana RUSSELL, d. 7 Jul 1857, ae 15 y, 7 m

  • Diana, wife of Eliab RUSSELL, d. 26 Nov 1867, ae 63 y, 10 m

  • Eliab RUSSELL, d. 26 May 1874, ae 70 y, 2 m, 17 d

  • Aurelia S., daughter of I. L. & P. A. WICKS, d. 17 Jul 1857, ae 4 y, 2 m, 10 d

  • Children of Sherman & Emily BABCOCK: James S., d. 4 Apr 1850, ae 9 m; Emma J., d. 19 Jun 1852, ae 7 m

  • F.L.T. Sherman BABCOCK, d. 28 May 1854, ae 24 y, 2 m, 24 d.

  • Weltha Mariah, wife of William D. WHIPPLE, d. 17 Dec 1847, ae 19 yrs, 9 days

  • L. M. VAN BUREN, d. 15 Sep 1857, ae 45 yrs,, 4 m's

  • Mary, daughter of Daniel & Sarah PORTER, d. 7 Oct 1849, in her 22nd year

  • Rufus, son of Daniel & Sarah PORTER, d. 28 Jun 1840, ae 21 yrs, 3 d.

  • Hiram BABCOCK, Co. C., 15 N.Y. Cav., d. 7 Apr 1869, ae 49 yrs

  • Mary E., wife of G. W. BABCOCK, d. 19 Aug 1858, ae 34 y, 8 m, 14 d

  • Phidelia, daughter of Chauncy & Phidelia ANDREWS, d. 2 Sep 1854, ae 5 y, 6 m

  • Lucy A., daughter of Walter S. & Mary HAWVER, d. 4 Sep 1866, ae 22 y, 1 m, 15 d

  • Walter S., son of W.S. & M. A. HAWVER, d. 12 Nov 1865, ae 35 y, 11 m, 10 d

  • Mary L., daughter of Walter S. & Sarah M. HAWVER, d. 16 Jul 1863, ae 10 m, 1 d

  • Allen W., son of W. S. & M. A. HAUVER (sic), d. 1 Jul 1862, ae 20 y, 11 m, 12 d

  • Jane L. HAWVER, wife of John P. SPEAR, d. 17 Oct 1859, ae 27 y, 6 m, 14 d.

  • Emma M., daughter of J.P. & J. L. SPEAR, d. 16 Jan 1864, ae 6 y, 5 m, 20 d

  • James, son of W.S. & M.A. HAUVER (sic), d. 9 Apr 1856, ae 21 y, 26 d

  • Mary A., wife of Walter S. HAWVER, d. 30 Jul 1785, ae 71 y, 8 m, 11 d

  • Walter S. HAUVER, d. 19 Nov 1855, ae 55 yrs, 11 m, 19 d

  • Seth JOHNSON, d. 25 Mar 1862, ae 56 y, 5 m, 17 d

  • Nett, wife of W.P. EDWARDS, d. 31 Oct 1868, ae 23 yrs

  • Robert C., son of John & Mary CALHOUN, d. 24 Feb 1867, ae 24 y, 6 m, 11 d

  • Mary A., wife of John CALHOUN, d. 21 Jul 1870, ae 52 yrs

  • Job, son of Job & Polly BELLINGER, d. 23 Jul 1850, ae 4 y, 10 m

  • James F. COREY, 1790-1870

  • Nancy, his wife, 1790-1866

  • Amos COREY, buried in Brookside Cemetery, d. 15 Sep 1870, ae 54 y, 4 m

  • Anna E., daughter of James N. & Phebe COREY, d. 26 Dec 1862, ae 16 y, 10 d

  • Sarah JONES, b. Buckinghamshire, Eng., 9 Aug 1812, d. in the city of Rochester, 8 Sep 1880

  • H. William JONES, b. Berkshire, Eng., 17 Feb 1789, d. in Shortsville, 3 Feb 1870

  • Sophia, his wife, b. in London, Eng., 1795, d. 4 Feb 1870

  • Chester CRAIN, d. 26 Nov 1876, ae 90 yrs

  • Abigail, wife of Chester CRAIN, d. 16 Aug 1854, ae 65 yrs

  • Isaac, son of Isaac & Jane PEACOCK, d. 9 Oct 1865 ae 16 y, 4 m, 5 d. "He was a member of the 14th U.S. Infantry."

  • Lana, wife of Richard BURCHIM, d. 19 Sep 1860, ae 56 y, 5 m, 21 d.


MONUMENTS NOT ERECTED - BROKEN IN MANY PIECES:

  • Seneca A., son of I.S. & C. PARISH, d. 20 Sep 1866, ae 5 y, 11 d.

  • Herbert D.C., son of David & Clara VANDERCARR, d. 24 Aug 1862, ae 2 y, 18 d.


MONUMENT WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND:

  • Carrie L., wife of John T. ADAMS, d. 1 Jan 1872, ae 22 yrs

  • Samuel N. PRENTISS, d. 25 Aug 1864, ae 30 y, 5 m, 23 d

  • William, son of Wm. & Eliza JONES, d. 18 Dec 1856, ae 12 yrs

  • Elnathan G. GARIAD, d. 31 Aug 1872, ae 26 y, 11 m, 12 d

  • Myron N. SHORT, d. 11 Oct 1859, ae 50 y, 2 m

  • Charles, son of Chauncy & Phidelia ANDREWS, d. 9 Jun 1831, ae 5 yrs.


SUMMARY DATA:

Total Number of Original Burials: 101

Total Number of Known Transfers to Brookside Cemetery, Shortsville, sice it was Organized in 1878: 19

Total Number of Known Graves in the Cemetery at the Present Time: 82

Total Number of Civil War Veterans Originally Buried in this Cemetery: 9

Total Number of Civil War Veterans Presently Buried in this Cemetery: 6
  • Hiram BABCOCK, Pvt. Co. C., 15th N.Y. Cavalry; Pvt. Co. C, 2nd N.Y. Provisional Cavalry
  • Robert C. CALHOON, Pvt. Co. K, 148th N.Y. Infantry, Serg. in same unit.
  • Franklin B. CLOYES, Pvt. & Corp., Co. C. 15th N.Y. Cavalry
  • Allen W. HAUVER, Pvt., Co. D, 33rd N.Y. Infantry
  • Isaac PEACOCK, Pvt. Co. G., 14th U.S. Infantry
  • Albert B. WALKER, Pvt., Co. C. 24th Iowa Infantry

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