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Town of Amenia
Dutchess County
John Dux ajdux@prodigy.net
Dux
Website
Feb 25, 1999
Rural cemetery on Amenia Rd (short road off of Rt 44, and is the border of the towns of Amenia and Washington. It is 0.8 miles from Rt 44 and adjacent to the large Bel-Air farm. Graves listed at: Separate Burying Ground on rootsweb.
From Poucher Graveyard book, ~1920,
CLASSIFICATION: Churchyard.
LOCATION: Two miles south of Smithfield.
CONDITION: Overgrown and neglected.
INSCRIPTIONS: 81 in number. Copied by L. Van Alstyne of Sharon, Conn.
See page 206 of "Burying Grounds of Sharon, Conn., Amenia and North East,
New York", printed 1903.
REMARKS: "The Separate Church" (Congregational) was built south of
Smithfield at an early date. Prior to 1800 the Rev. John Cornwall ministered
to the congregation.
Left Photo, looking east on Amenia Road. 2nd photo, looking again
east from just beyond tall monument. Very rural.
(Right photo is stone in memory of the children of Maj. William Bell,
BELL, Cyrinus, gr-son of Mrs. Susanna Jones and son of William Bell
Esq. and Rachel, his wife, d Nov
6, 1806, ae 5y
BELL, Mrs. Judia, wife to Major William, d Nov 26, 1796, ae 34y
BELL, Polly, d Nov 30, 1779, ae 5 wks. And,
BELL, Anna, d Aug 28,1788, ae 14 d, And,
BELL, Ebenezer, d Oct 2, 1795, ae 11y. Children of Major William and
Mrs. Judia.
BELL, William Jr., son of William Esq. and Judia his wife, d Mar 10,
1812, ae 30y